Brianna Campbell and Michela Contestible combined to score 56 points as their Spencerport Rangers set a season high for team points in their 72-51 win over Churchville-Chili in girls basketball.
The win broke a four-game losing skid for the Rangers and broke their previous season high of 68 points at Greece Athena in early December.
The Rangers jumped out to a 13-9 first quarter lead as Luca Palmer hit a three-pointer and Joie Culkin a lay-up. After the Saints cut the lead to two points on a field goal from Sydney Hayden to open the second quarter, Spencerport went on a 12-4 run with Campbell hitting two treys, a lay-up and a pair of free throws.
The lead became as many as 15 points in the third quarter as Spencerport had the offense in high gear with 18 in the stanza. Contestible scored half of her 24 points over the eight minutes.
The Saints continued to hang around and cut the lead to six with six minutes remaining in the fourth quarter as Tiffany Binion scored twice on a drive and put-back plus a lay-up from Abigail Tabone.
But it was all Rangers after that outscoring the Saints 27-12 as Culkin scored eight of her ten points and Campbell knocked down three treys and a pair of free throws in the stretch.
Campbell, who entered the game averaging 17 points per game, finished with 32 points and dished out five assists while Contestible scored 24 points with eight rebounds and seven blocks despite picking up her third foul late in the first quarter. Culkin had ten points.
For the Saints, Binion finished with 16 points while Hayden and Skylar Burgess both added ten points.
Spencerport, who last won a Division title in 1996-97, will host the 25th “Coach Chow” Hoops for the Hospital Basketball tournament January 15-16 with Brockport, Irondequoit and Webster-Schroeder.
The tournament, which has raised $74,000 over the years, is named for former and longtime girls basketball coach Don “Coach Chow” Wierzchowski who died in 2001 from pancreatic cancer. All proceeds will be directed to the More Than A Game Foundation for Golisano Children’s Hospital at Strong.
