One night after notching his 400th career victory as coach of the Our Lady of the Sacred Heart girls basketball team, Don Eckerle watched his Chargers squad lose for the first time this season Monday night.
OLSH fell 40-30 to Greensburg Central Catholic in the California University of Pennsylvania Tournament. The loss dropped the Chargers to 8-1 on the season.
OLSH trailed 8-6 after one quarter and 20-11 at halftime. The Centurions, which got 12 points from Jayla Peterson and 11 from Erica Gribble, widened their lead to 30-19 heading into the final quarter.
Claudia Ierullo led OLSH with 15 points, with 13 of those coming in the second half.
Eckerle said defense was the order of the day, as both teams were kept well below their scoring averages.
OLSH had to come from behind Sunday in a 54-44 victory over Taylor Allderdice, the win that gave Eckerle his milestone. But the Chargers weren’t able to keep their season-long winning streak intact Monday.
In Sunday’s game, OLSH trailed by six points midway through the third quarter when the Chargers created several steals that enabled them to come back and take the lead at the end of the quarter, 40-39.
Eckerle said his team played excellent defense in the fourth quarter, limiting Allderdice to two field goals.
Leah Parker scored 16 points to lead OLSH while Ierullo, who missed half of the first half due to foul trouble, added nine points.
Montour 65, Bethel Park 63
Abby Cleary led three players in double figures with 22 points as the Spartans held on to beat the Black Hawks in a matchup at the California University of Pennsylvania Tournament.
Montour used a big first quarter to open up a nine-point lead and led 34-25 at halftime. The Black Hawks outscored the Spartans 22-12 in the third quarter, but Montour regained the lead in the fourth quarter and withstood a last-ditch inbounds play with 6 seconds remaining to secure the win.
Tiffany Miller scored 18 points for Montour, which evened its record at 5-5, and Zoe Woessner contributed 17.
Montour coach Jordan Giles said Woessner was dominant inside for the Spartans.
“She was a huge difference-maker in the game,” she said. “Abby was fininshing really strong at the rim and Tiffany was knocking down her shots.”
BOYS: Montour 74, Dobyns-Bennett (Tenn.) 68
Ama Sow hit for 25 points and pulled down 17 rebounds as the Spartans won for the second time in three starts in the Tampa Bay Christmas Invitational Tournament.
In addition to Sow, three Montour players finished in double figures as the Spartans improved to 8-1 overall on the season.
John Batch contributed 14 points, Colton Straight 13 and Mark Carter 12.
Montour coach Bill Minear praised the play of underclassmen Batch and Carter, noting that they had some key defensive plays that helped the Spartans overcome a hot-shooting Indians team.
Dobyns-Bennett, located in Kingsport, Tenn., connected on 12 3-point shots.
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