To be honest with you I really wanted an exciting high school game to attend on yesterday so I was hoping for a 6A doubleheader. That didn't happen, not even a duo in any of the classes however Rudder vs Stratford was there and I'm certainly glad I went. Rudder won 72-50 and the photographer caught the top scorers from each team, Briana Suber (23) and Kathryn Arcy (19) in the above picture
The Lady Rangers jumped out on the Lady Spartans early after back to back baskets from Tiera Hutton and it appeared they were about to blow them out as Suber, Ebony James and Ke'Asia Williams were all going but Elizabeth Brann and Ashton Bates went to work and brought them back for comeback number one as Rudder lead 15-14 after one. Briana's twin sister Kiana was operating on both ends, I tweeted both twins acrobatics put Barnum and Bailey to shame but the second quarter was simply exciting
In one particular play, Briana was at free throw line facing the other basket and with the ball over her head, threw a no look backwards pass to her sister for a lay-up, let me put it like this, if you watched the segment on the Chappelle show with Prince playing basketball, you sort of get where I'm going from this and it appeared they were on the verge of opening it up again
But once again the Spartans came back roaring and they actually took the lead as Arcy , Hutton and Alex Pierce got hot and led by one with 49 seconds left in the half. Then it happened, K Suber with an and one followed by back to back threes from Willaims and Meagan Daily gave Rudder a 34-26 lead at the half and they never looked back
Patrickia Daily created a lot of problems right from the start to help get the runs started but Rudder is solid and even when they subbed, they got production from everywhere, Meagan Daily with multiple threes, Teashton Thompson and Cheyenne Nunley with huge rebounds and defensive plays , this team just kept coming at you and sort of reminded me of those exciting teams I was introduced to from Bryan area right after the turn of the century but this seasons team is heading to the Elite 8
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