The Capital City Lady Cavaliers couldn’t overcome a tough shooting performance in the first half Monday, falling 61-52 to the Lebanon Lady Yellowjackets at Capital City High School.
At the half, it looked like an easy win. In the final minute, it was anything but that. “It was stressful,” Capital City coach Ashley Agee said Tuesday night after the Lady Cavaliers held off the Sedalia Smith-Cotton Lady Tigers 68-60 in Central Missouri Activities Conference action at Capital City High School. “But we came out and got a win. I’m proud of them.”
Late free throws sealed the game for the Lady Trailblazers. Father Tolton was down two points with under two minutes to play, then Sophie Angel hit two free throws to tie the game with 1:44 left, Brooklyn Coolley grabbed an offensive rebound and hit two free throws to take the lead, then Ellie Reynolds and Sam Wright combined to hit five of six in the final minute to take a 47-44 win Monday against the Capital City Lady Cavaliers.
Rock Bridge’s defense gave Capital City trouble all night. The Bruins blocked eight shots, tipped away 13 steals and held Capital City to 12.8 percent shooting on the way to a 54-15 Central Missouri Activities Conference girls basketball win Thursday at Capital City High School.
It was a solid opening two quarters for the Capital City Lady Cavaliers.
They did a good job on the offensive end and held a potent Hickman offense in check in taking a six-point deficit into halftime.
But things went awry in the opening minutes of the third quarter.