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Birds Pick Up 57-32 BBC Win At Fayette
Pettisville is 12-6, 7-2 BBC. Fayette dropped to 4-13, 4-5 BBC. The score was knotted at 4 when Jodi Spotts broke the tie with 2:50 left in the first. She started a 9-0 run for the Birds as they led 13-4 after one. Pettisville upped the lead to 18-4 before Rachel Rash hit the second of two free throws to score the Eagles' first points in more than six minutes. The Birds increased the advantage to 24-10 when a foul shot by Danni Wyse and a three-pointer by Katie Pfund closed the gap to 24-14. They were the last points scored by Fayette in the half. Rachel Beck hit a basket and Erica King hit two straight treys, including one at the buzzer after Haley Nofziger intercepted an Eagle pass, for a 32-14 PHS halftime lead. Fayette outscored Pettisville 10-9 in the third quarter to cut the difference to 41-24 going into the final quarter. The closest the Eagles got in the final quarter was 14 points as the Blackbirds outscored them 16- 8 to coast to a 57-32 win. Chelsea Schmucker scored the Birds' final points with a bucket under the basket at the buzzer. Pettisville shot 17/38 from the floor, including four treys, and 19/22 from the free-throw line. Spotts led PHS with 14 points. King and Brittany Weber added 11 and 10, respectively. Fayette was 12/38 from the field, including five treys, and 3/13 from the line. Pfund, who made three three-pointers, led the Eagles with 11 points. Pettisville out-rebounded Fayette 25-18.
"I thought our defense was consistent and we rebounded the ball well," said Jason Waldvogel, PHS coach. "Offensively we shot the ball very well and converted our free throws tonight."
Reserve score: Pettisville won 35- 20. |
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