MAYVILLE - Jenna Einink scored a game-high 30 points and ripped down a school-record 32 rebounds Tuesday night, and the Chautauqua Lake Lady Thunderbirds (16-0, 12-0) needed every bit of it, as they held on to defeat the Panama Lady Panthers (7-10, 6-6), 59-51, in overtime during a Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 3 girls basketball game Wednesday.
"On that end of things, she was absolutely huge," Chautauqua Lake head coach Eric Schuster said of Einink. "She really does control the boards for us, but sometimes I think we depend on her too much."
In the overtime period the Lady Thunderbirds outscored the Lady Panthers, 11-3, helping them finish with a perfect record in divisional play.
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Chautauqua Lake’s Sydney Milliman drives to the basket while being closely guarded by Panama’s Brionna Swanson during Wednesday’s Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Athletic Association Division 3 basketball game. See additional photos at cu.post-journal.com.
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Courtney Hewes chipped in nine points while Ashton Albanesius had 16 rebounds. Tara Hunt had 10 rebounds and four points in the win.
Chautauqua Lake took a 15-11 lead after the first quarter, but Panama fought back to outscore the Lady Thunderbirds, 17-13, in the second, forging a 28-all tie at halftime. The Lady Panthers took a two-point lead into the fourth quarter, 36-34, but could not hold on, as Chautauqua Lake used a 14-12 edge over the final eight minutes to force the overtime period.
"We've played three games in a row, closer games than we're used to," Schuster said. "I don't think it was a bad thing, but we need to start playing better. Hopefully, we're getting our confidence back a little bit. We played better in overtime, for sure."
For Panama, Carly Abate had a team-high 16 points while Brittany Lenart chipped in 12 points and six rebounds. Also for the Lady Panthers, Brianna Marsh had seven points and hauled down a team-high 11 rebounds while adding four assists and four blocks to her stat line.
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PANAMA (51)
Swanson 1 2 4, Marsh 3 0 7, Strickland 4 0 8, Abate 6 0 16, Lenart 3 4 12, Johnson 2 0 4. Totals: 19 6 51. 3-Point Field Goals: Abate 4, Marsh 1, Lenart 2.
CHAUTAUQUA LAKE (59)
Herrington 1 0 3, Hunt 0 4 4, Moulton 2 0 4, Hewes 3 3 9, Cummings 1 1 3, Milliman 1 1 3, Einink 11 7 30, Albanesius 1 1 3. Totals: 20 17 59. 3-Point Field Goals: Herrington 1, Einink 1.
Panama 11 17 8 12 3-51
CLCS 15 13 6 14 11-59
PINE VALLEY PREVAILS
FORESTVILLE - Kayla Mansfield had eight points and a team-high 15 rebounds in helping Pine Valley (10-8, 8-4) past Forestville (6-12, 2-9), 40-27.
The Lady Panthers led 13-2 after the first quarter and 25-11 at the break, before outscoring the Lady Hornets, 17-16 in the second half for the win.
Laurel Killock chipped in a game-high 12 points while collecting five steals. Also for Pine Valley, Alex Bentham had nine points.
Alisha Szumigala had a team-high nine points while hauling down a game-high 20 rebounds for Forestville. Sydney Youngberg chipped in eight points and Jessica Makuch seven in the loss.
PINE VALLEY (40)
Waterman 0 0 0, Tingue 0 1 1, Mansfield 3 2 8, Kenny 0 0 0, Bentham 3 2 9, Brunswick 1 0 3, Abers 1 0 2, Killock 5 2 12, Hoth 1 2 5, Riggs 0 0 0, Wilcox 1 0 2. Totals: 15 9 40. 3-Point Field Goals: Hoth 1, Brunswick 1, Bentham 1.
FORESTVILLE (27)
Youngberg 3 2 8, Dugan 1 0 2, Hoth 0 0 0, Weaver 0 0 0, Wooley 0 0 0, Raynor 0 1 1, Makuch 3 1 7, Szumigala 4 1 9. Totals: 11 5 27. 3-Point Field Goals: N/A.
Pine Valley 13 12 12 5-40
Forestville 2 9 8 8-27
DIVISION 4
REED LEADS WAY AGAIN
SHERMAN - Elle Reed continued to add to her school-record totals for Sherman.
Reed was especially effective in the fourth quarter by tallying 15 points as Sherman rallied for a 48-42 win over Ellicottville to sew up second place with a 10-2 record and a 16-2 overall mark.
For her career, Reed now has a school record 1,627 points to better Tanya Wasylink's 1,559 points set in 1989-1990. Nolan Swanson holds the boys record with 1,482 points.
Sherman and Ellicottville were tied at 31-31 entering the final period when Reed led a 17-11 surge to give Sherman a third straight win over Ellicottville this year.
Reed wound up with 29 points and hauled down 15 rebounds for the Lady Wildcats. Bridget Yaw contributed 16 points, Danielle Reed eight rebounds and five assists and Samantha Delcamp six rebounds.
Janae Hamilton had 22 points and 14 rebounds to lead Ellicottville (8-3, 10-6).
Foul shooting played a big role for Sherman by making 19-of-26 with Reed hitting 11 from the foul line and Yaw seven.
Ellicottville made only 3-of-16 from the foul line with Janae Hamilton making all three.
The Sherman jayvees ended the season with a 16-1 record after beating Ellicottville.
ELLICOTTVILLE (42)
Hall 0 0 0, Spaicher 3 0 6, Golley 3 0 6, Wendell 0 0 0, J. Hamilton 8 3 22, Pierce 0 0 0, M. Hamilton 4 0 8, Wilson 0 0 0. Totals 18 3 42.
SHERMAN (48)
Rater 0 0 0, E. Reed 8 11 29, Christmas 1 1 3, Delcamp 0 0 0, Yaw 4 7 16, Hannold 0 0 0, D. Reed 0 0 0. Totals 13 19 48.
3-Point Goals - E. Reed 2, Yaw, J. Hamilton 3.\
Ellicottville11 15 5 11 - 42
Sherman13 12 6 17 - 48
Jayvees: Sherman won.
REINWALD STARS
NORTH COLLINS - Dani Reinwald scored 12 points in a 22-5 opening quarter and Clymer (10-1) went on to defeat North Collins (2-10, 3-15), 61-21.
Reinwald finished with 19 points, nine rebounds, five blocks and three steals for the Lady Pirates.
Carly McAfoose hit 13 points and Kayla Gilkinson eight for the winners while M.J. Trisket brought down eight rebounds.
Christine Blidy had 10 points and Emily Swiatkowksi added eight points for North Collins. Blidy also had eight rebounds.
CLYMER (61)
McAfoose 3 6 13, Gilkinson 2 2 8, C. Reinwald 0 2 2, D. Reinwald 7 4 19, Trisket 2 0 4, Rhodes 2 0 6, Callahan 1 0 2, Marucci 0 0 0, Howden 0 0 0, Summers 3 0 7. Totals 20 14 61.
NORTH COLLINS (21)
Bliss 0 0 0, T. Filkov 1 0 2, A. Filkov 0 0 0, Blidy 4 0 10, Kennedy 0 1 1, Swiatkowski 3 0 8, Richardson 0 0 0. Totals 8 1 17.
3-Point Goals - McAfoose, Gilkinson 2, D. Reinwald, Summers, Rhodes 2.
Clymer22 18 12 9 - 61
North Collins5 2 6 8 - 21
Jayvees: Clymer won.