By ERIC VICCARO
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Well, if this weekend’s performance in the first-ever Texas Basketball Championships Tournament is any indication, the Bowie High School girls’ basketball team will contend for a Conference 3A state title this year.
The Lady Rabbits gave Brock all they could handle Sunday in the championship game before falling 40-36.
Brock just happened to be a state championship finalist this year, and the school had been attempting to win its sixth consecutive title.
“I think we did great,” Bowie Head Girls’ Basketball Coach Colby Davis-Pastusek said. “We were up four at halftime and it was a one-possession game with 15 seconds left. We played good basketball.”
Bowie went 4-1 at the tournament, which included a comfortable 48-32 victory over nearby Muenster in the semifinals.
“The girls were mad,” Davis-Pastusek said. “The girls wanted to win, but I think we ran out of gas.”
Davis-Pastusek said the Lady Rabbits had a potential go-ahead 3-pointer rim out, and were forced to foul Brock, who canned free throws to seal the victory.
This weekend, Bowie girls’ basketball will wrap up its summer activities with the Abilene Christian University Tournament. The Lady Rabbits will take on Abilene Wylie, Haskell and Wittharral.
“We had a great summer, and I think we got better,” Davis-Pastusek said. Read more of the mid-week edition of The Bowie News for the rest of this story.

Courtney Brady (10) grabs a rebound during Saturday’s Texas Basketball Championships at Grapevine High School quarterfinal game versus Knox City. The Lady Rabbits won convincingly 60-16. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)