The Penn Yan Mustang girls basketball team continued their winning ways last week with huge league wins over Wayne and Geneva.
Penn Yan 58
Wayne 48
On Wednesday in Ontario Center, Penn Yan jumped quickly in the opening quarter, outscoring their hosts 20-4. The Mustang girls eased to a 58-48 victory in this key Finger Lakes East matchup.
The Lady Mustangs were once again led offensively by talented junior Rachel Roddenbery’s 16 point scoring effort.
Morgan Simmons added 12 points to the Orange and Blue tally. Emily Simpson tossed in 10 more.
Penn Yan 39
Geneva 38
The Distaff Mustangs made it a perfect winning week with a thrilling, last second 39-38 win over rival Geneva in Penn Yan on Friday evening. The huge win avenged an earlier loss in Geneva. The Orange and Blue cagers grabbed victory out of the jaws of defeat with some real late game heroics in this low-scoring defensive battle.
Penn Yan’s hero of the hour was Emily Simpson. She calmly sank two free throws with just two seconds left on the clock to change a 1-point deficit into a 1-point lead.
The hometown Mustangs exited the court at the final buzzer with a big 39-38 league win.
One of the keys to the Penn Yan win was their work on the backboards. Roddenbery pulled down eight rebounds and Catherine Andersen grabbed seven.
On the scoring ledger for Penn Yan, Roddenbery tallied 14 points to lead the Orange and Blue in that department. Andersen added 10 points and Emily Simpson, 8. The Lady Mustangs improve the season record to 8-3 overall, 5-3 in the Finger Lakes East.
Red Jacket 49
Dundee 35
The Dundee Girl’s basketball team won one and lost one in Finger Lakes West action last week.
On Wednesday night in Manchester, Red Jacket handed Dundee a 49-35 loss. The Bombers outscored the Dundee girls in every quarter enroute to the Finger Lakes West win. Sami Clingerman notched 11 points to pace the Scots scoring. Katie Zebrowski added 10 points for Dundee.
Dundee 54
Naples 28
The Lady Scots got back on the winning track on Friday evening in Dundee. The Dundee five jumped to a 33-14 halftime lead and cruised to a 54-28 win over Naples in another Finger Lakes West tilt. Casi Strait scored 13 points to lead Dundee (6-3,6-6). Rashanna Gee added 11 points and Clingerman, 8.
Strait was once again the Lady Scot’s top scorer, a feat that is not uncommon to her. Over the past four years, she has developed into a prolific scorer — one of the top shooters in the Finger Lakes. Strait’s 13 point, team- leading effort helped mark another mile stone in her high school basketball career. With Friday’s total, Strait reached the 1,000th career point plateau. It was a memorable evening for the talented Dundee guard.
