TIONESTA, Pa. – A cold shooting night was too much for the Tidioute Charter girls to overcome in a 52-38 loss to Union City in the Forest Area Tip-Off Tournament on Saturday.

Nakiesha Krouse had 12 points and four steals and Shelby Proctor 11 points to lead the Lady Bulldogs.

Eliza Reynolds led a strong Union City attack with 17 points.

“Cold shooting, bad passing, and lack of stamina froze us out,” said Tidioute coach Christy Valentine. “The girls will need to string 4 quarters of good play to compete this year. The lack of stamina and a small bench did us in. The girls played hard but could not stop Union City’s Eliza Reynolds strong shooting performance.

“Kelsey Nuttal played a tough game inside and pulled down 9 rebounds.”

Krouse and Union City’s Marissa Mattocks, who had eight points, were both named to the All-Tournament team.

Tidioute returns to action with a county battle against Youngsville on Tuesday and has Cambridge Springs on Thursday, both at home.

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TIDIOUTE (38)

Henderson 2-1-2-5, Krouse 4-2-4-12, Nuttal 2-2-4-6, Proctor 5-1-2-11, Sabella 2-0-0-4, Pizer 0-0-0-0, Hulse 0-0-0-0, Walter 0-0-0-0, Totals 15-6-12-38

UNION CITY (52)

Murphy 3-1-2-8, Drayer 1-0-0-2, Reynolds 8-1-2-17, Zielinski 3-3-4-9, Messenger 3-1-2-7, Mattocks 4-0-4-8, Best 0-1-2-1, Totals 22-7-16-52

By Quarters

Tidioute 9 10 10 9 – 38

Union City 10 15 15 12 – 52

Three-point FGs: Tidioute (2) – Krouse 2; Union City (2) – Murphy 2

3s-Krouse-2 TCCS, Murphy-1 UC