Beaver Falls stuns No. 3 Brentwood
Collins leads 14th seeded Tigers to narrow opening-round upset
Beaver Falls had forgotten what it felt like to win a game in the WPIAL girls basketball playoffs.
Brentwood knows the feeling all too well and would like to forget it as quickly as possible.
Macyla Collins hit three 3pointers as part of her gamehigh 17 points and J’La Kizart chipped in 12 clutch points to help 14th- seeded Beaver Falls (6-13) pull off the biggest upset of the playoffs so far with a 47-44 win against No. 3 Brentwood in the opening round of the Class 3A tournament.
Beaver Falls had not won a postseason game since a 5930 victory against South Side Beaver in the 2013 preliminary round and had not won a first-round contest since a 6147 decision against Quaker Valley on Feb. 21, 2012.
Brentwood (12-2), which got 13 points from Mallory Daly and 12 from Maura Daly, was its own worst enemy. The Spartans could not convert from the free-throw line and finished the night only 5 of 15 (33.3 percent) from the stripe while the Tigers went 9 for 11.
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Laurel 53, McGuffey 25:
Reese Bintrim and Luciaa Lombardo each scored a dozen to help the No, 4 Spartans (17-2) roll past the Highlanders (6-7).
Mohawk 77, Washington 42: Paige Junian had herself a game as the senior guard scored a game-high 34 points and Hannah McDanel added 22 to lead the defending WPIAL champion Warriors (14-4) to a win against the Little Prexies (8-10).
Keystone Oaks 54, Charleoi 52: Leena Henderson scored 20 points for the Cougars ( 8- 9), but they couldn’t stop Eriona Neal who popped in a game-high 23 to help the Golden Eagles (11-7) to the victory.
South Park 43, Ellwood City 41: The Eagles (11-2) trailed at halftime and went back-and-forth with the Wolverines (4-8), but 16 points from Maya Wertelet to help No 5 South Park pull out the win.
Waynesburg 54, East Allegheny 19: Missy Henderson scored 17 of the Wildcats (7-7) 19 points, but Kaley Rohanna scored 18 points and Clara Paige Miller added 17 to lead the Raiders (13-5) to the win.
Freedom 40, Avonworth 22: Shaye Bailey scored a game-high 14 while Renae Mohrbacher went for 11 and Julia Mohrbacher 10 as the
Bulldogs (6-6) knocked off the Antelopes (8-7).
North Catholic 78, Brownsville 31: Alayna Rocco had 18 points to lead four Trojanettes (16-2) in double figures in the first-round win against the Falcons (3-10). Class 6A
Butler 48, Hempfield 36: Makenna Maier hit three 3-pointers and was 9 of 10 from the line as part of her game-high 25 points in the Golden Tornado (10-8) victory against the Spartans (4-9).
Baldwin 46, Penn- Trafford 43: The Highlanders (97) Meghan Dryburgh scored a game-high 18 points to lead the team to its fourth consecutive win to eliminate the Warriors (10-7).
Bethel Park 64, Shaler 37: Senior Olivia Westphal had a game-high 33 points, including 18 in the second half, to lead the No. 5 Black Hawks (15-3) past the Titans (4-12).
Mt. Lebanon 39, Seneca Valley 29: Mt. Lebanon (153) gave the Raiders (3-14) an extra period, but it didn’t help Seneca Valley. The Blue Devils were held scoreless in the first quarter before Ashleigh Connor got rolling with 20 points in the win. Norwin 55, North Hills 12: The Knights ((12-4) got all the points they needed with 19 in the first quarter. Danielle Rosso also outscored the Indians (3-15) with a game-high 13.