A pair of area conference champions will meet tonight for a spot in the Class 4 girls basketball quarterfinals. The Fatima Lady Comets and the Southern Boone Lady Eagles face each other in the sectional round at Missouri S&T’s Gibson Arena in Rolla. Tip-off is at 6 p.m.
Back on Jan. 17, the Fatima Lady Comets dropped a 51-34 decision to the Owensville Dutchgirls in Westphalia. It was time for the Lady Comets to decide what kind of season it was going to be. “After that game, I told them everything was here to win a district title,” Fatima coach Matt Baker said. “You’re talented, it’s just a matter of trusting it and putting it together. And they did it.”
The Blair Oaks Lady Falcons earned the No. 1 seed in the Class 4 District 10 Tournament by virtue of defeating each of the other five teams in the district during the regular season. But when the Lady Falcons lost their starting point guard to a season-ending knee injury in the regular-season finale, they went from being the favorites to facing a steep uphill climb to begin their postseason.
Alli Robertson did it all for Fatima. Robertson scored a game-high 18 points, brought down a game-high 13 rebounds, dished out a game-high seven assists, blocked a game-high two shots and tipped away a steal to help lead the Lady Comets to a 54-46 win Thursday against the Owensville Dutchgirls in the semifinals of the Class 4 District 10 Tournament.
The Capital City offense went quiet late. The Lady Cavaliers came back from a third-quarter deficit to take a fourth-quarter lead, but were unable to hold on as the Eldon Lady Mustangs beat Capital City 53-50 at Capital City High School on Tuesday.