LAPORTE â The clock was winding down in the first quarter Saturday, and Jessica Carrothers had the ball.
Crown Point s star guard could ve been conservative, but this was the Class 4A LaPorte Semistate, and she wasn t leaving any chances on the table against Fort Wayne Carroll.
So, what did Carrothers do? I looked at the clock really fast and I think there was like 1.2 seconds left, so I just launched it, Carrothers said.
Carrothers prayer was answered as she drained a heave from beyond half court to give the Bulldogs their first lead of the game. When the ball went through the net, she screamed in excitement as her dad, Mark, jumped for joy on the sidelines.
High School Roundup: Homestead comes back to beat South Side in sectional finals
VICTORIA JACOBSEN | The Journal Gazette
South Side held Homestead to just nine points in the first half, but the Spartans shut down the Archers in the third quarter and did just enough to win 33-31 and claim the Class 4A Columbia City sectional title on Saturday night, Homestead s third straight sectional title and seventh in eight years.
Junior Ayanna Patterson scored 21 of her team s points, and the Spartans (18-5), who hit eight 3-pointers against Columbia City in the semifinals on Friday, hit just two of 11 attempts on Saturday and shot 26.7% from the field as a team.