Westfield has been in some close games over the past couple of weeks in district play. Let's see, an overtime loss at Spring in which Kylah Jones scored 25 before fouling out early in the overtime period. A home loss to Kingwood by three after an inadvertent whistle caused a tying three to be negated. Last night, another tough loss by five against a team capable of winning district, Klein Forest at the Eagles home court.
Westfield was down 8-0 early in ball game however somehow managed to regroup and go on a run evening the ballgame at 10 after one. With Kylah Jones scoring almost at will and Diamond Ford cleaning up on defense, the Mustangs were looking impressive with five minutes left in the half and leading 17-13, that's outscoring the Eagles 17-5 over the last seven minutes
The Eagles manages to retake the lead 32-29 at the half however based on how the season has gone, I'm thinking this could be a potential upset but after watching the Eagles get offense from a variety of players throughout the first three quarters, I knew that chance was going to be slim as it was 50-39 heading into the home stretch
Ekiyah Gray, Ebony Parker, Regina Scott and Jalea Preston are the juniors I said as freshmen would turn the KF program around and although I may not be 100% on calling certain things, don't bet against me as this foursome has simply done what I anticipated and no matter how well Westfield played, they were not going to let their team lose as each scored 12 points
Westfield made another run in the final period but couldn't pull it off losing 53-48. Jones led the Mustangs with 17 points however Laurne Rhodes and Miranda Koulianas came up with big baskets throughout the ballgame not to mention Ford's gutsy performance underneath as she finished the game wearing a patch
KF will still be in the running for a district title, they don't face Dekaney until next year and the Mustangs playoff hopes may still be alive and after the way they played last night, I've seen stranger things happed
