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by: Don Rebel

NORWIN, UPPER ST. CLAIR MEET IN 1ST-PLACE CLASH

Welcome to the stretch run of WPIAL girls basketball season, the start of the final two weeks of section play.

Now the focus just isn’t on the battle for section championships, it is also on securing the needed positioning in a section to secure a district playoff berth.

The fight for first place in Section 2-6A became a lot more interesting following a Canon-McMillan victory over Upper St. Clair this past Friday.

USC had been alone in first place since beating Norwin on Jan. 3.

Now the Panthers have slipped into a tie for the top spot with the Knights heading into their first-place showdown on Monday at Upper St. Clair.

USC had won nine straight to improve to 12-2, but then last week lost two in a row to Shaler in a non-section contest and to the Big Macs for their first section loss.

Norwin was 4-5 overall after losing to Upper St. Clair earlier this month 63-53 but since has won five games in a row.

Both teams are 5-1 in section have clinched postseason berths.

They are on game ahead of third-place Canon-McMillan (4-2, 10-6), which will be visiting fourth-place Mt. Lebanon (3-3, 10-7) on Monday.

Watch the Norwin at USC game on Trib HSSN at 7 p.m.