In a game with nine ties and nine lead changes, the St. Patrick Lady Saints defeated the Augusta Lady Panthers 61-53 in the semifinals of the 39th District Tournament at The Fieldhouse on Tuesday night.
Caroline McKay hit two 3-pointers in the first 90 seconds of the fourth quarter to give St. Patrick a 46-36 lead. Augusta scored five straight points to cut the lead in half. The Lady Saints answered with a 9-2 run to take their biggest lead at 55-43 with 2:05 left. The Lady Panthers put together a 7-1 run to get to within six with 1:05 to go, but could get no closer.
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McKay hit five 3-pointers and scored 20 points to lead four Lady Saints in double figure scoring. Lillian Klee had 12 points and 10 rebounds. Makenna Roush had 12 points and seven rebounds and Izzy Riggs added 11 points.
Megan Jones had 21 points and eight rebounds for Augusta. Laci Tackett scored 15 points and Reagan Tackett tossed in 12 points.
St. Patrick (16-14) will play Bracken County in the championship game on Thursday at 6 p.m.
Augusta ends the season with a 13-15 record.
St. Patrick 11 17 12 21 — 61
Augusta 12 14 10 17 — 53
St. Patrick — McKay 20, Roush 12, Riggs 11, Gallensetin 6, Klee 12
Augusta — R. Tackett 12, Hinson 1, L. Tackett 15, Evans 2, Jones 21, Basford 2
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