The Legacy women basketball group fell one possession in need of advancing to the third spherical of the playoffs Friday.
Hurst L.D. Bell pulled forward of the Girl Rebels late to safe a 36-34 victory throughout a Class 6A space spherical playoff sport at Abilene Cooper Excessive Faculty.
It was a troublesome ending of the season for Legacy, which took the lead with 20 seconds left on a go-ahead bucket from senior Maggie Erdwurm.
Bell (28-8) snapped a 15-game successful streak by the Girl Rebels, who noticed their season finish at 28-6.
“They don’t have anything to utterly to hold their heads on,” LHS head coach Alfred Acosta mentioned. “They left all of it out on the ground. They took the lead with 20 seconds to go within the sport. The grit and the combat that these women have. It makes you proud as a coach.”
The Girl Raiders will advance to face Euless Trinity, a 58-46 winner over El Paso Franklin, within the regional quarterfinal spherical of the playoffs.
Bell senior Hallie Rhodes led all scorers with 23 factors.
Legacy had a tough second quarter, because it managed solely three factors that interval and went into halftime trailing the Girl Raiders, 18-11.
“We had a lull within the second quarter,” Acosta mentioned. “That was the distinction in sport. We had nice alternatives to win. That’s credit score to L.D. Bell although. They’re lengthy and athletic.”
LHS narrowed its deficit to 26-20 earlier than the beginning of the fourth quarter.
The Girl Rebels will graduate a robust senior class that features Erdwurm, four-year lettermen Loredana Fouonji and Myleah Younger, Sa’Nya Inexperienced, Mia Ramos and Almira Schuman.
The group helped LHS win its first district title in six years and report its first playoff win in 4 years.
“I couldn’t be extra pleased with this group,” Acosta mentioned. “All 12 women, the gamers on the bench, our managers, and our coaches. It’s going to be robust to exchange that senior group. However we’ll get again to work in a few weeks and prepare for subsequent 12 months.”