Salamanca Beats Ellicottville
ELLICOTTVILLE — Leilene McComber scored 24 points — 22 of them in the first half — as Salamanca beat nonleague Ellicottville 51-48 in the teams’ regular-season girls basketball finale Friday.
The Warriors (14-6) led 35-20 at halftime before holding on at the end.
Maliyah Foster added 10 points in the win.
Ande Northrup led the Eagles (12-8) with 15 points and Natalee Leiper chipped in 11.
SALAMANCA (51)
Tennity 0 0 0, Wass 2 1 5, Crouse 1 2 4, Dowdy 0 0 0, McComber 5 11 24, Galante 2 0 4, Stahlman 0 0 0, Lafferty 2 0 4, Foster 4 0 10.
ELLICOTTVILLE (48)
John 2 0 5, Finn 0 0 0, Crowley 0 0 0, Ficek 2 1 6, Northrup 5 3 15, Whitmer 2 0 4, Leiper 5 0 11, Marsh 2 3 7. Totals 18 6 48.
3-point goals–John, Ficek, Northrup 2, Leiper, McComber 3, Foster 2.
Salamanca 20 15 9 7 — 51
Ellicottville 9 11 15 13 — 48