Lady Trojans Pull Out Fourth Quarter Comeback

by Deb Ryan --
Extending the team's season with a second tournament game that was a thriller for Lady Trojan history , the Webster girls recovered from a nine-point trail, at the end of the third quarter, to win the Second Region match up with a four-point lead. Thursday night's final score - Webster County, 48, Caldwell County, 44.

Game Day

Maddie Duncan tweeted earlier on Thursday, "Game day," and indeed it was a game to be remembered. Tipping off with Townsend, Edens, McNary, Papineau and Herrera, Webster got its first tie of the game, 6-6, into the first quarter. Caldwell then took the lead and the first quarter ended 13-8 in the Lady Tigers favor.

Going without a field goal for almost eight minutes, Webster came back briefly to trim the deficit at 21-15, but Caldwell again led at the end of the half with a score of 23-18. Herrera got foul number three in the third quarter and the Lady Tigers made baskets back-to-back to end the quarter in a 35-27 lead.


Fourth Quarter Shift


Trimming Caldwell's lead to six points, early on in the fourth quarter, Kolbi Edens scored her 11th game point. Webster then tied up the game a second time, 35-35, with two free throws. 

Both teams went back-and-forth at the free-throw line. McKenzie Ames fouled out and a Caldwell team player was injured. Caldwell makes no field goals in the fourth quarter, but temporarily the Lady Tigers still hang on to the lead.

With 37 seconds left, Webster's girls came back for the fight with McNary's fastbreak basket and at four seconds left, one free throw in by Keeney.

The Gleaner's sportswriter, Kevin Patton, tweets, "Webster may pull this one out."

And the WC team did just that. Kristen Keeney drops in the last free throw, finishing off the game with a four-point WIN.

The Lady Trojans advance to play University Heights in the semifinals on Monday night, March 4, 2013.

After Game Tweets

Maddie Duncan - "WCLT's still alive!"

Coach Parker McCalister - "Proud of #WCLT. Nothing easy tournament time! I don't care what anybody thinks! Defense wins games! 0 FG allowed in 4th quarter! #heart"

Coach John Ashby - "Survive & advance. Nothing will be easy anymore. Really proud of the fight we showed in the 4th. Quest continues Monday for #laddersandnets"