A strong second half from the Bowie Lady Rabbits basketball team got them the road win at Paradise on Friday to stay undefeated in district play.
The Lady Rabbits overcame a sluggish first half to beat Paradise 45-34 in an important game against one of the top four teams in the district.
Paradise started the game in control. They played a slow and deliberate style of offense that was working in the first half. They were able to find open shooters in the corner and knocked those down to give themselves an early lead.None of Bowie’s offense was working early on so senior Kamryn Cantwell put her head down and scored all 10 of the team’s first quarter points to keep them in the game as they trailed only 13-10. It was not that the team was not giving any effort, but just not much was going their way.
The offense continued to struggle in the second quarter. The Lady Rabbits did switch to an aggressive half-court trapping style defense to try to force some turnovers, but Paradise did a good job of taking care of the ball and finding the open shot on the perimeter.
Paradise made five 3-pointers in the first half as they led 24-17 as Bowie went into the locker room looking dazed at how they played in the first half.

To read how the Lady Rabbits turned things around, pick up a copy of the mid-week edition of the Bowie News.