BLOOMSBURG TOO MUCH FOR ATHENS
By: Tim Birney | AthensWildcats.com | January 13, 2021
BLOOMSBURG — Defending District 4 champion Bloomsburg jumped out to a
big lead early, and rolled to a 59-29 win over Athens here Wednesday
night in non-league girls basketball action.
“Bloomsburg is a
very talented team,” said Athens coach Brian Miller. “They were bigger
and faster and played great team defense.
“It was good for us to
get of our league and play a talented team like that,” noted Miller. “We
won’t see a team that good unless we make it to the state tournament.
“We
played hard and did some nice things against a very good team,” he
added. “We will build off it learn and get better from it.”
Rylee
Klinger scored 11 points, including a pair of 3-pointers and an
old-fashioned three-point play, to fuel Bloomsburg’s 22-7 first-quarter
blitz.
The Lady Panthers used a 15-5 second-quarter run to extend its lead to 37-12 at the half.
Senior Kayleigh Miller scored eight points, including a pair of 3-pointers, in the first half for the Lady Wildcats.
Bloom
subbed liberally in the second half, and outscored the Lady Wildcats,
22-17. Junior Caydence Macik and senior Megan Collins combined to score
all 17 of Athens’ points.
Macik led Athens with 12 points,
including 10 in the second half, three rebounds, and four blocked shots,
while Miller had eight points and three steals, Collins scored seven
points, and sophomore Karlee Bartlow grabbed four rebounds.
The Lady Wildcats committed 25 turnovers in the loss.
Klinger
led Bloom with 22 points, including a trio of 3-pointers, while
Madeline Evans scored 15 points, and Kelsey Widom added 10 points.
Athens, now 2-1, returns to action Saturday at Wellsboro in a noon start.
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