The 8th grade girls were able to pull it together, but unfortunately it was too little too late.
Going into halftime of their championship game, they trailed 21-2 and were visibly nervous in the biggest game of the year.
However, they were able to bounce back, and actually outscored the other team 23-20 in the second half. It was still not enough as they take second place in their division in a 41-25 loss.
The lead was cut to 9 points in the 4th quarter, but no closer than that.
The girls played so hard to get back in the game, they didn't have much left to complete what would have been a comeback of epic proportion.
There should be no shame in coming in second for these girls, as they lost to an undefeated team. And what does it say when a team can win a championship by 16 points? Were they even in the right division?
But those things are out of the girls' control and they gave their best effort to make an attempt at an upset.
What was in their control were their free-throws and lay-ups, two things that they have done a solid job of in their last few games. Today, they were absent.
They shot 9-of-32 from the free-throw line and seemed a bit flustered when they had their open looks.
Despite the loss, this team has made the biggest improvement of any of the teams. Winning only one game a season ago, they were in the championship and perhaps a bad half of basketball away from being on top.
There's nothing they should be ashamed of as they worked hard all season long to go the distance.
The girls left it all out on the court, and we should all be very proud about their accomplishments as they leave St. Mary's.
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The girls were great!
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