What a great game. The Lady Pats came out firing early, and held the lead most of the first half. Lincoln County used strong rebounding in the first half to push the lead all the way out to 10 points at one point. The second half was a battle. LC went the entire 4th quarter without a field goal, scoring from the free throw line only.
Rockcastle battled back and cut the lead to 1 point with 5:09 left in the game. The Lady Pats then proceeded to turn the ball over on their next possession, and gave Rockcastle their first lead in the second half at 46-45. Lincoln finally ended a 5 minute drought and regained the lead on two Henderson free throws, giving LC the lead back at 48-45.
Then the craziness began. With 2:32 left in the game LC's Jessica Upchurch was fouled, and took a nasty fall. She was injured (cut chin) and was tended to on the court. The game was delayed for several minutes. She was finally able to get up off the floor and sent to the locker room to change her jersey. Upchurch quickly came back out, and returned to the game. Now that's hard core... Not only did she return, but she hit a free throw to tie the game at 48-48 with 36 seconds left.
Angie Lawrence then went to the line for Rockcastle and missed the front end of a 1 and 1. Kendra Brown grabbed the board and she was fouled. Brown stepped up to the line with 30 seconds left, and hit a free throw to give LC a 1 pt lead. She missed the second. Chaos then broke out, both teams turned the ball over.
Rock finally got it back again, and was fouled. One free throw was made, tying the game again at 49-49 with 15 seconds to go. Upchurch then got the rebound and was fouled. She missed the front end of 1 and 1, but was bailed out by Henderson. Henderson got the offensive board, and she was fouled in the act of shooting. She calmly stepped up and hit 1 free throw, giving LC the lead 50-49 with 8.4 seconds to go. The free throw stood up, as the Rock missed two shots as time was expiring.
What a crazy last three minutes, and a great game. The Lady Pats found a way to win without making a 4th quarter field goal.
Brown-9
Patterson-5
Bustle-14
Upchurch-15
Henderson-7
Alexander -16
Hammond -13
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the score was 50-49
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