Lexi Werner scored 14 points and No. 12 Penn held off No. 15 Northridge for a 44-39 victory in high school girls basketball on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 206.
Alivia Dawson scored 12 points.
A pair of freshmen combined for 18 points. Makenzie Juszczak scored 10 points and Jillian Sanderson scored eight.
Penn jumped out to an early eight-point lead and led by nine points, 34-25, after three quarters.
Clutch free-throw shooting – eight-of-10 in the fourth quarter – sealed the victory for Penn.
PENN 44: Lexi Werner 14, Jillian Sanderson 8, Anna McCullough 0, Makenzie Juszczak 10, Quinn Driscoll 0, Anica Gensic 0, Alivia Dawson 12.
Northridge 39: Riegsecker 9, Miller 0, Besanich 0, Gorbell 2, Ambers 6, Walker 2, Yeater 8, Garber 0, Scholl 12.
PENN 12 27 34 44
Northridge 4 19 25 39
Three-pointers: PENN 2 (Alivia Dawson 2), Northridge 1 (Ambers).
