Monday madness
Bethel Park edges Upper St. Clair
All the action from a busy night of high school basketball.
Upper St. Clair did everything it could to come from behind and hand host Bethel Park its first loss of the season. It just wasn’t enough.
Bethel Park senior and St. Bonaventure recruit Maddie Dziezgowski hit a pair of 3pointers as part of her 16 points to give her 1,003 for her career.
Olivia Westphal added 17 as the Class 6A No. 1 Black Hawks (14-0, 9-0) held off the No. 5 Panthers (9-5, 6-4) for a 49-38 decision.
Upper St. Clair went on a nice run in the third quarter to get close, 31-27, before Westphal dropped in eight points in the fourth quarter to put it away. Mia Brown scored 14 in the loss for the Panthers.
Other top games
• Amaia Johnson hit four 3-pointers and scored a game-high 19 points, but it wasn’t enough as Angelica Diallo hit four 3-pointers and also had four key free throws in overtime to help visiting Carlynton (9-7, 7-2) keep pace with Deer Lakes in Class 3A Section 2 with a 57-53 victory over East Allegheny (7-8, 5-4).
• West Mifflin (7-8, 5-4) moved back into a tie with Belle Vernon (9-5, 5-4) for the fourth and final playoff spot in Class 4A Section 3 as Shelby Genes scored 12 points to help the Titans overcome an eight-point firstquarter deficit and post a 38-34 victory against the host Leopards.
• Blackhawk senior Mackenzie Amalia hit five 3 -pointers as part of her game-high 26 points and also grabbed 10 boards and dished out 10 assists to complete the triple-double to lead the Class 4A No. 2 Cougars (13-2, 7-0) to a 63-40 Section 2 victory against host third-place Quaker Valley (11-4, 5-3).
• Class 2A No. 1 Bishop Canevin (11-5, 8-0) had an easy time with visiting last place Bentworth (4-12, 0-8) in their Section 3 matchup thanks in large part to senior guard Diajah Allen, who recorded an unconventional triple-double with 21 points, 10 assists and 11 steals in an 82-13 Crusaders victory.
• Avonworth senior Kat Goetz scored a career-high 32 points hand helped the host Antelopes (10-5, 6-3) to a one-point lead against Class 3A No. 1 Mohawk (151, 9-0), but Karly McCutcheon hit eight 3-pointers and scored five of her 28 in overtime to help the Warriors to a 59-57 come-from-behind win in a key Section 1 road victory and the team’s 14th consecutive win.
Milestones
• Chartiers-Houston coach Laura Montecalvo picked up the 100th victory of her career on her home floor as the Bucs (10-6, 6-2) took over sole possession of second place in Class 2A Section 3 with a 63-27 win against Carmichaels (4-12, 1-6).
• Junior Natalie Jasper had 15 of her game-high 21 points in the first half — and eclipsed the 1,000-point plateau in the process — to lead Class 2A No. 4 Ellis School (11-3, 6-1) to a 51-31 Section 2 win against visiting Brentwood (4-1, 3-5).
• Junior Kennedie Montue scored more than half the Mustangs points with 23 to give her 1,008 in her career as host Plum (10-4, 6-1) pulled out its seventh consecutive victory, 44-37 against Class 5A Section 2 rival Franklin Regional (4-10, 2-6).