SIDMAN - Alex Gildea scored 12 points and pulled down 12 rebounds, and Morgan Griffith had 22 rebounds and scored nine points to lead Hollidaysburg over once-beaten Forest Hills, 48-42, Monday night in high school girls basketball action.
"This was a very tough game for 32 minutes," Hollidaysburg coach Deanna Jubeck said. "Forest Hills is a very skilled team. The kids were very resilient for 32 minutes. We controlled the boards and hit the free throws down the stretch."
The Lady Tigers (12-8) outscored Hills (19-2) in the fourth quarter, 15-8.
"We didn't shoot well in that quarter," Hills coach Carol Cecere said. "Our post players were in foul trouble, too, so they were a little tentative."
Casey Gallaher's 13 points were tops for Forest Hills, which trailed, 21-19, at halftime.
"We were down a couple players," Cecere added. "Briana Kostan was not at the game. Amanda Meier had a concussion ... she is our first post player off the bench. The last 2:30 mintues, our point guard [Gallaher] got injured and she was our leading scorer so that sort of hurt us."
HOLLIDAYSBURG (48): Gildea 5 2-5 12, Ellis 1 2-2 4, R. McClain 1 3-4 5, Mercer 2 2-2 6, Griffith 3 3-4 9, Storm 4 0-0 10, Muir 0 2-2 2, A. McClain 0 0-0 0. Totals - 16 14-19 48.
FOREST HILLS (42): Bard 2 2-2 7, DinFlauro 4 2-3 10, Marks 1 1-3 3, Gould 2 2-6 6, Zubek 1 0-0 2, Cas. Gallaher 6 1-2 13, Ca. Gallaher 0 1-2 1. Totals - 16 9-18 42.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Hollidaysburg9 12 12 15 - 48
Forest Hills9 10 15 8 - 42
3-point goals: Hollidaysburg 2 (Storm 2); Forest Hills (Bard).
Records: Hollidaysburg (12-8); Forest Hills (19-2).
JV: Hollidaysburg, 48-30. High scorers-Davis, H, 13; Ca. Gallaher 8, Miller 8.
