Lady Bucks fall to undefeated Muncy at home
By Bees O’Brien
FARWELL- Muncy came into their road contest at Bucktail sporting an undefeated 4-0 record, which included double digit wins over both South Williamsport and St. John Neumann. The Lady Bucks failed to back down and had the Lady Indians on the ropes early.
With 5:15 remaining in the first quarter, Bucktail’s Eva Sockman completed a three-point play to put her team up 7-5. Muncy went on a 10-0 run that was capped off with a long three-point basket to give the Lady Indians a 15-7 lead. Both teams each managed a basket to close out the scoring in the first frame.
Muncy held a 17-9 lead entering the second quarter. That is when the Lady Indians proved why they are the favorites to capture both the Mid Penn crown and the District IV 2A title.
Perfect execution, crisp passing and the ability to score on open break aways seen the Lady Indians creep out to a 25-11 lead at halftime.
Bucktail fought hard in the third frame. The Lady Bucks nearly matched their entire first half point total by scoring 10 points in the frame. Muncy, however dropped in 14 third quarter points to hold a 39-21 lead entering the final quarter.
Muncy’s 11-7 final quarter set the final at 50-28 to up the Lady Indians mark to 5-0 on the season.
Bucktail’s Kelsie Wagner led her team with 15 points on the night. Kendall Wagner dropped in six points, Eva Sockman scored 5 points and Miyah Devlin added 1.
Now 2-3, the Lady Bucks will look to even their record when they host Montgomery on Tuesday afternoon. The contest with the Lady Red Raiders will be an afternoon contest with JV beginning at 1pm and the varsity to follow.
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Kelsie Wagner 6 2-6 15, Henderson 0 0-2 0, Winkelman 0 0-0 0, Sockman 2 1-1 5, Kendall Wagner 3 0-2 6, Intallura 0 0-0 0, Devlin 0 1-4 1, Paloskey 0 0-0 0, TOTALS 11 4-15 28
3FG- 1 (Kelsie Wagner) Rebounds- 29 (Kendall Wagner 9) Assists- 5 (Kendall Wagner 5) Steals- 2 (Sockman 2) Blocks- 6 (Kelsie Wagner 3, Kendall Wagner 3)
