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Point-Urbana is back in the Class 3A semifinals, but it sure wasn't easy.
The
third-ranked Stormin' Pointers had to hold off a late
charge by No. 7 Davenport Assumption to pull out a 56-50 quarterfinal victory.
An
18-point lead for the Pointers shrank to five before they steadied and knocked
down the free throws they needed at the end.
Allison
Wooldridge, who has committed to Wisconsin-Green Bay, had another strong game
to spark the victory. The 6-foot junior put up 13 points, 12 rebounds, six
assists and five blocks. She leads the team in all of
those categories for the season, along with steals.
Olivia
Brecht added 12 points for the Pointers, while Adrianna Katcher,
LaMia Sisk and Callyn Fox
each scored eight.
Brecht
and Sisk are juniors, Fox is a sophomore and Katcher is a freshman. The Pointers have only one senior.
Jasmine
Harris led Assumption with 24 points -- 22 in the second half. Harris, who has
signed with Sioux Falls University, missed all eight of her shots in the first
half, then went 8-for-14 from the field over the final two quarters.
Grace
Jacobson added 10 points for the Knights and Bailey Brown scored nine.
Assumption
made things interesting after trailing 40-22 late in the third quarter. With
Harris finally starting to connect, the Knights drew to 50-45 with less than a
minute to play. But the Pointers sank six of eight free throws to keep the
Knights from getting any closer.
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Point-Urbana takes a 22-3 record into a semifinal game at 6:45 p.m. Thursday.
Assumption finishes 16-8, with five of those losses coming to Class 5A teams
and two others at the hands of 4A state tournament qualifiers.