Lady Warriors put up battle but fall to unbeaten Beaver
Beaver entered its WPIAL Class AAAA quarterfinal playoff game against visiting Elizabeth Forward as one of just two unbeaten girls basketball teams in the district.
The eighth-seeded Lady Warriors made the top-seeded Lady Bobcats work hard to maintain that perfect slate but the hosts pulled away down the stretch for a 49-36 victory.
Emma Pavelek scored a game-high 23 points for Beaver (18-0) and Maddi Weiland tallied 10 points.
Beaver advances to Tuesday’s semifinals where it will host No. 4 Knoch at 6 p.m.
Elizabeth Forward held an 11-9 lead after one quarter but the Lady Bobcats clawed their way into the lead in the second quarter with an 11-5 edge for a 20-16 halftime advantage.
Beaver bumped the gap up slightly in the third quarter but still found itself with a tenuous 35-28 lead.
The Lady Bobcats finally fended off the Lady Warriors with a 14-8 edge in the final frame.
Haven Briggs paced Elizabeth Forward (8-6) with 11 points and Anna Resnik added 10 points.
Neshannock 72, California 16 — Top-seeded Neshannock out-scored visiting Califoria 31-3 in the second quarter in rolling to a WPIAL Class AA quarterfinal victory.
The eighth-seeded Lady Trojans trailed 17-7 after one period then found themselves facing a daunting 48-10 halftime deficit.
The Lady Lancers (15-2) will host fourth-seeded Sewickley Academy in a semifinal game 6.m. Tuesday.
Marian Haggerty tossed in a game-high 29 points for Neshannock. Neleh Nogay had 14 points and Addi Watts added 11 points.
Makayla Boda scored seven points to lead the way for California (11-4).