BARBERTON -- A strong start to both halves paced Revere's girls basketball team to its fifth straight win, beating Barberton 66-55 Saturday in Suburban League American Conference action.

Behind the play of senior forward Taylor Rinn (game-high 28 points), the Minutemen stormed out double-digit advantages in both the first and third quarters to earn the victory, which places Revere in a tie for second place in the SL American standings with Highland -- who also won on Saturday over Kent Roosevelt (62-23).

Along with Rinn, both Adison Novosel and Grace Hete caught fire from the perimeter, finishing with 16 and 15 points, respectively, and a combined four 3-pointers.

The Minutemen improve to 9-3, 5-2 with the win, while the Magics drop to 6-7, 4-3.

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Suburban League Girls Basketball -- 1/12/19

Revere 66, Barberton 55

REVERE                 23  13  16  14  --  66

BARBERTON       11  16   9  19  --  55

Revere (9-3, 5-2) -- Audrey Livesay 1 2-2 4, Taylor Rinn 10 8-13 28, Adison Novosel 4 5-6 16, Jess Vari 0 0-0 0, Jeanne Hujer 0 0-0 0, Grace Hete 5 4-5 15, Anna D'Amico 1 1-4 3. TOTALS: 21 20-30 66.

Barberton (6-7, 4-3) -- Quinn 0 1-2 1, Walker 0 2-2 2, Haywood 4 0-0 10, Prewitt 7 4-8 18, Shifferly 1 2-2 5, Soyars 2 0-0 5, Rhoden 5 0-2 10, Kaisk 0 4-4 4. TOTALS: 19 13-20 55.

3-point goals--Revere 4 (Novosel 3, Hete), Barberton 4 (Haywood 2, Shifferly, Soyars).

Turnovers--Revere 8, Barberton 9.

Fouls--Revere 17, Barberton 24.

Junior varsity--Barberton won.