Emily Eadie made a reverse layup with one minute left to provide Newport Seashore Sage Hill its first lead because the first quarter, made one other to place the Lightning on prime to remain earlier than Isabel Gomez and Kat Righeimer made three of 4 free throws within the closing seconds to clinch a dramatic 51-47 victory over Fresno San Joaquin Memorial within the CIF Division II state ladies’ basketball closing at Golden 1 Heart on Saturday.
Trailing by as many a 13 factors, Sage Hill clawed its manner again to drag even at 33-33 when Gomez banked in a three-pointer to beat the shot clock with lower than a minute left within the third quarter.
The Lightning once more fell behind within the fourth quarter, however confirmed resilience as they've all through the playoffs to seize their first state title two weeks after shedding to Orange Lutheran within the Southern Part Division 2A championship sport.
“It was an thrilling sport to say the least … our ladies are unbelievable,” Sage Hill coach Kerwin Walters mentioned. “Once we play like that there’s not a crew on this planet we will’t compete with. We’ve been in these form of video games. We knew we will’t play groups that may’t push us, so we scheduled tremendous powerful groups and all these losses helped us develop.”
The Lightning (27-10) trailed by as many as 13 factors within the second quarter however closed the half on a 7-0 run to path solely 22-16.
Gomez completed with 14 factors and 11 rebounds, Eadie contributed 13 factors and 11 rebounds and Righeimer, who made a last-second jumper to beat Corona Santiago within the Southern California regional closing, added 11 factors.
4 of the Lightning starters are sophomores: Eadie, Righeimer, Zoie Lamkin and Annabelle Spotts. As eighth-graders every of them performed on former Lakers star Kobe Bryant’s Mambas journey crew alongside along with his daughter Gianna, who additionally died within the helicopter crash in Calabasas in January 2020, and Sierra Canyon ahead MacKenly Randolph, who performed within the Open Division closing Saturday night time.
Meadow Roland had 10 factors and freshman heart Alexis Swillis grabbed 13 rebounds for the Panthers (27-7), the Central Part Division I champions.
“We’re a really mentally powerful crew, so being behind didn’t trouble us,” mentioned Gomez, a senior level guard who hopes to stroll on on the College of Pennsylvania. “I knew I needed to be extra aggressive [in the second half] than I used to be within the first half and on the tying three-pointer I simply noticed the clock and needed to take the shot.”
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