Shae Trombetta and Claudia Ierullo combined for 25 points to help Our Lady of the Sacred Heart to a 67-20 victory over Sto-Rox Thursday night in a WPIAL Class 3A Section 1 girls basketball matchup at Cornell High School.
Trombetta finished with a game-high 13 points for OLSH, which sped to a 25-5 first-quarter lead and never looked back.
Ierullo added 12 points for the Chargers, who improved to 4-0 in the section and 9-1 overall on the season.
Ierullo scored seven of her points in the first quarter and Trombetta added six. Seven players scored at least one point in the opening eight minutes for the Chargers.
OLSH led 43-11 at halftime and never allowed Sto-Rox to score more than six points in any one quarter.
Rae Johnston scored eight points to lead Sto-Rox, which dropped to 1-3 in section play and 6-5 overall.
Carlynton 45, Northgate 19
Carlee Hughes hit for 16 points and Jocelyn Griffin added 11 as the host Cougars evened both their section and overall records by dousing the Flames in a Class 2A Section 2 game.
Carlynton limited Northgate to just one first-quarter point and six for the first half, building a 21-6 lead at intermission.
The Cougars, who improved to 5-5 overall and 1-1 in the section, put the game out of reach by outscoring Northgate 20-5 in the third quarter. Lucy Vetter added eight points for Carlynton.
Hope Statler scored 12 points to lead the Flames, who dropped to 0-11 overall and 0-2 in the section.
South Fayette 63, Moon 39
Haylie Lamonde scored 21 points and the Lions used several big runs to overwhelm the Tigers in a Class 5A Section 3 matchup at South Fayette.
Moon played South Fayette evenly through the first eight minutes, as the game went into the second quarter tied 11-11. But the Lions used a 9-0 run to build a 20-11 advantage two minutes into the quarter and settled for a 25-19 lead at halftime.
South Fayette went on another run – this one even longer and more productive – at the start the third quarter, reeling off 13 straight points in the first 5½ minutes to widen its lead to 38-19.
Jaedin Griggs, who led Moon with 22 points, finally stopped the bleeding when she banked in a shot from beyond the top of the key to cut the margin to 38-22. But South Fayette took a 48-25 lead into the final quarter and was never threatened.
Moon fell to 5-4 overall and 1-2 in section play while South Fayette improved to 10-1 overall and 4-0 in the section.
Ella Vierra added 14 points, Ryan Oldaker 12 and Lailah Wright 11 for the Lions.
Clairton 52, Bishop Canevin 43
The Crusaders “held” high-scoring Iyanna Wade to 27 points – more than 15 points below her season average — but that proved to be enough to lift the visiting Bears to a win in a Class 1A Section 2 battle.
Bishop Canevin came out red-hot, outscoring Clairton 15-4 in the first eight minutes. The Crusaders limited Wade to just 10 points in the first two quarters and owned a 27-20 halftime lead.
But Wade, who had back-to-back 50-point games last month, came alive in the final two quarters, netting 17 points in 16 minutes despite playing with four fouls for the last 10 minutes. The Bears used a 17-9 edge in the third quarter to take a 37-36 lead into the final quarter and secured the win.
Bishop Canevin scored just 16 points in the second half and committed 19 turnovers for the game.
Kya Cooley scored 17 points to lead Bishop Canevin, which fell to 5-4 overall and 1-3 in the section with the loss. Isabella Sysak contributed 11 points in the loss.
Photos by Mike Longo Jr.
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