With a playoff game on the line, the Bloomsburg Panthers rose to the challenge on Friday. They enjoyed a cozy 59-45 victory over the Warriors. Bloomsburg pushed the score to 49-28 by the end of the third, a deficit Williamson cut but never quite recovered from.
Brynna Zentner was her usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 25 points and 11 rebounds. That makes it three consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of Bloomsburg's points. Bella Pistoia was another key contributor, dropping a double-double on ten points and 13 rebounds.
Despite the loss, Williamson still got an impressive performance from Taylor Rae Jones, who scored 23 points along with five rebounds and four steals. Jones has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last 14 times she's played. Another player making a difference was Olivia Meisner, who scored four points along with seven rebounds and five steals.
Bloomsburg is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-10 record this season. As for Williamson, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 19-5.
Bloomsburg will face off against Loyalsock Township at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Loyalsock Township will roll in looking for their 21st straight win, something Bloomsburg surely won't give up without a fight. Williamson does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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