IAC GIRLS BASKETBALL: WAVERLY OVERCOMES SLOW START, ROLLS PAST ITHACA, 65-31 (21 PHOTOS) (2020-02-17)

Valley Sports Report
WAVERLY - Waverly turned up the defensive intensity to overcome a slow start in a 65-31 romp over Ithaca here Monday night in non-league girls basketball action.

Trailing 15-9 after the first quarter, the Lady Wolverines allowed just 16 points over the final 24 minutes.

Senior Morgan Adams scored four points in the second quarter to spark a 10-2 run that gave Waverly a 19-17 lead at the halftime intermission.

The Waverly offense kicked into overdrive in the third quarter, sparked by junior Sidney Tomasso, who knocked down four 3-pointers and was 6-for-6 from the free-throw line in a 20-point outburst that fueled a 26-4 blitz. The Lady Wolverines led 45-21 heading into the final eight minutes.

Six different players found the scoring column for Waverly in the fourth quarter, led by senior Paige Lewis' five points, and four apiece by junior Alyssa Sindoni and freshman Kennedy Westbrook, in a 20-10 run.

Tomasso led Waverly with 28 points, while Westbrook scored 13, Adams had seven, Lewis added five points, and Sindoni and senior Gianna Picco chipped in with four points apiece.

Georgia Haverlock led Ithaca with seven points - all of them in the first quarter.