Eagle girls defeat Altoona-Midway

PLEASANTON -- Uniontown's girls broke a two-game losing streak by defeating Altoona-Midway, 48-30, in the first round of the Pleasanton Mid-Season Tournament here Tuesday afternoon.

Breanna Esslinger scored 15 points to lead the Eagles (5-4) while Hope Jurgensen added 10 points. Jurgensen and Hayden Rathbun were each credited with 9 rebounds. Tayler Shook dished 4 assists.

"This was a good win for us," Uniontown head coach Ken Holt said. "We didn't shoot very well but the girls played hard and did a lot of good things. Bre got some really good looks against their 3-2 zone."

Uniontown shot just 29 percent from the field, making 15 of 51 field-goal attempts. But they also held the Jets (2-6) to 24 percent on 10 of 42.

The Eagles are set to play the winner of Central Heights, a 63-14 victor over Crest, in Thursday's semifinal. The game time will be determined later today.

ALTOONA-MIDWAY: Spears 5-13 4-4 15, LaCrone 3-10 2-4 8, Garcia 1-4 2-5 4, Lour 1-3 0-0 2, Reeves 0-5 0-0 0, Busteed 0-5 0-0 0, VanWinkle 0-2 0-0 0. TOTALS: 10-42 8-13 30.

UNIONTOWN: Esslinger 5-12 0-1 15, Jurgensen 3-8 4-6 10, Rathbun 3-10 304 9, Ulrey 2-6 2-5 6, Shook 1-4 1-5 3, Shinn 1-2 0-0 2, Aikins 0-1 2-6 2, Rockhold 0-2 1-2 1, Harper 0-3 0-1 0, Dixon 0-1 0-0 0, Coyan 0-2 0-0 0, Ridge 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 15-51 13-34 48.

Uniontown........ 9 13 11 15 -- 48

Three-point field goals: Altoona-Midway 2-5 (Spears 2-2, LaCrone 0-2, Busteed 0-1), Uniontown 5-16 (Jurgensen 5-12, Ulrey 0-2, Harper 0-2).

Total fouls: Altoona-Midway 26, Uniontown 15. Fouled out: Spears, Lour, Reeves. .

Rebounds: Altoona-Midway 27, Uniontown 37 (Jurgensen 9, Rathbun 9). Assists: Altoona-Midway 4, Uniontown 8 (Shook 4).