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(Daily Herald)
Wheaton Academy 41, Rosary 39: Judging by the way the Warriors were cheering after Saturday's game in the locker room, one could tell they were pleased with third place after topping the Royals at Geneva's Thanksgiving tournament.
"I'm really proud of the way the girls played," Wheaton Academy coach Beth Mitchell said. "This was a great win for us."
Throughout the entire game, neither team led by more than 6 points. There were 9 ties, with the final one arriving at 39-39 with 1:47 remaining in the game after Rosary's Katie Eckberg's second consecutive putback.
The Royals (4-2), however, would not score again, as Kristine Egbrecht's bucket with 35.6 seconds left in the game would eventually turn into the game-winner for the Warriors (3-2).
Alexa Sharkey, who led all scorers with 13 points, also had a key steal with less than five seconds in the game. She finished with 4 steals and also made the all-tournament team.
"Our defense really helped us tremendously down the stretch," Mitchell said. "We did a good job of switching things up."
Rosary was able to get one final shot off, but the 3-point attempt hit the backboard as the buzzer sounded.
"We were very tentative, and I don't know why," Rosary coach Dave Beebe said. "We should have done much better."
The Royals were led by Victoria Alvarez, who finished with 8 points, 5 rebounds and 3 steals. Katie Petrando led all players with 12 rebounds to go with her 7 points and Faith Jones, who was selected to the all-tournament team, scored 7.