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EXETER &#8212; Those fluid 3-point shots she&#8217;s continually swished throughout her splendid career have made Reese Mensinger a marked player lately.So she used the opening of her final District 2 girls basketball playoffs to make another mark.Mensinger scored a game-high 17 points Tuesday and made sure her teammates received their fair share, too, driving and dishing her way through Lake-Lehman&#8217;s defense Tuesday while leading Berwick to a 61-48 victory in a Class 4A district quarterfinal game at Wyoming Area Secondary Center.&#8220;They&#8217;re playing box-and-one and trying to shut me out,&#8221; Mensinger said. &#8220;I focus a lot on passing. I focus a lot on getting to the rim more, to make myself more dangerous.&#8221;This new, more versatile version of Mensinger may be even more maddening to defenses than the pure perimeter shooter who dominated Berwick&#8217;s run to the District 2 title game and second round of the PIAA playoffs last year.&#8220;Reese Mensinger got off (shots) against us and that really hurt us,&#8221; said Lake-Lehman coach Charlie Lavan, whose team finished 13-10. &#8220;If you let Mensinger loose, whether it be for a 3-pointer or in transition, she&#8217;s going to beat you.&#8221;Now, Berwick is hoping to once again beat top-seeded Scranton Prep &#8212; which knocked off Tunkhannock in another Tuesday quarterfinal &#8212; in a rematch of last year&#8217;s district semifinal on Friday. Berwick rode that 2017 upset to a District 2 silver medal in the Class 4A championship game at Mohegan Sun Arena and an automatic state playoff berth a year ago, something the Bulldogs have hopes of duplicating this week.&#8220;It&#8217;s definitely an amazing feeling,&#8221; Mensinger, a senior, said. &#8220;We want to be back at Mohegan Sun.&#8220;This is one step to get there.&#8221;Mensinger&#8217;s stepped out early to rip an NBA-range 3-pointer early. But Lehman recovered to take a 12-9 lead into the second quarter, thanks to six of Madison Borum&#8217;s 12 points.That&#8217;s when Mensinger flashed other methods of making her presence felt.The 5-foot-6 guard kept driving a lane filled with 6-footers, and drawing fouls. She hit five of her six free throws in the second quarter and lifted Berwick into a 29-18 halftime lead.She also showed off a dynamic ability to find open teammates.Just before halftime, Mensinger beat a converging Lehman defense with a bounce pass to Sierra Miedaner for a layup that beat the buzzer and sent the Bulldogs into the locker room with an 11-point edge.And in the fourth quarter, Mensinger helped thwart a couple of Lake-Lehman rallies with eye-catching assists to Megan Dalo and Katie Starr. While the Black Knights concentrated on Mensinger, Starr finished with 15 points, while Dalo wound up with 13.&#8220;Everybody tries to take Reese away,&#8221; Berwick coach Bill Phillips said. &#8220;We&#8217;ve probably seen eight or nine teams play a box-and-one on us. She saw it last year. She had a tremendous passing game tonight.&#8221;The Bulldogs, though, didn&#8217;t pass up a chance to play some suffocating defense.The game turned when Berwick held Lehman without a basket for nearly 10 minutes, a stretch covering most of the middle quarters which left Berwick with a 40-19 lead.&#8220;Our kids take great pride in our defense,&#8221; Phillips said. &#8220;It&#8217;s a game of runs. We went on a couple more longer runs than they did.&#8221;Now, the Bulldogs (16-7) are in a stretch where they&#8217;ve won seven of their last eight games, and running back to the district semifinals. They&#8217;re also guaranteed at least two more games &#8212; either in a second straight district title showdown or in a third-place game for a state playoff berth.&#8220;We feel like we&#8217;re in a very similar situation as we were last year, with our momentum,&#8221; Phillips said. &#8220;Our kids have been talking about getting back to where we were last year.&#8221;Nanticoke Area 57, Valley View 34Lisa Radziak buried six 3-point field goals and scored 22 points as the defending District 2 Class 4A champion Trojanettes recovered from Saturday&#8217;s WVC Division 2 championship loss to Holy Redeemer by romping past Valley View.Nanticoke Area improved to 20-3 and will face Wyoming Area in Friday&#8217;s district semifinals in a rematch of Wyoming Area&#8217;s upset win in the WVC regular-season finale that forced the Trojanettes into a league championship playoff game.Radziak drilled three treys and scored 11 points in the second quarter as Nanticoke Area extended its four-point lead to 35-18 by halftime.Katie Butczynski scored six points in the first and last quarter and finished with 14 points in the victory and Maddy Grilz returned to the Trojanettes lineup with a 3-pointer in the second period after sitting out the last week with concussion symptoms.Abby Pidgeon scored 10 points for Valley View, which was held to a combined 10 points in the middle quarters.Wyoming Seminary 47, Elk Lake 23Alex Wesneski scored 12 points and the Blue Knights raced out to lead of 16-5 after the opening quarter and 24-6 at halftime while cruising to a District 2 Class 2A quarterfinal victory.The Blue Knights improved to 14-9 overall and will battle defending District 2 champion Old Forge, 10-12, which earned a first-round bye as the bracket&#8217;s No. 2 seed.Elk Lake&#8217;s Tamara Voda and Eliza Bosscher combined for 12 points.District 2 Class 4A quarterfinalBerwick 61, Lake-Lehman 48LAKE-LEHMAN (48) &#8212; Sarah Salus 5 0-0 13, Corinna Scoblick 4 5-6 13, Savannah Purdy 3 3-6 10, Jodie Salansky 0 0-0 0, Madison Borum 4 4-4 12, Hunter Kline 0 0-1 0. Totals 16 12-17 48.BERWICK (61) &#8212; Megan Dalo 6 1-1 13, Reese Mensinger 5 6-8 17, Roni Isenberg 3 1-2 7, Renny Murphy 1 2-2 5, Katie Starr 6 3-5 13, Mallory Pinterich 1 0-0 2, Sierra Miedaner 1 0-0 2, Jadyn Michael 0 0-0 0. Totals 23 13-18 61.Lake-Lehman`12`6`12`18 &#8212; 48Berwick`9`20`15`17 &#8212; 61Three-point goals &#8212; LL 4 (Salus 3, Purdy); BER 2 (Mensinger, Murphy).District 2 Class 4A quarterfinalNanticoke Area 57, Valley View 34VALLEY VIEW (34) &#8212; Tori Duffy 1 0-0 2, Mia Rudalavage 1 1-2 3, Jenn Nguyen 3 0-0 6, Arianna Nardelli 1 0-0 2, Abby Pidgeon 4 2-5 10, Brittney Charles 2 1-2 5, Skylar Bianchi 1 0-0 2, Julie Maddage 1 0-0 2, McKenzie McHale 0 0-0 0, Megan Zabielski 0 0-0 0, Faith Kendricks 1 0-0 2, Jaden Swartout 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 4-9 34.NANTICOKE AREA (57) &#8212; Alyssa Lewis 2 5-8 9, Amiah Lukowski 1 0-0 3, Jennifer Kurkoski 0 0-0 0, Maddy Grilz 1 0-0 3, Lisa Radziak 8 0-0 22, Emily Hauer 0 0-0 0, Katie Butczynski 3 8-8 14, Jil Baron 3 0-0 6, Lauren Casey 0 0-0 0, Bella Czeck 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 13-16 57.Valley View`11`7`3`13 &#8212; 34Nanticoke Area`15`20`11`11 &#8212; 57Three-point goals &#8212; NAN 8 (Radziak 6, Lukowski, Grilz).District 2 Class 2A quarterfinalWyoming Seminary 47, Elk Lake 23WYOMING SEMINARY (47) &#8212; Alex Wesneski 3 6-11 12, Julia Gabriel 2 2-4 6, Ally Vezendy 2 2-2 6, Olivia Meuser 3 0-0 6, Paige Parsons 2 1-3 5, Ava Buffalino 2 0-0 4, Kate Getz 2 0-0 4, Julia Iskra 1 0-1 2, Mia Raineri 0 2-2 2, Mia Magnotta 0 0-0 0, Emily Matthews 0 0-0 0. Totals 17 13-23 47.ELK LAKE (23) &#8212; Tamara Voda 2 2-2 6, Eliza Bosscher 2 2-6 6, Abby Johns 2 1-2 5, Rose Warner 1 0-1 3, Mercedes Zajaczkowski 1 1-2 3, Charity Kasson 0 0-0 0, Kelsey Day 0 0-0 0, Kimmy Mosier 0 0-0 0, Madison Tewksbury 0 0-0 0, Sadie Bosscher 0 0-0 0, Brooke Arnold 0 0-0 0. Totals 8 6-13 23.Wyoming Seminary`16`8`14`9 &#8212; 47Elk Lake`5`1`10`7 &#8212; 23Three-point goals &#8212; ELK 1 (Warner).<style>
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<div class="neCaption">Berwick freshman guard Renny Murphy looks for an open Berwick teammate in the second half of the Bulldogs&#8217; 61-48 victory over Lake-Lehman in a District 2 Class 4A girls basketball quarterfinal game Tuesday. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/web1_Berwick-Lake-Lehman-TL-2.jpg</photo0><caption0>Berwick freshman guard Renny Murphy looks for an open Berwick teammate in the second half of the Bulldogs&#8217; 61-48 victory over Lake-Lehman in a District 2 Class 4A girls basketball quarterfinal game Tuesday. </caption0><photoCredit0>Tony Callaio | For Times Leader </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/web1_Berwick-Lake-Lehman-TL-1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Berwick&#8217;s Reese Mensinger (2) drives the left side of the lane to draw a foul on the way to the basket, and her 17-point performance, during a District 2 Class 4A quarterfinal game at Wyoming Area Secondary Center in Exeter. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/web1_Berwick-Lake-Lehman-TL-1.jpg</photo1><caption1>Berwick&#8217;s Reese Mensinger (2) drives the left side of the lane to draw a foul on the way to the basket, and her 17-point performance, during a District 2 Class 4A quarterfinal game at Wyoming Area Secondary Center in Exeter. </caption1><photoCredit1>Tony Callaio | For Times Leader </photoCredit1></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><subheadMeta>Berwick guard dishes up district playoff victory</subheadMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>By Paul Sokoloskipsokoloski@www.timesleader.com</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><factboxMeta>DISTRICT 2 GIRLS BASKETBALL PLAYOFFSCLASS 4A(Three teams to states)Tuesday&#8217;s Quarterfinals ResultsNo. 1 Scranton Prep 47, No. 8 Tunkhannock 24No. 2 Nanticoke Area 57, No. 7 Valley View 34No. 3 Wyoming Area 54, No. 6 Dallas 41No. 4 Berwick 61, No. 5 Lake-Lehman 48FridaySemifinals(sites &amp; times TBA)No. 1 Scranton Prep (21-2) vs. No. 4 Berwick (16-7)No. 2 Nanticoke Area winner (20-3) vs. No. 3 Wyoming Area (16-7)Tuesday, Feb. 27Third-Place GameSemifinal losers, site &amp; time TBAWednesday, March 1ChampionshipSemifinal winners, 6 p.m. Mohegan Sun ArenaCLASS 2A(Two teams to states)Tuesday&#8217;s Quarterfinals ResultsNo. 3 Wyoming Seminary 47, No. 6 Elk Lake 23No. 4 Mountain View 53, No. 5 Lacakwanna Trail 42FridaySemifinalsNo. 4 Mountain View (11-12) vs. No. 1 Northwest (13-9)No. 3 Wyoming Seminary (14-9) vs. No. 2 Old Forge (10-12)Friday, March 2Championship, 4 p.m. Mohegan Sun Arena</factboxMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach Paul Sokoloski at 570-991-6392 or on Twitter @TLPaulSokoloski</shirttailMeta></div>

Mensinger, Berwick best Lake-Lehman in District 2 girls basketball playoffs