Mia Snyder scored 23 points Wednesday night as Montrose handled host Riverside, 62-38, in a non-league girls basketball game and rematch of last season’s District 2 Class 3A semifinals.
Riverside won the playoff meeting on the way to its second straight district championship. There will not be a playoff meeting this year, however, as Montrose has moved down to Class 2A.
The two-time defending Lackawanna League Division 4 champion Lady Meteors return many more of the key pieces from that matchup 10 months ago and it showed.
Snyder and Aspen Smith each hit three 3-pointers.
They combined efforts to help put Montrose in control during the second quarter.
Smith, who finished with 14 points, hit all of her 3-pointers and Snyder added two during a 17-6 second quarter that put the Lady Meteors ahead 33-18 at halftime.
Hayley Pompey scored half of her 16 points in the third quarter when the lead grew again, reaching 51-30.
Lillie Pon was Riverside’s leading scorer with 18 points.
The win was the third straight to move Montrose above .500 at 3-2.
In other Wednesday non-league girls basketball action around District 2:
Lake-Lehman 51, Valley View 40
Lake-Lehman (4-2) worked through some early troubles at Valley View (4-3) to pull out the victory.
Lia Keefe scored 21 points to lead the Lady Knights.
Hailey Kline added 15 points and Ella Wilson had 13.
Lake-Lehman led 10-6 after one quarter and 18-10 midway through the second quarter.
Valley View scored the next 10 points for a 20-18 lead early in the third quarter.
The Cougars were still within 32-30 late in the third quarter before the Lady Knights gradually expanded their lead.
Keefe scored nine points and Kline six in the fourth quarter.
Giada Costa scored 10 points for Valley View. Isabella Rebar added nine by making three 3-pointers in the second half.
Dunmore 52, Mountain View 16
Dunmore shut out visiting Mountain View in the second and fourth quarters to break away in another meeting between teams that entered the game with winning records.
Sophia Talutto led the Lady Bucks (4-1) with 16 points.
Cadie Lewis made three 3-pointers while scoring all 11 of her points in the first half to help Dunmore to a 29-7 halftime lead.
Tristan Canavan added 10 points.
Addison Kilmer led Mountain View (4-3) with nine points.
Lackawanna Trail 51, Delaware Valley 23
Lackawanna Trail won at home in a game that was halted with three minutes remaining so that medical personnel could tend to an injured Delaware Valley player.
Gretchen Rejrat and Mackenzie Schirg scored 17 points each as the Lady Lions (3-4) broke a four-game losing streak.
Ciara Newton led Delaware Valley with 12 points.
Scranton 52, Susquehanna 25
Sisters Finley and Kennedy Bittenbender each hit two 3-pointers and scored eight points during a 28-3 second quarter that led to Scranton’s rout of visiting Susquehanna.
The Knights (5-1) opened a 41-8 halftime lead on the way to their fourth straight victory.
Finley Bittenbender finished with three 3-pointers and 15 points.
Lanee Olson added 10 points. Canyah Randle and Kennedy Bittenbender had eight points each.
Lexi Iveson led Susquehanna with 10 points.
Pocono Mountain West 48, Wallenpaupack 32
Pocono Mountain West handed host Wallenpaupack just its second loss in six games.
Northwest 53, Forest City 12
The host Lady Foresters dropped their third straight since an opening win.
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