Morrison boys, Eastside girls take third place
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The Lady bulldogs pulled off a comeback in the final seconds of their game, with Samantha Call scoring twice in the last 29 ticks to give her team a 26-25 victory over the Lady Tigers.
Trailing by three points after a 5-0 Irving College run midway through the fourth quarter, Call took over for the Lady Bulldogs, scoring at the 1:57 mark to pull her team within a point. The Lady Tigers? Lacey Bess answered with a put-back with 1:31 to play, and Holly Campbell was unable to counter those points as she missed a pair of free throws for Eastside.
But Call stole an inbounds pass and scored with 29 seconds to go, trimming the gap to 25-24, and Kateland Moore came through with a vital steal at midcourt on the ensuing Irving College possession, feeding the ball to Call who scored the game-winner with two seconds remaining.
Call had 10 points to lead Eastside, which battled back to tie the game at 4-4 by the first quarter?s end and took a 12-8 lead into halftime. Moore added six, Lauren Wilson and Abbi Reyes had four each and Campbell chipped in two.
The Lady Tigers ? who rallied from six points down to tie the game at 18-18 by the end of the third ? got 12 points from Becca Smith before she fouled out in the game?s final minute. Bess added 10 and DeNeeka Cole scored three.
? In the boys? consolation game, Morrison found itself tied 4-4 after a period, but came on strong to build a 15-7 halftime lead on the way to a 31-18 win over Dibrell.
The Eagles got a pair of baskets from Chase Hullett to expand on their lead in the second quarter, and went up 15-7 by the end of the first half.
Dibrell was held to a single field goal in the third, and a Jeffery White free throw accounted for the Wildcats? only other point in the period as they fell behind by a 27-10 margin.
Morrison went up by as many as 31-12 in the fourth, before Dibrell closed out the game with a 6-0 run.
Lance Kelly led the way with 10 points, while Kyle Rutledge had six and Hullett had five. Jordan Tidwell added four, while William Tans, Chris Frazier and Zach York had two each.
Bradley Stewart, Jonathan Beavers and Vaughn had four each, while Keain Hildreth had two, Trevor Bell added three and White had one point.