| Payton Liederbach turned in another strong performance to lead the Oilers passed the homestanding Rockets 60-29 Monday night. Liederbach had a game-high 20 points, going seven for eight at the free-throw line. Teammate Sophia Garmong chipped in 15 points, despite sitting out a significant portion of the game with an injury. Titusville gave the Oilers a good fight for the first quarter of the game, even taking the lead twice after battling back from 8-2 deficit. Addie Burleigh recorded six of her team-high seven points in the first quarter before finding herself in foul trouble. It was Burleigh’s two points at the 4:10 mark of the first quarter that gave the Rockets the lead for the first time since scoring the first basket of the game. Liederbach answered with two of her own to snatch back the scoreboard. Burleigh scored another two points, followed by two more from teammate Kasey Krepps to grab Titusville’s biggest and final lead of the night 13-10. Kaitlyn Clark answered for the Oilers with a trey to tie it up. They then cruised to a 14-point lead before the Rockets scored again on a foul shot. The Rockets only garnered three points in the second. The Oilers came out aggressive in the second quarter and by halftime were ahead 31-16. While Oil City continued to find the bucket, Titusville struggled to make much happen in the third quarter as well only managing five points and the gap widened to 44-21. |     |
| The Oilers outscored the Rockets 16-8 down the stretch and took home the 60-29 victory. Also scoring for the Oilers were Clark with 9 points, Riley Guiste with 7, Anastasia Frishkorn with 6; Gabby Boocks with 3, and Shayla Hanlon and Emma Womer with 2 apiece. Along with Burleigh, seven other Rockets scored during the contest. Krepps had 6 points, Mariah Covell had 4, Rylie McGarvie and Molly Covell had 3 each, and Abigail Colie, Ava Matteson and Norah Blakeslee each had 2. |  |
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Earlier in the evening Titusville won the JV game 40-27.
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