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Basketball in brief — Feb. 3

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High School Boys

Windber 60, Meyersdale 48

MEYERSDALE – Joe Pipon had 22 points and nine rebounds to pave the way for a Ramblers road victory.

Brett Lucas supplied 16 points for Windber.

Justin Donaldson’s 13 points led the Red Raiders, who received a dozen points from Ian Edwards.

Conemaugh Twp. 67, Salisbury-Elk Lick 55

SALISBURY – Dillon Boyer led the Indians with 21 points as they topped the host Elks.

Grant Speigle (16 points) and Dan Zambanini (12 points) each had nine rebounds as Conemaugh Township held a 35-22 edge on the glass.

Brandon Miller scored a game-high 31 points for Salisbury-Elk Lick, which also received 11 points from Ryan Vogt. Alex Beiler added eight assists.

Shanksville 56, Ferndale 28

SHANKSVILLE – A 15-point night from Jake Duppstadt topped all Vikings scorers in a victory over Ferndale.

Shanksville limited the Yellow Jackets to nine points or fewer in each quarter.

Nate Davidson scored 15 points to lead Ferndale.

High School Girls

Johnstown 58, Bedford 44

BEDFORD – Four Johnstown players scored in double figures led by Tynesha Smith with 20 as the Trojans earned a road win against Bedford.

Amber Mangus added 13 points, Brandi Young supplied 11 and Chartice Wyatt had 10 points and pulled down 14 rebounds. Smith also grabbed 10 boards.

Summer Hartung topped the Bisons with 13 points while Lauren Fedorchak chipped in 10 points and 11 rebounds. The Bisons committed a season-low eight turnovers.

Somerset 50, Bishop McCort 40

The Golden Eagles opened with a 13-0 first-quarter run and closed with a 23-7 edge in fourth-quarter scoring to down the host Crimson Crushers.

Brooke Spangler’s 15 points led Somerset while Sydney Geary scored 13 and Bits Barron added 11.

Jill Kegg’s 14 points paced Bishop McCort, which received 10 points from Leah Bridges.

Ligonier Valley 50, United 31

LIGONIER – The Rams’ Courtney Bridge scored 17 points and connected on five 3-pointers – all in the first half – as Ligonier Valley stymied United.

Maddy Grimm added 10 points in the victory.

Julie Snyder’s 15 points led the Lions.

Westmont 39, Richland 31

Alyssa Yewcic scored 12 points and snagged nine rebounds as the Hilltoppers outslugged visiting Richland.

Katie Gehlmann’s 11 points led the Rams.

College Men

Mount Aloysius 73, Grove City 69

CRESSON – The Mount Aloysius men’s basketball team earned a victory over defending President Conference Champions, Grove City.

Sophomore Demetrius Davis led the Mounties with a game-high 28 points, including 5-8 from three-point range. Joey Stephenson added 15 points.

Luke Tomaselli topped Grove City with 20 points.

Grove City had 25 turnovers in the contest, 17 in the first half.

Mount Aloysius will host Medaille College on Saturday.

College Women

Pitt-Johnstown 77, Fairmont State 66

Sheena Aden poured in a game-high 24 points to help the Pitt-Johnstown women use a pair of big runs to build an 18-point lead and cruise to a victory over Fairmont State in the Sports Center.

UPJ improved to 10-8 overall and 8-6 in the WVIAC.

Fairmont State opened a 9-2 lead 5:18 into the game on Tiffany Nicholson’s layup before Andrea Dalton’s basket cut it to 12-8.

The Lady Falcons scored six of the next eight points to build their largest lead of the first half at 18-10 2 minutes later.

But, UPJ used a 28-12 sprint to close out the first half and take an eight-point advantage into halftime.

Back-to-back buckets by Dalton made it a one-point game, and Grace Hyland followed with a 3-pointer to give the Lady Cats their first lead – 21-19 – at the 5:43 mark.

The Lady Cats pushed it out to five on Sara Trimarco’s jumper with 3:47 left.

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