Girls basketball: Blocked shot in final seconds seals LPA's win over Martin County
By staff report
Posted January 24, 2012 at 12:25 a.m.
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Alexis Jean blocked a shot with six seconds to play and came down with the defensive rebound Monday night as Lincoln Park Academy's girls basketball team defeated Martin County 63-62 in Fort Pierce.
"It was a barn-burner," Lincoln Park coach Wendel Adams said as his team improved to 18-2. "We knew it was going to be a close game. We led 51-49 going into the final period but Martin County came back to take a lead with three minutes to go."
After the Tigers took the lead, Adams called a timeout to regroup his team.
"We regained our composure and took a four-point lead, then hung on."
On the other bench, Martin County coach Kindell Rivers lamented the missed last-second shot.
"You just can't miss shots like that," Rivers said as his team fell to 16-3. "You can't miss free throws and layups in a game like this."
Jean finished the game with 12 points and 12 rebounds. Stephanie Ball led the Greyhounds with 28 points, five assists, five steals and five rebounds.
Brandy Montgomery chipped in 21 points with six rebounds. The team presented Montgomery a game ball for scoring more than 2,000 career points for Lincoln Park. Montgomery now has 2,145 points.
For the Tigers, Yasmine Queen scored 21 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. Taryn Richard put in 15, Nene Johnson finished with 12 points, five rebounds and four assists and Asia Dingle had 11 points and 10 rebounds.
Lincoln Park plays host to Fort Pierce Central at 6 p.m. Wednesday.
Sebastian River 66, St. Lucie West Centennial 44: K.P. Pound had a double-double with 22 points and 14 rebounds as Sharks improved to 17-3.
Brittany Jackson added nine points, seven assists and matched Pound with six steals for Sebastian River, which outscored Centennial 43-18 in the second half.
Brooke Evans also had nine points.
Meredith Flynn scored 18 points, Janaysia Washington had 14 and Miranda Wilt had 10 for Centennial (8-8).
Sebastian River plays host to Melbourne at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Fort Pierce Westwood 72, South Fork 44: Four players scored in double figures as the Panthers improved to 6-10.
Trudy Walker had 16 points, Maci Simmons added 13, Qameshia Hills had 12 and Alexis Byrd finished with 10 for Fort Pierce Westwood, which scored 49 points in the second half.
Chanice Whitton scored a game-high 20 points for South Fork (4-19).
Fort Pierce Westwood plays host to St. Lucie West Centennial at 6 p.m. Thursday.
Okeechobee 53, Sebring 39: Ami Edwards had 20 points and 14 points and Carley McCoin had 17 points and seven steals for the Brahmans in Okeechobee.
Taylor Trent added 10 points for Okeechobee (9-12).
Rondaja Williams led Sebring with 17 points.
Okeechobee plays at Lake Placid at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
Summit Christian 49, Pine School 24: Cassidy Bell scored 13 points for the Knights (11-5) in Hobe Sound.
Pine School plays at John Carroll at 6 p.m. Thursday.
Wellington Christian 26, Community Christian 19: Cali Grumpel scored 15 points as the Eagles won at Palm City Presbyterian Church.
Alyssa Cabrera scored seven points for Community Christian (1-10).
Community plays at Jupiter Chrsitian at 6:30 p.m. Friday.
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