Worth County’s comeback bid against Albany fell one point short, 30-29, but it was one of their best defensive efforts of the year.
Albany had the only basket for the first 3½ minutes of the game before the lid came off the basket. Finally, Worth County started finding the range, taking a 9-8 lead after one.
But despite their best efforts to faceguard Gabby Newman, she still came away with 11 first half points as the Warriors slowly started pulling away to an 18-13 halftime lead. The lead grew to 24-15 in the third quarter when Albany missed a pair of point blank looks that would have made it double digits.
The momentum swung back in Worth County’s favor after EmiLee Brown’s putback try resulted in two free throws. Worth County, who got into the bonus late in the third, then got consecutive steals as Brady Hunt went 1 for 2 from the line and Taylor Sanders converted the second to make it 24-20 after one. Jill Hardy hit a guarded three after an offensive board to make it 24-23.
But then Newman threatened to take over as she scored the next four points and Sierra Anthony added an inside shot to make it 30-23. But a frantic sequence where Worth County stole the ball, Albany stole it back, but Brady Hunt got a steal sparked the Tigers again and Hunt converted to make it 30-25. Brown got a putback and Hunt scored off a Morgan Beagle steal to make it 30-29, but Worth Could could never get over the hump in the last seconds.
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