Lady Cats’ Basketball Season Ends With Loss To Coudersport (02/21/16)

The Clarion Area Girls Basketball Team fell to Coudersport, 41-32, in a District Nine Class-A quarterfinal game, at Kane on Friday (February 19th).

Anna Reed and Wendy Beveridge on defense

Anna Reed and Wendy Beveridge on defense

The Lady Cats trailed the Lady Falcons 10-5 after one, but came back with a 10-4 second quarter advantage, to lead 15-14 at the half. A 13-5 Falcon advantage in the third moved the score to 27-20, Coudersport, heading to the final stanza.

Anna Reed kept the Bobcats close, scoring nine of her team leading eleven points, in the fourth quarter. After trailing 33-26, Reed hit basket and was fouled on the play she sank the free throw and then sank two more after being fouled on the next possession, bringing the Cats to within two at 33-31. After a Coudy player and Gloria Kroh each hit a free throw, Clarion was still within two at 34-32 late. But seven straight points, by the Falcons set the 41-32 final.

Kelly Beveridge had 9 points and five steals. Jenna Beichner scored six points. Kroh, Maddie Weaver and Wendy Beveridge each scored two points. Kroh was very big on the boards, with sixteen rebounds.

Emily Morey and Haley Keck led the Falcons with 12 and 10 points respectively.

Coach Tracy Durish commented on the game and the season: “The girls were definitely ready to play tonight. They were excited. They came out strong against Coudersport. I don’t think Coudersport was ready for our man. We were in their face. We had a lot of turnovers, at the beginning.

“We missed a few baskets. I think that would’ve been a big game changer, if we’d have hit a few baskets, at the beginning.

“But overall, I think it has been a great season. We started with a lot of girls, who maybe hadn’t had much experience. Their goal was to make the playoffs and they did. Then, when we won the first playoff game, that was just like icing on the cake. And it just kept building and they wanted that game, tonight. We didn’t get it, but they didn’t give up.

“I’m just really proud of them.

(CONGRATULATIONS ON A FINE SEASON, LADY CATS!!!!)