PORTVILLE, NY – After trailing for the entirety of the game, a big fourth quarter lifted the Portville girls’ basketball team to a 30-20 win over Falconer, ending a four-game losing skid.
Through the first half, the Lady Panthers’ offense found little production. Starting slow, they would reach halftime with just four points in total. In the third, Portville managed to find their rhythm with Ava Jo Edwards hitting a few deep shots, but still faced a deficit on the scoreboard heading into the final eight minutes.
Then, with their backs against a wall, Portville locked in on both sides of the court. Allowing just four points, the Lady Panthers tacked on 18 of their own, sealing their sixth win of the season.
Edwards finished with a game-high 11 points while Ashley Carls had nine points alongside eight rebounds. Ali Haynes dominated on defense, recording eight steals and three blocks while grabbing eight rebounds and dishing out a pair of assists.
“Ali Haynes did a great job getting touches on passes which led to her having a career high in steals,” said Portville head coach Inga Welty. “Ashley (Carls) played physical and did a wonderful job defending Falconer’s best player. She was aggressive on the offensive end and found a way to get herself to the line which was key in the last quarter. We are happy to get the win.”
AT PORTVILLE
Falconer (20)
Krenzer 3 2-2 8, Neal 3 0-0 7, Baglia 2 1-1 5. Totals: 8 3-4 20
Portville (30)
Edwards 4 0-0 11, Carls 2 5-10 9, Rhinehart 1 3-4 6, Isaman 0 3-4 3, Haynes 0 1-2 1. Totals: 7 12-20 30
Falconer 2 10 16 20
Portville 2 4 12 30
Three-point goals: FC (1) Neal, PV (4) Edwards 3, Rhinehart; Total fouls: FC 20, PV 9; fouled out: None.
Olean 48, Dunkirk 14
OLEAN — With 12 points, Alaina Hirliman led the Olean girls basketball team as it rolled past Dunkirk and grabbed notched consecutive wins for the first time this season.
Jourdin Battle and Hannah Marshall each scored nine points for the Huskies in the lopsided win while Viktoriia Lazynska provided eight.
In an all-around team effort, Olean had eight different players contribute on the scoresheet.
AT OLEAN
Dunkirk (14)
Collazo 2 4-7 8, Orsini 1 0-0 2, Pacheco 1 0-2 2, Cole 1 0-0 2. Totals: 5 4-11 14
Olean (48)
Hirliman 2 7-12 12, J. Battle 3 1-2 9, Marshall 4 0-0 9, Lazynska 3 2-4 8, Brown 2 0-0 4, Maull 1 1-2 3, A. Battle 1 0-0 2, Bates 0 1-2 1. Totals: 16 12-22 48
Dunk. 1 3 10 14
OL 8 24 38 48
Three-point goals: Dunk. 0, OL 4 (Battle 2, Marshall, Hirliman); Total fouls: Dunk. 15, OL 13; fouled out: None.
BOYS SWIM AND DIVE
Olean 125, Dunkirk 44
OLEAN — After claiming all but two events in its name, the Olean boys swim and dive team collected a comfortable win over visitors Dunkirk.
Leading the Huskies was Landon Johnson, who finished atop the podium, either alone or with a relay team, in four events.
Contributing to the points behind him were Micah Johnson, Nicholas Hillman and Nolan Wilczewski who finished with three wins to each of their names as well.
Olean 125, Dunkirk 44
200 Medley Relay: Olean (L. Johnson, Li, Hillman, Reska) 1:57.57
200 Freestyle: M. Johnson (O) 2:11.30
200 IM: Wilczewski (O) 2:22.55
50 Freestyle: L. Johnson (O) :22.96
Diving: Warner (O) 160.57
100 Butterfly: Krenzer (D) :59.51
100 Freestyle: L. Johnson (O) :51.24
500 Freestyle: M. Johnson (O) 5:47.45
200 Freestyle Relay: Olean (L. Johnson Howard, Hillman, Wilczewski) 1:41.94
100 Backstroke: Keefe (D) 1:10.14
100 Breaststroke: Wilczewski (O) 1:18.10400 Freestyle Relay: Olean (Howard, M. Johnson, Li, Hillman) 4:03.11
