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Girls basketball: Lewisville stuns Colleyville in first round
By Justin Thomas, jthomas@starlocalnews.com
One week ago, the playoff hopes for Lewisville’s girls basketball team were slim, as the Lady Farmers needed a win to get in and were trailing Coppell by 18 points at halftime.
Less than a week later, the squad is waiting to see who its area-round opponent will be.
Lewisville carried the momentum from its stunning comeback into Monday’s bi-district round matchup against Colleyville Heritage (13-1 and first in District 6-5A), where they pulled off another shocker by upending the Lady Panthers, 37-34.
Jada Butts scored the game-winning points on a layup off a handoff with less than 40 seconds remaining and the Lady Farmers avoided a potential game-tying shot from Heritage when they forced a loose ball and Precious Agu was there to recover it.
“I am so excited,” said Charlotte Jones, Lewisville head coach. “What a great win.”
Butts paced the team with 10 points, while Monisha Neal scored nine and Nikeia Scott contributed six.
Jones said defense and rebounding was key in not only slowing Heritage’s attack, but in creating their own offense.
“The defense became the offense,” she said. “It was crucial. We were getting our hands on a lot of balls and that was the turning point. We would get the rebound and chuck it down court. We were running [Heritage].”
Jones added Lewisville trailed by four in the final quarter but didn’t get discouraged.
Lewisville continues against the winner between Mansfield Timberview and Temple.
The Lady Farmers weren’t the only 5-5A team to advance Monday as Flower Mound held off Grapevine, 57-47.
Lauren Cox paced the Lady Jaguars — who now await the winner between Cedar Hill and Copperas Cove — with 18 points, while Ashley Deary chipped in 13.
Less than a week later, the squad is waiting to see who its area-round opponent will be.
Lewisville carried the momentum from its stunning comeback into Monday’s bi-district round matchup against Colleyville Heritage (13-1 and first in District 6-5A), where they pulled off another shocker by upending the Lady Panthers, 37-34.
Jada Butts scored the game-winning points on a layup off a handoff with less than 40 seconds remaining and the Lady Farmers avoided a potential game-tying shot from Heritage when they forced a loose ball and Precious Agu was there to recover it.
“I am so excited,” said Charlotte Jones, Lewisville head coach. “What a great win.”
Butts paced the team with 10 points, while Monisha Neal scored nine and Nikeia Scott contributed six.
Jones said defense and rebounding was key in not only slowing Heritage’s attack, but in creating their own offense.
“The defense became the offense,” she said. “It was crucial. We were getting our hands on a lot of balls and that was the turning point. We would get the rebound and chuck it down court. We were running [Heritage].”
Jones added Lewisville trailed by four in the final quarter but didn’t get discouraged.
Lewisville continues against the winner between Mansfield Timberview and Temple.
The Lady Farmers weren’t the only 5-5A team to advance Monday as Flower Mound held off Grapevine, 57-47.
Lauren Cox paced the Lady Jaguars — who now await the winner between Cedar Hill and Copperas Cove — with 18 points, while Ashley Deary chipped in 13.
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