12/22/18
RECAP — Behind a career-best 17-point effort from senior Alyssa Burkhart and sophomore Gabrielle Martin’s career-high 13 point effort, the Emmaus girls basketball team celebrated their first win of the season on Saturday afternoon at ‘The Hive’ as the Hornets defeated Scranton 54-44 in overtime in a first-ever non-league matchup between the two teams.
Emmaus outscored Scranton 10-0 in the extra session as both Burkhart (four points) and Martin (six) did all of the scoring for the Hornets who put up a season-high for points in a game in improving to 1-6 overall.
Junior Brooke Wunderler added seven points in the win as did freshman Sarah Hoch who came off the bench and scored all of her career-high seven points in the second quarter.
Scranton, which dropped to 2-4 on the season, was led in scoring by 6-3 junior center Colette Mulderig who scored a game-high 20 points.
Check back later for a full recap of the game, including post-game comments from Emmaus head coach Kelsey Gallagher and senior Alyssa Burkhart.
Scranton – Cleveland 1 2-4 4, Mulderig 8 4-4 20, Harbin 2 1-5 5, Svetovich 1 0-0 3, Glogowski 1 3-4 6, Pabst 0 0-0 0, Evans 2 0-1 6. Totals: FG 15, FT 10-18, 3s (4 – Svetovich, Glogowski, Pabst 2)
Emmaus – Brooke Wunderler 2 3-4 7, Gabrielle Martin 5 1-2 13, Alyssa Burkhart 4 7-8 17, Bianca Rollins 1 0-0 2, Anne Glowacki 1 0-0 2, Kayla Griffith 2 0-0 5, Sarah Hoch 3 0-2 7, Marah Sisonick 0 1-2 1, Stephanie Klemick 0 0-0 0, Megan Petrizzi 0 0-0 0. Totals: FG 18, FT 12-18, 3s (6 – Martin 2, Burkhart 2, Griffith, Hoch)
Scr – 8 – 12 – 13 – 11 – 0 – 44
Em – 8 – 18 – 10 – 8 – 10 – 54
JV – Em 62-16