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CONCORD -- One Concord girls hoops subordinate had a career-high and different deed a profession milestone successful nan Yellowjackets’ 64-55 triumph complete Lenawee Christian connected Saturday, a crippled successful which Concord raced retired to a immense lead early and held disconnected a beardown Cougars comeback.
Bradie Lehman scored 30 points, 19 of those successful nan first quarter, and Cieara Barrett reached nan 1,000-point people for her profession connected Saturday.
Barrett reached nan milestone pinch a 22-point game, her 1,000th constituent coming connected a layup, disconnected a bargain and assistance by Lehman, pinch 1:20 to spell successful nan 3rd quarter.
“Just grateful for nan opportunity and being capable to play pinch these girls for arsenic agelong arsenic I have,” she said.
Coming into nan time pinch 985 profession points, she had 12 successful nan first half earlier adding 10 much successful nan second, pinch astir of her scoring coming successful nan lane.
“She’s really aggressive,” Concord coach Christopher Thorrez said. “We didn’t person her against Morenci astatine nan opening of nan year, we had a scrimmage and she ended up getting a concussion from it, truthful we didn’t person her successful Morenci, and past she came out, really wanting to show thing her elder year. She’s conscionable a awesome kid.”
Lehman meantime opened nan crippled pinch beardown shooting from 3-point range, helping Concord sprout 7-for-9 down nan arc successful nan first half.
But aft taking a 25-point lead into halftime, and extending that lead to 27 erstwhile Haley Stimer deed a jumper early successful nan third, Concord saw that lead gaffe away. The Cougars went connected a 13-0 third-quarter run, pinch 11 of those points coming disconnected of turnovers.
Lenawee Christian yet sewage wrong six precocious successful nan game, but Barrett connected connected 4 free throws and Lehman added a layup disconnected of a property break.
“They sped america up a spot connected discourtesy location wherever they started pressuring us,” Thorrez said. “We’re utilized to it, should beryllium utilized to it, we didn’t respond good to it astatine nan opening erstwhile they started hitting america successful nan rima a bit, but they settled down a spot and started dribbling. I’ve sewage a awesome group of girls that tin dribble nan basketball.”
Lenawee Christian sewage 21 points from Brynn Davis, 13 of which came successful nan 2nd half. Hattie Fansler added 12.
Lehman sparked nan Yellowjackets pinch 21 points successful nan first 4th and first possession of nan 2nd quarter. Concord’s first 4 trips down nan level successful nan crippled saw Lehman deed 3 3-pointers and adhd a floater successful nan lane. She soon aft deed different 3-pointer to make it 14-4, scoring her team’s first 14 points of nan game.
“She’s conscionable a awesome leader,” Barrett said. “Whether it’s connected nan tribunal aliases disconnected nan court, she’s perpetually encouraging, keeping america wherever we’ve sewage to be. She’s conscionable awesome astatine keeping everyone accountable.”
After Barrett deed a 3-pointer and a layup, Lehman closed nan first pinch a 3-pointer, past a bargain and layup, adding different bargain and layup successful nan opening seconds of nan 2nd 4th to make it 29-7, giving her 21 points for nan day successful conscionable complete 8 minutes of gametime.
“I thought our power was precocious successful nan beginning,” Thorrez said. “They came retired and we pushed nan shot good and played good connected defense which helped lead america to violative points.”
The Yellowjackets past turned to Barrett successful nan paint, who deed a brace of layups, past fed Ahvi’Ana Pearson for a basket. She followed that pinch a turnaround jumper successful nan lane precocious successful nan half.
After Lenawee Christian sewage a precocious 3-pointer from Samantha Shane pinch conscionable a fewer seconds near successful nan half, nan Yellowjackets again pushed nan shot up nan level and Lehman added different 3-pointer, her sixth of nan game, to make it 43-18 astatine halftime.
“I deliberation conscionable our squad chemistry and knowing really each different plays,” Barrett said. “We’re each friends connected and disconnected nan court, truthful that conscionable builds our squad chemistry moreover more.”
But Stimer’s jumper was each Concord had to show from nan first 9 possessions of nan 3rd quarter.
By nan clip nan Yellowjackets sewage nan discourtesy backmost connected track, pinch Barrett feeding Braelynn Thorrez for a handbasket successful nan paint, nan Cougars were backmost wrong striking distance.
Down 51-35 aft three, Lenawee Christian drew moreover person early successful nan 4th erstwhile Fansler deed a handbasket successful nan overgarment and Samantha Shane followed pinch a 3-pointer. After a handbasket by Lehman, Davis responded pinch a three-point play to get nan Cougars wrong 11.
With 4:06 near successful nan game, nan Concord lead was down to azygous digits erstwhile Davis fed Shane for a 3-pointer to make it 56-48.
But Concord followed that pinch a azygous possession, aided by an violative rebound and respective Lenawee Christian fouls, which burned much than a infinitesimal and a half disconnected nan clock.
Lenawee Christian further trim into nan Concord lead erstwhile Davis deed a basket, drew a foul successful nan process, and missed nan free propulsion only for Fansler to drawback nan violative rebound and people connected a putback to make it 58-52.
But free throws and different Lehman handbasket ensured that was arsenic adjacent arsenic nan Cougars would get.
