Port Allegany girls clinch North Tier League title

ULYSSES — The Port Allegany girls clinched their second-straight North Tier League crown in convincing fashion, 64-8 over Northern Potter Monday.

Most of the Lady Gators (19-0, 14-0) wins have been of the dominant variety, with a 44-41 win at Coudersport on Jan. 8 the only game this season in which they haven’t won by double figures.

Becca Lathrop, Port Allegany’s leading scorer, posted a game high 17 points in the win over NoPo, while Shania Jones added a season-high 11 and Brooke Roys 10.

The Lady Gators, who have already clinched the top-seed in the D-9 Class A playoffs, are at Cameron County Tuesday and home to Austin Thursday as they look to complete an unbeaten regular season.

PORT ALLEGANY (64)

Shania Jones 5-1-1-11, Krista Miller 2-4-4-8, McKenna Johnson 1-0-0-2, Somer Buchsenschutz 2-0-0-5, Autumn Buchsenschutz 0-0-0-0, Lynae Delacour 3-1-2-7, Brooke Roys 5-0-0-10, Sam Metzger 2-0-0-4, Becca Lathrop 7-3-4-17, Totals 27-9-11-64

NORTHERN POTTER (8)

Rebecca Baker 1-2-2-4, Gracie Hamilton 1-0-0-2, Brooklynne Cowburn 1-0-0-2, Katlyn Bennett 0-0-0-0, Tory McCutcheon 0-0-0-0, Maranda Slawson 0-0-0-0, Totals 3-2-2-8

By Quarters

Port Allegany      21    15    11    17—64

Northern Potter 2      2    2       2—8

Three-point FGs: Port Allegany — S. Buchsenschutz 1; Northern Potter — None