BRECKENRIDGE – On the strength of a 15-3 run to end the first half and start the second, the No. 8 May Lady Tigers flipped the momentum – and kept it – en route to a 40-32 Region II-A area round victory over the No. 15 Munday Mogulettes Monday.
With the win, District 13-A co-champion May (22-4) will advance to the Region II-A quarterfinals to face District 14 champion and 13th-ranked Westbrook (23-4), a 60-27 area round winner over Roby, at 6 p.m. Wednesday in Winters.
“Just like every game this year they played with grit,” said May head coach Derek Stevens. “That’s our motto this year, GRIT – Growth, Response, Intensity and Tough on the court. Once again they showed that. Things weren’t going right for us a lot as far as shooting, we haven’t got back in a groove on our threes. And we made some passes tonight in my opinion that were junior high-like. But we’ll go back and fix it next practice.”
The May Lady Tigers are pictured following their bi-district win over Highland Friday. [Photo contributed]
MERKEL – The No. 8 May Lady Tigers advanced to the second round of the playoffs with a 44-35 bi-district championship triumph over Highland Friday night.
May (21-4), the co-champion of District 13-A, led 14-5 after one quarter and 26-17 at halftime, but District 14 third-seed Highland (15-11) closed the gap to 31-28 through three quarters. The Lady Tigers tallied nine of the first 13 points in the fourth quarter to pull away.
Roberta Robinette led May with 17 points followed by Reese Chambers with 13, Brianna Steele with five, Hannah McKenzie with four, Sophie Lord with three and Melanie Murphree with two points.
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