Lady Raiders give spirited effort but falls to Tyrone

By Kenny Varner Jr.
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Updated: February 8, 2021

By Kenny Varner

BELLEFONTE – The progression of the Bellefonte girls basketball team continues to head in the right direction.

After picking up their first win of the season against Philipsburg- Osceola, the Lady Raiders went up against a 9-2 Tyrone team.

Though Bellefonte fell to the top of the Mountain League’s Eagles.

With the exception of one period, the feisty young Raiders held their own falling 53-31.

Leading the Red Raiders’ offense Monday night was Maddie Tice with an 11-point effort while Bella Corman followed with a 10-points.

Tice also finished with three boards and five steals while Corman brought down three rebounds.

Offensively, the Lady Eagles were led by Summer Shaw who was blistering hot from three-point land, hitting four triples.

Teammate Kayelin Gibbons just missed a double-double as she had a 12-point effort and nine boards.

Tyrone held the rebounding advantage 30-22.

“I’m very proud of how they played tonight. The first time we played them we lost 50-17. They came out and the pressed us real hard,” said Bellefonte coach Marcus Toomer. “We came out and beat it too. Tyrone is a great shooting team and they were able to make a lot of open shots. I thought the girls played great defense and I thought we did a fantastic job it’s definitely an improvement from last time.”

The Red Raiders came out and went toe-to-toe with the Golden Eagles early.

Jaiden Parker got the game scoring started as she roped a triple, giving the Eagles a 3-0 advantage.

After a Red Raider turnover, Tyrone went up 5-0 with a bucket from Gibbons.

Bellefonte notched his first bucket of the game when Mia Johnson hit a jumper.

Bellefonte forced a turnover of its own and they got the ball in Tice’s hand and she drove through the middle and was fouled in the act of shooting. She went a perfect 2-for-2, cutting it to a one-point deficit.

But Tyrone extended its lead on its second triple of the young contest.

This time it was Stephanie Ramsey with the Trey.

From there both defenses took over clamping down on the other.

But with 10 seconds left, Shaw ended the first quarter scoring with her first triple, ending with the 11-6 advantage.

Offensively in the second, Tyrone started to sizzle from the field ending up outscoring the young Lady Raiders 19-9, taking a 30-15 advantage as the two teams went into the intermission.

Bellefonte came out of the half, reenergized and again went head-to-head with Tyrone in the scoring department, outscored by a 10-8 margin.

Going into the final stanza, Bellefonte still stayed around and never gave up,only being outscored 13-8 in the 53-31 contest.

Bellefonte will be back in action Wednesday as it hosts Jersey Shore.

Tyrone 53, Bellefonte 31

TY 11 19 10 13 – 53

BE 6 9 8 8 – 31

Scoring

Tyrone – Stephanie Ramsey 3 0-0 8, Alison Weston 1 0-0 2, Chesney Saltsgiver 1 0-2 2, Jaida Parker 3 2-2 9, Kayelin Gibbons 6 0-1 12, Summer Shaw 4 2-2 14, Maci Brodzina 2 0-0 6. Totals 20 4-7 53.

Bellefonte – Lily Gardner 1 1-3 3, Mia Johnson 2 0-0 4, Emalee Neff 1 0-0 3, Maddie Tice 3 5-8 11, Bella Corman 5 0-0 10. Totals 11 6-11 31.

Played but didn’t score: Tyrone -Marissa Lewis 0 0-0 0, Drue Christine 0 0-0 0, Rebecca Lewis 0 0-0 0, Bree Paul 0 0-0 0. Bellefonte – Hana Radus 0 0-0 0, Madison Ripka 0 0-0 0, Angelina Aviles 0 0-0 0.

Three-point shots: Tyrone – Ramsey 2, Parker, Shaw 4, Brodzina 2. Bellefonte – Neff.