Girls Basketball: Menahga’s second half flurry sinks the Lady Pirates 54-45

Tarah Cleveland dropped a game-high 24 points and Lindsey White scored 14 to help the host Menahga Lady Braves overcome a 26-21 halftime deficit to defeat Verndale 54-45 in Park Region Conference play Friday.

The Lady Braves used a flurry of second-half free-throws to sink the Lady Pirates. They converted 23-of-44 (52 percent) from the charity stripe. Menahga finished with 43 percent (14-for-32) from the floor on the evening.

Elizabeth Johnson led all Verndale scorers with 13 points in the loss.

Menahga (6-16) travels to Browerville at 7:30 p.m. Monday (today)

Verndale at Menahga on February 19
Lady Braves 54, Verndale 45
Verndale 26 19—45
Menahga 21 33—54
Menahga—Tarah Cleveland 24, Lindsey White 14, Katie Miller 5, Amelia Pho 4, Arielle Pihlaja 3, Maria Tormanen 2, Beth Tormanen 2
Verndale—Elizabeth Johnson 13, Trista Finck 8, Lizzy Yungbauer 7, Jordy Schluttner 5, Teresa Moenkedick 5, Amber Wendt 5, Chaitra Collison 2.