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Bowie girls fall to Jim Ned 46-39
The Bowie Lady Rabbits playoff run defying the odds came to an end on Tuesday as they battled state-ranked Jim Ned and almost pulled off another upset in Cisco.
The Lady Rabbits lost 46-39 as they gave the number two ranked team in the state a run for their money. The Lady Indians only pulled ahead thanks to some clutch free throw shooting down the stretch.
Bowie came in after winning close games against Peaster and Cisco in the playoffs, both teams were picked to win in those matchups.
While both of those teams were good, with Cisco ranked in the top 25 teams in the state, neither was as acclaimed as Jim Ned. The Lady Indians came in with only three losses on the season, the last one coming in 2019.
Powered by its suffocating defense, the Jim Ned team only allowed two teams to score more than 40 points during its 11 game winning streak, the Lady Indians were expected to easily win.
The game started and Jim Ned seemed one step ahead of the Lady Rabbits’ zone defense. Passes whizzed by defenders rotating late and the Lady Indians made a couple of wide open shots, giving them a 12-6 lead late in the quarter.
Bowie rallied as it went inside to senior post player Hope Jones. Being single covered, she went to work as she scored a couple of baskets and got to the free throw line, scoring seven points in the quarter.
The Lady Rabbits tightened up their defense and cut the lead to 14-12 heading to the second quarter.
Jim Ned had a good start to the quarter, scoring off a sequence when it got multiple offensive rebounds as well as getting an open shot in the opening minutes.
Midway through Bowie trailed 18-13 and slowly started to grind away that little bit of a lead. The Lady Rabbits just outplayed the Lady Indians during this stretch, forcing turnovers, hitting some perimeter shots, finding driving lanes and making it to the free throw line.
Bowie eventually took the lead 19-18 with a little more than a minute to play, but Jim Ned made a 3-pointer in the final minute to tie the score 21-21 heading into halftime.
While the second quarter was slow for both teams, the third proved to be even more so. The Lady Indians took the lead early as they took advantage of second and third chances at baskets thanks to offensive rebounds.
The Lady Rabbits could not get anything going from outside so they continued to dump the ball into Jones. She scored twice and got to the free throw line as she scored five of the team’s seven points in the quarter, but it was enough to keep up with Jim Ned.
It looked like the score was going to be tied at 28-28 heading into the final quarter, but a Lady Indian player took it coast to coast and made a pull-up jump shot at the buzzer to put Jim Ned up 30-28 heading into the fourth.
Both teams exchanged baskets in the opening thirty seconds of the quarter, but the pace slowed down after that. Despite being up only one score, the Lady Indians immediately started to try and hold the ball to run time off the clock.
The game stayed one score for most of the quarter until time started to run down. A crucial play almost turned the game as Bowie guard Brysen Richey stole a pass at midcourt. Down 37-35 with 3:17, a layup would tie the score and force Jim Ned to try and play offense.
Unfortunately, the layup with a defender in hot pursuit was no good. The Lady Indians got possession and the parade of free throw attempts started for Jim Ned. Bowie answered as Jones got to the free throw line again a made both free throws to cut the lead to 39-37 with 1:50 left to play
Bowie switched to a press defense to try and put pressure on the Lady Indians and it had some success, but did not create the chaos it did in the previous game.
The Lady Rabbits also went cold on offense as Jim Ned continued to draw free throws and knock them down as the one score game slowly widened and got away from Bowie.
The Lady Indians went 9-10 from the free throw line in the final 2:36 of the game to close it out, winning 46-39.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Nocona
The Nocona Indians picked up dominant wins against Chico in their series against the Dragons last week.
The Indians won both games 11-0 by run-rule after five innings to get their first district wins of the season.
Nocona was coming off losing both games against Lindsay the previous week in its first district series and bounced back in a big way.
In the first game at home last week, the Indians scored six runs in the first inning and five in the third inning which proved to be all the offense they needed.
Kutter Cabrera led the team with three RBIs while Miller Jentry was second with two RBIs. The team finished with nine hits and drew eight walks.
On the mound, Walker Murphey pitched a shut out while striking out seven and allowing three hits. Defensively, the team committed one fielding error.
The second game saw Nocona score all of its runs in the first three innings, highlighted by scoring six runs in the second inning.
Murphey hit a three-run home run to lead the team while Brody Langford and Landon Fatheree each had two RBIs.
On the mound RJ Walker had a big day, throwing a perfect four innings which means he did not allow a hit or walk anyone. He also struck out eight batters, which put him over 100 career strikeouts in high school. The defense committed no fielding errors.
Saint Jo
The Saint Jo Panthers lost their series against Bryson last week.
The first game was a close 3-0 loss, but the second game was 11-0, done after four and half innings due to run-rule.
The Panthers were coming off close losses to Perrin-Whitt from the previous week. They were hoping they could turn their fortune around playing another 1A program.
Unfortunately in the first game, the Cowboys got off to a good start, scoring three runs in the first inning, with two coming with two outs due to an error and a dropped third strike.
Saint Jo’s pitching and defense tightened up after that to not allow another run in the final six innings. Unfortunately, the Panthers had only two hits and four base runners all game as they lost the close game 3-0.
Charlie Evans and Rylan Forrest had the only two hits for Saint Jo in the game as the team struck out 18 times. Trent Gaston ended the game allowing three runs (one earned) on six hits while striking out five batters and walking two in six innings of work. The defense committed five fielding errors.
Unfortunately, things did not go as well several days later in game two. Bryson scored three runs in both the first and second innings before scoring five runs in the third inning. Saint Jo was not able to get a hit and drew two walks in the game.
The Panther defense committed six fielding errors which led to only three of the 11 runs given up were earned by the pitching staff who gave up five hits, walked six and hit four batters.
Bellevue
The Bellevue Eagles played Perrin-Whitt last week in a series.
The Pirates won the first game 11-1 by run-rule and the second game score was not updated on Game Changer.
The Eagles were coming off one-sided losses to Bryson the previous week in their first district series and was hoping to play better.
Bellevue did get out to an early lead in the first inning. River Trail hit an RBI single in the top of the first inning to go up 1-0, which proved to be the highlight of the game.
Perrin-Whitt scored three runs in the first inning, one in the second inning, two in the fourth inning and five in the fifth inning to win 11-1.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly edition of the Bowie News.
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