Photos: Ava Miles leads Park Hill South girls basketball past host Lee's Summit

Freshman scores game-high 24 points in victory

LEE'S SUMMIT, Mo. – Freshman Ava Miles scored 24 points as the Park Hill South girls basketball team rallied from a halftime deficit to earn a 67-50 victory at Lee's Summit on Monday night.

Miles scored all 24 of her points in the final three quarters, including 20 points in the second half. Freshman Addison Bjorn and junior Avery Simmons added 15 points apiece in the victory as the Panthers improved to 16-3.

Avery Rausch led Lee's Summit (7-11) with 16 points, while Adrian Benassi added 13.

The host Tigers got off to a strong start with 18 points in the first quarter, including 10 from Benassi. Lee's Summit took a 29-25 lead into halftime.

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Here is a look at the game from photographer David Smith:

Park Hill South at Lee's Summit girls basketball

Photos from David Smith

Published Feb 7, 2023

NATE LATSCH, SBLIVE SPORTS

Nate Latsch is a Regional Editor at SBLive Sports overseeing high school coverage for Missouri, Illinois and Indiana. A veteran sportswriter and multimedia content creator, Latsch has covered high school sports in the St. Louis area and Missouri for 20 years, with a focus on high school football, basketball, baseball and football and basketball recruiting. He has worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, STLhighschoolsports.com, the Associated Press, FOX Sports Midwest, MLB.com and Scout.com. In addition to covering high school sports, Latsch has covered youth, college and professional sports, including covering the St. Louis Cardinals, St. Louis Blues and St. Louis Rams, the University of Missouri and Saint Louis University.

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