ALLEGANY - ''We were holding on at the end.''
That was the way Southwestern coach Ann Beck described the Lady Trojans' (6-8, 4-5) 44-42 Division 1 girls basketball win over Allegany-Limestone on Monday night.
Southwestern was leading 39-26 at end of the third quarter.
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Falconer’s Alyssa Brooks drives to the basket past Olean’s Rachel Painter during Monday night’s Division 1 girls basketball game. See additional photos at cu.post-journal.com.
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''We tried to run some clock and you lose some aggressiveness,'' Beck said.
The closest the Lady Gators got was the two-point spread at the end of the game as they trailed by four with 2.2 seconds left.
Emily Wuebbolt led the Lady Trojans with 19 points and 16 rebounds. Mary Agarwala had nine rebounds and Kara Shutte recorded three assists.
SOUTHWESTERN (44)
Yuchnitz 6 0 3, Wuebbolt 7 5 19, Sullivan 0 2 2, Rauh 0 0 0, Agarwala 1 1 3, O'Boyle 1 2 4, Shutte 1 0 2, Kubinski 2 4 8, Totals 15 14 44.
ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE (42)
AlWatson 1 0 2, Barton 0 2 2, Scott 1 4 6, Delen 1 0 2, Fuller 4 0 8, Christopher 2 0 4, Monroe 0 2 2, AbWatson 1 0 2, George 5 3 14, Totals 15 11 42.
3-point goals: George.
Southwestern 9 14 16 5 - 44
Allegany-Limestone 13 11 2 16 - 42
Jayvees: Southwestern 36, Allegany-Limestone 19
OLEAN TOPS FALCONER
FALCONER - Olean had no trouble with Falconer.
The Lady Huskies raised their league record to 9-0 and overall to 11-1 by handling the Lady Golden Falcons (0-9, 0-13), 46-18.
Rachel Zigler scored 12 points, Kayleigh Pearl 11 points and Emily Bantelman added 10 points for the Lady Huskies, who took a 30-4 halftime margin. Pearl hit two 3-pointers and four assists.
Zigler had eight rebounds and Rachel Painter seven for the Lady Huskies.
Falconer was led by Shannon Gunnell with 12 rebounds and Alyssa Brooks had six free throws in a department which the team connected on 12-of-19.
OLEAN (46)
Anderson 0 0 0, Pearl 4 1 11, Yanetsko 0 0 0, Zigler 2 0 4, McKewn 0 1 1, Painter 0 0 0, Stavish 3 0 8, Bantelman 3 4 10, Spears 0 0 0, Zigler 6 0 12. Totals 18 6 46.
FALCONER (18)
Fellows 0 0 0, Courtney 1 1 3, Gunnell 0 3 3, Keith 0 0 0, Steele 0 2 2, McFall 1 0 2, Anderson 1 0 2, Brooks 0 6 6. Totals 3 12 18.
3-point goals - Pearl 2, Stavish 2.
Olean 18 12 6 10 - 46
Falconer 2 2 6 8 - 18
Jayvees: Olean won.