The Union Area Scotties had already proven themselves in the regular season, and didn't miss a beat now that it's playoff time. They walked away with a 50-43 victory over St. Joseph on Friday. The win was familiar territory for Union Area who now have 14 in a row.
St. Joseph lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Julie Spinelli, who scored 19 points along with two steals. That was a full 44.2% of St. Joseph's points, marking the third time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Anna Kreinbrook, who scored six points along with 13 rebounds.
Union Area has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 16 games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-5 record this season. As for St. Joseph, their defeat dropped their record down to 21-4.
Union Area does not have any more games scheduled as of now. St. Joseph's road trip will continue as they head out to face Saint Joseph's Catholic Academy on March 9th. Hopefully St. Joseph focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up ten on Friday.
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