Eduardo Benitez led Cornell to a 54-52 basketball victory over Brashear with 26 points, including crucial free throws in the final seconds. In another boys game, Brentwood defeated Carlynton. In girls play, Shaler edged Moon Area, Geibel Catholic topped Bishop Canevin and Fort Cherry defeated Carlynton.
Moon Area's boys basketball team defeated Obama Academy 52-38, led by Jackson Bauman's 14 points. The team improved to 4-1. In other games, OLSH whipped Laurel, 62-49, behind Tiernan McCullough's 21 points and 18 from Frankie Igrec while Montour and Cornell both lost.
Moon Area's Maria Depner scored 24 points in a dominant 71-21 win over New Castle. Chartiers Valley edged Montour 36-34 on McKenna Helfrick's late basket, while Beaver Falls overcame a halftime deficit to beat OLSH 44-37. Other results included Jeannette's 44-23 victory over Carlynton and Serra Catholic's 70-38 win over Bishop Canevin.
Loic Kalau scored 14 points to lead Montour to a 52-42 victory over South Allegheny. Despite a strong performance from Drew Cook, the Spartans secured their first win of the season.
Lola Garner scored 22 points, leading Our Lady of the Sacred Heart to a 62-19 victory over Ellwood City in a WPIAL Class 3A girls basketball game. OLSH's boys team lost, as did Montour and Carlynton while Sto-Rox and Cornell captured wins.
The Robert Morris men's basketball team, 7-4 overall, seeks to bounce back against Toledo after a tight loss to Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Meanwhile, the women's team, 6-2, faces California (PA) after a recent victory.
Former Bishop Canevin girls basketball standout Erin Waskowiak and her teammates from the school's 2012-13 state championship team were honored prior to Thursday night's Bishop Canevin-Monessen game. Waskowiak, who had her jersey No. 21 retired, talks about her high school and college career,