Lady Warriors rally to defeat short-handed LH
Laurel Highlands had Elizabeth Forward on the ropes, but the Lady Warriors rallied for a 60-56 victory Monday night in Class 4A Section 3 play at Harold 无毛视频淗orse无毛视频� Taylor Memorial Gymnasium.
The Lady Mustangs were playing without one of their top players in senior Aryianna Sumpter, but the duo of Miya Harris and Aierra Jenkins more than picked up the slack in combining for 43 points.
Harris scored the game无毛视频檚 first 11 points and finished with a game-high 25, and Jenkins had a double-double with 18 points and 13 rebounds.
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Sumpter was injured Friday in a game against Morgantown, W.Va., in a tournament at University High.
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Despite trailing by 11 mid-way through the first quarter, Elizabeth Forward (2-0, 3-3) outscored Laurel Highlands (0-2, 4-3) by nine in the second-half of the period to cut the deficit to 14-12 after the first.
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The Lady Mustangs extended their advantage to 29-23 at halftime and 39-32 after three quarters before the Lady Warriors outscored the home team, 28-17, in the fourth period.
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Laurel Highlands had a 44-34 lead with 5:29 left in the game before Elizabeth Forward went on a 6-0 run to cut the deficit to four.
Jenkins无毛视频� picture-perfect pass to Harris gave the Lady Mustangs a 46-40 advantage before Mia Sostaric hit a three-pointer.
Michelle Jellison scored two of her team-high 16 for the Lady Warriors and Sostaric gave her team their first lead of the contest with 2:34 remaining at 47-46.
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Laurel Highlands never regained the lead, but cut the deficit to 54-53 with 35 seconds left when Harris banked in a three-pointer.
Chloe Zombek made two free throws and Kaelynn Settles scored inside to push Elizabeth Forward无毛视频檚 advantage to 58-53 with 14 seconds remaining. Settles put in 15 points.
A technical foul against the Lady Warriors put Harris at the line, and she made both free throws and the Lady Mustangs had the ball with a chance to hit a game-tying three-pointer.
Elizabeth Forward put Jenkins on the line, and after making the first, she intentionally missed the second to give Laurel Highlands a chance, but the Lady Warriors pulled down the rebound and Jellison hit two free throws to ice the game.
Zombek scored 14 points, and was 7 of 8 from the line in the fourth quarter. Sostaric added 12 points.
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The Lady Mustangs will look to get back on track Thursday when they travel to Southmoreland (1-1, 3-5) in a section game at 7:30 p.m.
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