On February 3, the Corry lady Beavers basketball team faced the Fort LeBoeuf Bison. The starting line up for the Corry Beavers was sophomores Haley Mumau, Rylee Nickerson, and Grace Allen, and seniors Kaygen Rogers and Sadye Dyne. The starting line up for the opposing team was freshman Haley Ober and sophomores Maddison Wehler, Maggie Lemock, Morgan Johnson, and Jacey Blood.
To start off the game, the Bison got the jump ball forcing the Beavers on defense. Shortly after Morgan Johnson from Fort LeBoeuf got the first two points of the game. After the opposing team got another two points, the Beavers knew they needed to be more aggressive. Their next play, Kaygen Rogers had an open look on the 3-point line and made her shot, making the score 4-3 Bisons in the lead.
Later in the first quarter, Mumau was playing great defense on Wehler, which lead to a five-second call. A few minutes after, Grace Allen got a steal into a transitioning layup to put the Beavers in the lead (5-4). To end the first quarter, Nickerson got fouled during an outside 2-pointer and made one out of two foul shots, ending the first quarter with a score of (6-4), Corry Beavers in the lead.
Haley Mumau started off the second quarter strongly by making a 3-pointer in transition. In the next play, Halle Albers shot and made a 3-pointer to take an 8 point lead (12-4). Then, after back to back transitions, Grace Allen made a pull up shot making the score now (14-4), Beavers in the lead. The lady Beavers ended the 2nd quarter in the lead 20-7.
The third quarter started with the Beavers in control of the ball. Once the bison got the ball Haley Ober had a great look at the hoop making the first couple points of the third quarter. The Bison then did an out-of-bounds play to look for a shot on the three-point line, which led to Allen getting the rebound and a pass to Rogers for a layup. Grace Allen got a steal off the Bison and made a pass to Mumau for a layup, and missed it; then Allen put it back up to add two more points for the Beavers. A couple minutes later in the second quarter the Beavers were giving the Bison second and third chances with their shots and they still weren’t falling. Then Haley Mumau got the ball and passed to Albers, followed by a pass to Allen wide open on the 3-point line for a great shot. The score at the end of the third quarter was 31-21 Beavers.
Grace Allen started off the fourth quarter strong with a defensive rebound all the way to the other side of the court for a layup. Throughout this game, Allen and other players on the Corry Beavers had many open looks at the hoop. The final score was 37-23 Beavers.
