By ERIC VICCARO
sports@bowienewsonline.com

The Bowie High School girls’ basketball team found itself down 19-17 at intermission during Friday’s District 3A-9 game versus Paradise.
The Lady Rabbits responded by outscoring the Lady Panthers 17-5 in the third quarter, playing a more deliberate style in the process.
“We made some adjustments on defense,” said Bowie head coach Colby Davis-Pastusek. “I thought in the first half, we got the shots we wanted, but we couldn’t finish them.”
Bowie penetrated the lane with much more ease in the second half, and that helped the Lady Rabbits prevail 41-28 to take sole possession of first place in District 3A-9.
“We’re in a position now where we control our own destiny,” the coach commented, as Bowie improved to 22-7, 10-1 in 3A-9.
Overall, Bowie connected on 14-of-32 field goals (44 percent), and the Lady Rabbits added 12-of-18 from the free-throw stripe (67 percent).
Courtney Brady was front and center in the early stages of the third quarter. Brady scored on a pair of dribble drives, and then she added a pair of free throws.

Bowie’s Courtney Brady (10) drives toward the basket on one of the rare fastbreaks during Friday’s District 3A-9 game versus Paradise. Brady scored six of her 15 points in succession to start the third quarter, sparking a Bowie 41-28 victory. (News photo by Eric Viccaro)