Late rally by Lady Hawks tops rival Lady Eagles in Kendall Tournament title contest
Photos by Cheryl Wertman – Holley’s Sam Bates, who earned MVP honors, puts up a shot against Kendall defender Brooke Rodas during the Lady Hawks come-from-behind win this afternoon in the championship game of the host Lady Eagles tournament.
Putting together a big fourth quarter rally, Holley bested rival Kendall 26-22 in the championship game of the host Lady Eagles tournament this afternoon.
Able to score just 11 points over the first three quarters, Holley erupted with a 15-4 fourth period scoring edge to claim the win.
Tournament MVP Sam Bates scored 9 of her game high 14 points and Alivia Wolf hit two big threes to lead Holley’s dramatic fourth quarter comeback. Bates’ third basket of the period tied the game at 20-20 and her fourth put the Lady Hawks on top to stay at 22-21. Wolf’s second three, which gave Holley a 25-21 lead, proved to be the game winner.
“We just played tenacious defense,” said Holley Coach Mark Thomas.
Alivia Wolf finished with 6, Zoey Wolf 4 and Leigha Walker 2 for Holley which played with only six players.
Taigan Guerrero led Kendall with 8 points as Lauren Pilon added 7, Stella Kwiatek and Danielle Offhaus 3 and Brooke Rodas and Alea Barrett 1.
Kendall led 7-1 after the first quarter, 11-7 at the half and 18-11 after three quarters.
Kendall’s Lauren Pilon tries to put up a shot in traffic as the Holley defenders include Jailyn Bishop (11) and Leigh Walker (25).
Holley’s Zoey Wolf (5) goes up for a rebound against Kendall’s Danielle Offhaus. Also show are Holley’s Jailyn Bishop (11) and Leigha Walker (25).
