by After an impressive non conference victory at Bellevue on Monday Night, the Avon Lake Shoregals had themselves another quality night, never trailing in their SWC Conference game against Berea Midpark en route to a 60-31 victory on Wednesday Night.
Avon Lake scored the first 6 points of the game; Brynn Bodnar hit a 3 point shot about 45 seconds into the game, Claire Springer made 1 of 2 free throws & Marisa Summerfield hit a short range jumper to jump start the Shoregals before Talyssa Moody got the Titans on the board with 4:45 left in the first quarter.
After Avon Lake extended the lead to 11-4, Courtney Simon hit a 3 pointer with about 2 minutes left & Lauren Yee made a free throw with 30 seconds left as Berea Midpark drew to within 11-8 after the first quarter.
In the beginning of the second quarter Avon Lake extended the lead to 16-8 before the Titans closed the gap to 16-12. But the Shoregals went on a 14-2 in the last 4:30 to essentially put the game away. Nine of the 14 points during the run came via the 3 point shot as Bodnar added another triple as did Olivia Tobin & Marisa Summerfield as her 3 ball came with 5 seconds left to complete the run as Avon Lake took a 30-14 halftime lead.
The Shoregals extended their lead to 48-25 after 3 quarters of play as Tobin & Summerfield each hit another 3-point shot each
Avon Lake improved to 4-3 on the season as they are back in action at Midview on Saturday.
Berea Midpark falls to 1-6 as they travel to Amherst on Saturday.
