MILL HALL — Central picked up its first win of the year, 40-24, over Athens in high school girls basketball on Saturday in the Central Mountain Tournament’s consolation game by holding its opponent to two field goals in the game and just sixth second-half points after the game was tied at the half.

Addie Imes scored a game-high 18 points for the Lady Dragons.

ATHENS (24): Jarvis 0 5-8 5, A. Mayo 0 0-0 0, Vough 1 2-6 4, Hughes 0 2-2 2, Wennie 0 0-0 0, B. Mayo 0 0-0 0, Kemp 1 9-12 11, Morgan 0 2-2 2. Totals — 2 20-30 24.

CENTRAL (40): Benton 1 0-0 3, Poet 1 0-0 2, Rhykerd 3 0-0 9, A. Imes 7 3-6 18, Long 1 1-2 3, Diehl 0 0-0 0, Parilla 1 3-4 5. Totals — 14 7-12 40.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Athens 7 11 3 3 — 24

Central 7 11 13 9 — 40

3-point goals: Athens: none; Central 5 (Rhykerd 3, Imes, Benton).

Records: Central (1-2).

Altoona loses

ROYERSBURG — Altoona and Spring-Ford played a back-and-forth game before the Lady Lions eventually lost, 50-44, in high school girls basketball on Saturday.

Raylin Eyer led Altoona with 14 points.

ALTOONA (44): Harzbecker 0 0-0 0, Potts 1 1-2 3 , Cuspert 1 3-4 5, Nguyen-Moore 2 0-0 6, Heyward 3 0-0 9, Eyer 5 0-0 14, Davis 1 0-0 2, Cogan 2 1-2 5. Totals — 15 5-8 44.

SPRING-FORD (50): Bisecker 2 0-0 6, C. Finney 2 0-0 4, Stiles 0 5-6 5, Kaercher 4 0-0 9, Maloney 3 3-4 9, T Finney 4 2-4 11. Totals — 18 10-15 50.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Altoona 15 11 10 8 — 44

Spring-Ford 17 10 10 13 — 50

3-point goals: Altoona 9 (Eyer 4, Heyward 3, Nguyen-Moore 2); Spring-Ford 4 (Bisecker 2, Kaerchar, Finney).

Records: Altoona (1-2); Spring-Ford (1-0).

JV: Altoona, 39-31. High scorers — Davis, A, 15; Sharpe, SF, 10.

Lions downed

LAKEVIEW — Girard defeated Altoona, 59-42, in the consolation game of the Lakeview Tip-Off Tournament in high school boys basketball on Saturday.

The Mountain Lions’ MaLikai Shields was named to the all-tournament team. Lucas Helsel scored a team-high 10 points for Altoona.

ALTOONA (42): Shields 3 1-2 7, Wagner 2 0-0 5, Barr 2 1-2 6, Chathams 0 0-0 0, E. Hicks 0 0-0 0, Cochran 3 0-0 6, Pfeffer 0 0-0 0, Greaser 0 0-0 0, Helsel 3 4-4 10, Caldwell 0 0-0 0, McCloskey 2 0-0 4, Wukovich 2 0-0 4. Totals — 17 6-8 42.

GIRARD (59): Goday 13 8-9 35, Speed 3 0-0 9, Hale 1 0-0 3, Svyer 0 1-2 1, Niewerowski 2 2-3 8, Gilmore 1 0-0 3, St. Julien 0 0-0 0, Miller 0 0-0 0, Beck 0 0-0 0, Townsend 0 0-0 0. Totals — 20 11-14 59.

SCORE BY QUARTERS

Altoona 12 7 8 15 — 42

Girard 15 13 15 16 — 59

3-point goals: Altoona 2 (Wagner, Barr); Girard 8 (Goday, Speed 3, Hale, Niewerowski 2, Gilmore).

Records: Altoona (0-3); Girard (3-0)

JV: Altoona, 72-20.