NTL GIRLS BASKETBALL: SUTRYK, RANDALL POWER SAYRE PAST NP-LIBERTY, 57-30, FOR THIRD WIN OF SEASON (16 PHOTOS) (2020-01-16)
Valley Sports ReportLIBERTY "” Senior Emily Sutryk and junior
Gabbi Randall combined for 40 points to lead Sayre to a 57-30 win over
North Penn-Liberty here Thursday night in NTL Small School Division
girls basketball action.
"Wins like this go a long way in
reassuring us that we know what to do, when we are able to execute our
systems," said Sayre coach Eileen Sparduti. "Hopefully that will provide
some confidence as we enter a stretch of tough opponents over the next
week.
"We were also able to give more of our youngest players a
taste of varsity competition," she added. "So, it was a night of winning
now and building a future."
Sutryk banged home three 3-pointers,
and scored 11 points in the first eight minutes, and Randall added six
points as Sayre jumped out to a 19-9 lead.
Randall scored nine points in the second quarter to fuel an 11-2 run that extended the Lady Redskin lead to 30-11 at the half.
Sutryk
scored seven points in the third quarter, and four of her teammates
added two points apiece in a 15-5 run that gave Sayre a 45-16 lead
heading into the final eight minutes.
The Lady Redskins won despite making just 6 of 19 free-throw attempts in the contest.
Sutryk
had 21 points, including five 3-pointers, four rebounds, four assists,
three steals, and one blocked shot, and Randall had 19 points, a
career-high 16 rebounds, including eight offensive boards, five assists,
four steals and one blocked shot to lead the Lady Redskins.
Sophomore
Jazz DeKay had four points and four rebounds in the win, while Ayla
Miller had four points and seven boards, senior Madeline Wilson
contributed nine rebounds, five assists, and two blocked shots, and
freshman Gabby Shaw added four rebounds and three assists.
Sayre, now 3-10, returns to action Friday when it hosts Canton at 5:30 p.m. in a game originally scheduled for Saturday.
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IN PHOTO 1: Sayre's Emily Sutryk. ... PHOTOS COURTESY OF DANIELLE HICKEY.