Ava Doyle’s 19 points lifts Lady Wildcats past BEA 51-41

By Bees O’Brien

WINGATE- Central Mountain’s Lady Wildcats continued their hot start on the road Tuesday night at Bald Eagle Area. Ava Doyle’s 19-point effort helped ignite Central Mountain to a 51-41 victory to improve to 3-1 on the season.

BEA would hold a slim 8-5 lead after one quarter.

Scoring would pick up for both teams in the second quarter. The Lady Eagles would edge CM 16-15 in the second quarter. 

Trailing 24-20 at the break, Central Mountain would ignite their offense by using a big 14-9 third quarter to take the 34-33 lead on the hosts. 

The Wildcats would not be denied on this night. A 17-8 final frame would give Central Mountain a huge road victory.

Taylor Doyle added 9 points to go along with her sister’s 19-point effort. Thompson led the Lady Eagles with 21 points.

Central Mountain will wrap up their 5-game road swing to start the season on Wednesday when they travel to Mifflinburg before finally getting to open up their home court schedule on Thursday when they host Milton

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McKean 1 2-4 5, Weaver 2 1-5 5, Walker 2 0-0 5, T. Doyle 4 0-0 9, Rohrbach 3 2-4 8, A. Doyle 7 4-6 19, TOTALS- 19 4-9 51

3FG- 4 (McKean, T. Doyle, A. Doyle, Walker)