ST. MARYS, Pa. – In a game that saw Cameron County’s Kalee Bresslin score her 1,000th career points, Elk County Catholic got 11 points apiece from Sydney Alexander and Lucy Klawhun to advance to the District 9 Class 1A semifinals with a 49-40 win.
Bresslin scored her 1,000 point on a 3-pointer with 4:50 to play in the third quarter. It was a four-point play, as she was fouled and also hit the free throw. She is just the fifth Lady Raider to score 1,000 points and the first since 2013 when Brooke Dunsmore accomplished the feat.
ECC, though, was too much for Cameron County.
The young Lady Crusaders took a 27-15 halftime lead thanks to seven first-quarter points from Brooke Bauer and a pair of first-half 3-pointers from Klawhun, just a freshman like Alexander.
Cameron County cut the lead to eight, 34-26, after three quarters thanks to the four points each from Bresslin and Hailey Hilfiger in the third quarter. The Lady Raiders then cut the deficit to five early in the fourth quarter but got no closer.
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Julia Aikens added eight points and Tori Newton six points and 15 rebounds in the win for ECC.
Bresslin led Cameron County with 16 points with Hilfiger adding eight.
OTTO-ELDRED 60, UNION 38
DUKE CENTER, Pa. – Katie Sheeler and Kayley Heller led Otto-Eldred’s 3-point barrage, nailing a combined nine bombs as the No. 2 seed Lady Terrors rolled to a 60-38 win over No. 7 seed Union in a District 9 Class 1A quarterfinal matchup.
Sheeler scored 22 points, hitting five 3-pointers including three in the first half, while Heller sank four threes and finished with 20 points. Heller scored 15 points in the second half, including 13 in the third quarter with three triples.
Kayley Heller also added eight rebounds, while Bri Heller had six rebounds and four steals and Sheeler four steals, three rebounds, and three assists.
Otto-Eldred (15-4) led from start to finish, jumping out to a 9-1 lead to start the game. Union (12-11) got within 12-7 early in the second quarter, but the Lady Terrors upped their lead to 27-14 by halftime and 50-26 by the end of the third quarter.
Dominika Logue led the Damsels with 14 points.
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