Petersburg girls defeat Musselman, 64-59; Southern, Calvary lose
Dec. 17—PETERSBURG, W.V.a — Braylee Corbin scored 12 points in each half, leading Petersburg to a 64-59 victory over Musselman Friday in Petersburg, West Virginia.
Braylee The Vikings (4-2) went to the free throw line 30 times and hit 18 shots. The Applemen (1-1) went 16 for 25 at the line.
Petersburg led 26-24 at halftime. Corbin had 12 points at halftime with five field goals and two free throws.
Corbin led all scorers with 24 points, she scored 12 in the second half with a pair of three-pointers.
Kennedy Kaposy scored 14 points with 11 coming in the third quarter for the Vikings. Samantha Colaw scored five of her 10 points at the line.
For the Applemen, Sarah Price went 10 for 10 at the line and scored 16 total points. Serenity Ritchie scored 10 points for Musselman.
Petersburg is at East Hardy on Tuesday at 6 p.m.
Wheeling Central 65 Southern 60
OAKLAND — Southern erased a 15-point halftime deficit, but Wheeling Central held on to avoid a letdown on Saturday night.
The Rams trailed 22-10 after the first quarter and 32-17 at the half attributable in part to the 14 points scored by Wheeling's Keiera Wilkinson, who ended with a team-high 16.
Southern dominated the third period 25-10 to level the score at 42-all entering the decider, as Carly Wilt and Emelee Parks notched three field goals apiece in the quarter.
However, Wheeling's Lily Vogrin scored eight points and Brooklyn Edge added seven in the fourth to allow Wheeling to outscore Southern 23-18 in the final period and win the game.
In addition to Wilkinson, Edge (14), Vogrin (13) and Hailey Downer (10) all finished in double figures for Wheeling.
Southern boasted a quartet of double digit scorers itself in Wilt (19), Maddie Artice (14), Parks (13) and Maggie Nickel (10).
Southern (0-5) hosts Notre Dame on Monday at 7 p.m.
Faith 43 Calvary 34
MARTINSBURG, W.Va. — Bethany Carrington notched another double-double, but Calvary ran out of steam to fall to Faith on Friday night.
The score was tied at 8-all after one, Faith led 15-14 at the half and 27-23 after three. Faith hit a pair of late 3-pointers to win the decider, 16-13, and drop Calvary's record to 2-3 on the young season.
"We couldn't make a shot and we couldn't play a lick of defense," Calvary head coach Shawn Ricker said. "That doesn't give you much of a chance to win."
Carrington finished with a game-high 20 points and 15 rebounds to go along with four assists and four steals. Emmy Wilson added 14 points and eight boards, and Ava Strawderman collected five rebounds.
Sasha Daugherty (14) and Anastasia Monro (10) were the high scorers for Faith.
Calvary is at Blair County Christian on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.
