NTL GIRLS BASKETBALL: SUTTON'S JUMPER IN CLOSING SECONDS LIFT SAYRE TO 27-25 WIN OVER NP-M (15 PHOTOS) (2023-01-30)

Valley Sports Report
MANSFIELD — Freshman Kaitlyn Sutton knocked down a jump shot in the lane with 6 seconds remaining to lift Sayre a 27-25 win over North Penn-Mansfield here Monday night in NTL Small School girls basketball action.

The Lady Redskins avenge a 32-24 loss to the Lady Tigers Friday night.

“Neither team shot the ball real well tonight, but we hit the big shots when we needed them,” said Sayre coach Bob Fauver. “We played better offensively and we made some adjustments with our defense to limit Mansfield.

“They hurt us a little in the first half with second shots, but we rebounded when he really had to.

“I am proud of the girls for how they hung together to pull this win out,” added Fauver. “It was a total team effort.”

The game was evenly-played for nearly the full 48 minutes.

Sutton knocked down a pair of 3-pointers in the first quarter to help the Lady Redskins to a 6-5 after the first eight minutes.

Sutton hit another 3-pointer in the second quarter, but NP-M outscored the Lady Redskins, 8-7, to send the game into the halftime intermission tied at 13-all.

Senior Gabby Shaw canned a pair of 3-pointers, and scored eight points in the third quarter, NP-M also scored eight points in the stanza, and the game entered the final eight minutes tied at 21-21.

The Lady Redskins made just 2 of 7 free throws in the fourth quarter, and NP-M tied the game at 25-all late in the stanza.

After Sutton’s dramatic jumper gave Sayre the lead with six seconds left, NP-M in-bounded the ball and rushed it up the floor, but was unable to convert the game-tying shot.

Sutton led Sayre with 11 points, including a trio of 3-pointers, three rebounds, and four steals, while Gabby Shaw had eight points, and three rebounds, junior Liz Shaw had four points, five rebounds, and three steals, freshman Rylee Lantz added four points, and sophomore Meagan Flynn chipped in with three rebounds.

Sayre, now 4-12, hosts Small School-leading NEB Wednesday night.

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IN PHOTO 1: Sayre’s Liz Shaw. … PHOTOS BY LANCE LARCOM.