PLAINVIEW, Texas (KFDA) – It was one of the crucial extremely anticipated video games of the 12 months within the Texas Panhandle space. A rematch of the Woman Sandies and Woman Plainsmen 5 extra time traditional from final postseason.
It was a special story this time round, particularly for Aliyah Chavez. After capturing simply 31% towards the Woman Sandies in final 12 months’s playoffs, the junior sensation greater than doubled her level complete with a 50-point night time at Wayland Baptist.
Nonetheless, the Woman Sandies had a solution on offense within the type of Jada Graves.
The Amarillo Excessive star senior dropped a career-high 31 factors together with 13 factors within the first quarter to set the tone for the fourth ranked Woman Sandies.
“I knew that if I used to be gonna come out and hit them onerous, my teammates have been gonna fall after me and that’s precisely what we did.” Graves mentioned of her massive night time.
The most important play of the sport was maybe on the finish of the third quarter. With the clock winding down and the Woman Sandies down two, junior sharpshooter Bella Edwards needed to drive one up from the nook whereas being double teamed. Edwards completely buried it on the buzzer to provide the Woman Sandies the one-point lead.
That momentum carries the Woman Sandies to the victory as Monterey by no means managed to retake the lead.
Amarillo Excessive took the 75-68 victory to advance to the regional event.
“Jada was unbelievable.” Woman Sandies head coach Jeff Williams mentioned after the win. “She’s been underneath the climate… We’ve advised her and we’ve advised all of our ladies if it’s 5′3″ versus 5′3″ go to work and she or he did. Jada’s only a nice resolution maker and simply an unbelievable participant.”
The Woman Sandies subsequent sport might be one other massive check, a matchup with the #1 ranked group within the state in Mansfield Timberview. Earlier this season, the Woman Sandies misplaced to Mansfield Timberview 66-54 in event motion.
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