Ellwood City Connects On 11 3-Pointers, Bounces Rival Riverside

Ellwood City was red hot from deep on Friday night, connecting on 11 3-pointers en route to its easy 71-33 victory over rival Riverside at Lincoln High School.

The Wolverines scorched the nets for five first quarter three pointers with junior Steve Antuono nailing three triples as part of the Wolverine’s 24-9 first quarter advantage. The tally grew to eight triples by halftime as senior Danny Ditri collected two of his three 3-pointers in the second frame.  Ditri finished with nine points, all in the first half, and the Ellwood City lead swelled to a 42-21 halftime advantage over the Panthers.

Antuono led all scorers with 23 points (4 3-pointers) including 15 first half points. Milo Sesti (14 points, 2 3-pointers) and Joey Roth (11 points) joined Antuono in double figures as eight Wolverines contributed points in the victory.

Ellwood City (5-3 overall, 3-2 Section 1-3A) will next travel to Neshannock on Tuesday to begin its second trip through its section play.  The Wolverines were knocked off by the Lancers (9-0 overall, 5-0 Section 1-3A) at home to begin their season and will look to rebound to further gain footing in the section and playoff picture.

Riverside (1-7 overall) will host two games next week, beginning with the Laurel Spartans on Tuesday night and then Neshannock next Friday night.

OF NOTE: The junior varsity game went to double-overtime before Ellwood City could pull out the narrow 43-41 victory.