ATHENS JVs DROP DECISION TO SULLIVAN; TOP TROY, 31-21
By: Tim Birney | AthensWildcats.com | January 25, 2021
ATHENS — Sullivan County used an 18-6 fourth-quarter run to blow open a
close game on its way to a 41-26 win over Athens here Monday night in
non-league junior varsity girls basketball action.
Sullivan County led 8-4 after the first eight minutes, then extended the lead to five points, at 15-10, at the half.
The
junior Wildcats trimmed the deficit to three points, at 23-20, entering
the final eight minutes. Natalee Watson led the way in the third
quarter with four points.
Mya Thompson and Watson led Athens with six points apiece, and Karlee Bartlow and Abby Champion added four points each.
Watson
and Braelynn Wood led Athens with three rebounds apiece, while Emma
Bronson had four assists and two steals, Bartlow had two steals and two
assists, and Thompson registered three blocked shots and two steals.
Stella Harney led Sullivan County with 19 points, including 11 in the second half.
SATURDAY
Athens 31, Troy 21
At Troy, Athens raced out to a 16-point lead en route to a 31-21 win over Troy Saturday at the Troy Commons Building.
Karlee Bartlow scored seven points, and Braelynn Wood added four markers to power Athens in an 11-0 first-quarter run.
Bartlow
added four more points in the second quarter to fuel a 10-5 spurt that
gave the junior Wildcats a 21-5 lead at the halftime intermission.
Bartlow
scored 16 points to lead Athens, while Emma Bronson had six points,
four rebounds, two assists, and two blocked shots, Wood added six
points, and Mya Thompson contributed five rebounds, three steals, two
assists, and two blocked shots.
Athens, now 3-4, hosts North Penn-Liberty Wednesday.
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