Juniata men’s basketball opens season with victory
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CRESSON -- The Juniata College men's basketball team opened its season Monday night at Mount Aloysius, defeating the hosts 88-67 in area collegiate action.
Juniata, up 47 -29 at halftime, got 16 points each from Joe Bruce, Ty Kocak and Elijah Welsh. Teammate Ayden Hurley came off the bench to finish with 13 points.
Mount Aloysius’ Troy Tinch shoots over Juniata’s Ayden Hurley. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski
The Mounties, who were also opening the season, were led by Joshua Henderson's 15 points and 11 points from Troy Tinch.
Juniata will host Penn State DuBois on Friday at 7 p.m. while the Mount will travel to New Wilmington to play Westminster in the Buzz Ridl Classic at 8 p.m.
Lady Mounties win
NEW WILMINGTON -- The Mount Aloysius women's basketball team is 2-0 following Monday night's 61-49 win at Westminster.
Kylie Rebert scored 15 points and pulled down 10 rebounds for the Mount, which trailed 14-14 after one quarter. Teammate Molly Kosmack added 13 points and 10 rebounds as the Lady Mounties went up at halftime, 26-22.
Annalyn Isaacs contributed 11 points and seven boards for the winners.
Westminster (1-1) got 16 points from Maddie Syka.
The Mount hosts Juniata College Thursday at 6 p.m.
Lady Lions fall
DAYTON -- The Penn State women's basketball team dropped to 0-3 on the season Monday night, losing at Dayton, 77-71.
Lady Lion juniors Petra Bozan and Devyn Quigley had career-high showings.
Bozan produced her third straight double-digit scoring effort for Penn State, finishing with 27 points, thanks to five 3-pointers. Teammate Quigley added 23 points on six 3-pointers in a game the Lady Lions scored 21 points in the first quarter.
Skylar Durley added 10 points for Penn State, which was outscored, 21-8, in the second quarter.
Dayton (1-1) got 17 points from Olivia Leung to go with 15 points from Jayda Johnson, 13 from Sophie Swanson and 10 from Molly O'Riordan.
The Lady Lions are at Arizona State on Sunday. Tipoff is at 4 p.m.
PENN ST. (0-3): Bozan 10-11 2-2 27, Carter 2-5 1-2 5, Durley 4-12 2-2 10, Gonzalez 1-9 0-0 2, Quigley 8-16 1-3 23, Banks 0-0 0-0 0, Black 2-8 0-0 4, White 0-2 0-0 0, Totals 27-63 6-9 71
DAYTON (1-1): Talle 3-5 3-4 9, Ibrahim 3-6 0-1 6, Leung 5-12 5-6 17, Smith 2-4 1-2 5, Swanson 4-13 4-5 13, McLeod 0-1 2-2 2, O'Riordan 3-6 2-4 10, Johnson 5-6 3-4 15, Totals 25-53 20-28 77
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Penn State 21 8 21 21 — 71
Dayton 16 21 16 24 — 77
3-Point Goals--Penn St. 11-21 (Bozan 5-6, Gonzalez 0-2, Quigley 6-10, Black 0-3), Dayton 7-18 (Talle 0-1, Leung 2-5, Smith 0-1, Swanson 1-4, O'Riordan 2-4, Johnson 2-3). Assists--Penn St. 17 (Carter 4, Gonzalez 4), Dayton 12 (Smith 4). Fouled Out--Penn St. Gonzalez. Rebounds--Penn St. 30 (Carter 8), Dayton 37 (Ibrahim 6, Talle 6). Total Fouls--Penn St. 19, Dayton 11. Technical Fouls--None. A--1,653.