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PIAA girls basketball: South Fayette beats Southern Huntingdon
Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Lizzy King is developing quite a reputation as a clutch player.

King, a junior guard, had the winning layup in the closing seconds for the second consecutive PIAA tournament game.

South Fayette came from behind to beat Southern Huntingdon, 44-42, Tuesday night in a PIAA Class AA second-round game at Richland.

King scored the final four points of the game after teammate Caitlin McLuckie's 3-pointer with 25 seconds left began a 7-0 South Fayette run to close out the contest.

King, who had a game-high 20 points, stole the ball on the inbounds pass after McLuckie's shot and made a jumper to tie the score at 42 before Erika Ford's steal set up King for the winner.

Friday, King's basket with 10 seconds to play lifted the Lions (19-7) to a win by an identical score against Cranberry in the first round.

King had eight points Tuesday in the fourth quarter, when South Fayette outscored the Rockets (23-4), 17-6.

Other Class AA second round

• Avonworth 62, Jeannette 51: Tara Gallupe had 17 of her 26 points in the second half, when the Antelopes (24-2) came from behind to beat the WPIAL champion Jayhawks (25-3) at Hempfield.

Catherine Costa added 12 points for Avonworth, which trailed, 45-40 -- with Gallupe saddled with four fouls -- heading into the fourth quarter.

"This is like our WPIAL final," Antelopes coach Bob Schulz said. "We were patient, got good looks at the hoop and shot well.

"Tara had a nice game. She took over in the fourth quarter."

Kayla Cook led Jeannette with 28 points, including 14 in the second quarter and five 3-pointers overall.

• Seton-LaSalle 69, Marion Center 36: Katie Gattuso had 19 points and 17 rebounds and Alexa DelGreco 13 points and 11 assists as the Rebels (22-6) led, 29-12, by halftime in the win against the District 6 champion Stingers (23-4) at Butler.

Freshman Angela Heintz added 10 points for Seton-LaSalle, which has won 15 of its past 17.

Amy Fairman's 12 points paced Marion Center.

Class AAAA second round

• Mt. Lebanon 69, Erie Strong Vincent 36: The WPIAL champion Blue Devils scored the game's first 24 points and cruised to a win against the Colonels (17-5) at Kennedy Catholic.

Madison Cable had 18 points and Lauren Arbogast 16 for Mt. Lebanon (26-2), which remained undefeated against in-state teams.

Chamela Jones' 12 points led Strong Vincent.

• Baldwin 45, State College 37: Belma Nurkic had 19 points and Taylor Wentzel 12 as the Highlanders (22-5) took a first-quarter lead and never trailed again in a win against the Little Lions (19-7) at Richland. Baldwin has won 12 of its past 13.

Kelsey Gill had 11 points to lead District 6 champion State College.

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First published on March 17, 2010 at 12:00 am