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Mount hands Medaille 1st loss

CRESSON – Mount Aloysius handed visiting Medaille College its first loss of the season Sunday in a

65-64 victory.

The Mounties (11-8) got a game-high 19 points from Armond Perez while Harold Clark, Brian Collins and Richard McNutt added

10 points apiece.

Keith Hack topped Medaille, which trailed 38-34 at the half, with 16 points and Chris Moscato had 13.

Medaille (20-1) outrebounded Mount Aloysius 37-26, but the Mounties’ Tyrone Lowery had a game-high nine boards.

Late bucket lifts IUP to win

CLARION – Kierstin Filla drove the length of the floor and scored with eight seconds remaining and Clarion missed three layups in the final three seconds, allowing IUP to escape with an 84-83 victory over the Golden Eagles.

The Crimson Hawks (13-7, 6-2 in PSAC West) wiped out an 18-point Clarion lead with less than 14 minutes remaining to win their third in a row. The Golden Eagles (11-10, 2-6) lost to IUP for the 10th straight time over the past five seasons.

Eryn Withers scored 22 points and Bishop McCort graduate Sarah Pastorek extended her run of

20-point games to three with 21.

Withers added a team-high nine rebounds, one more than Pastorek, and Pastorek dished out four assists while grabbing four steals.

Lizzie Suwala hit five 3-pointers and led Clarion with 28 points.

IUP moved into a second-place tie with California in the PSAC West after the Vulcans dropped a 72-61 decision to undefeated Gannon on Sunday. The Crimson Hawks, who lost to the Vulcans 69-60 earlier this season, play at Cal on Feb. 17.

Mounties fall

to visitors

CRESSON – Medaille College raised its record to 19-2 with a

67-55 victory over host Mount Aloysius on Sunday.

Kacie Mills, Marney Ankoma-Mensa and Susanne Black scored 10 points each for the visitors.

Lindsey Bush scored a game-high 17 points for Mount Aloysius (5-14), which also got 11 points from Kaylee Keagy.

Holsinger to be honored tonight

Central Cambria senior Brian Holsinger will be honored at 7 p.m. tonight before the start of the Red Devils’ varsity game against Bishop Guilfoyle.

Holsinger was nominated for the McDonald’s All American High School Basketball Team.

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