Eagle girls drop Pleasanton, 59-48

UNIONTOWN -- Uniontown's girls outscored Pleasanton 17-3 in the third quarter here Friday night and held on to stun the Blu-Jays, 59-48, giving the visitors just their third loss of the season.

"Our sheer tenacity put us in a position to upset a very good Pleasanton team," Uniontown head coach Dustin Miller said.

DaNisha Robinson scored 24 points to lead the Eagles. Hayden Rathbun added 15 points, grabbed 7 rebounds and handed out 7 assists.

Uniontown (3-2 TRL, 7-10 overall) led 27-16 at the half. Pleasanton (3-2, 12-3) got back within 36-34 after three.

Both the girls and boys host Altoona-Midway tonight in Three Rivers League play. Neither Midway team has won a game this season.

PLEASANTON: Dent 5 5-12 17, Secrest 4 3-6 13, Lewis 4 4-7 12, rest of team 2 2-4 6. TOTALS: 15 14-29 48.

UNIONTOWN: Shinn 0 0-3 0, Dixon 0 2-4 2, Travis 0 0-1 0, Rathbun 4 7-12 15, Rockhold 2 0-0 4, Stokes 1 0-0 2, Coyan 1 0-0 2, Brown 1 0-2 2, Robinson 11 2-6 24, Ridge 2 4-5 8. TOTALS: 22 15-33 59.

Uniontown........ 10 17 13 19 -- 59

Three-point field goals: Pleasanton 4 (Dent 2, Lewis 2), Uniontown none.

Fouls: Pleasanton 25, Uniontown 19. Fouled out: Dent.