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Lady Hornets Basketball
2/9/2018
Savannah 39, Chillicothe 38
Chillicothe was unable to capitalize on a last second
opportunity, and lost to Savannah 39-38 in a home conference
game.
Chillicothe trailed by 7 early in the 4th quarter
but went on a 6-0 run. Savannah missed two free throws with
1:40 left. Chillicothe rebounded and Kennedie Kieffer
gave the Lady Hornets the lead with 1:17 left in the game.
Chillicothe missed the front of a 1 and 1 at the
free throw line with 25 seconds left. Savannah grabbed the
rebound and Liz Everly hit a basket with 3.8 seconds left.
Chillicothe brought the ball down court and had
it tipped out of bounds in front of their own bench. In
bounding the ball between the scorers table and their bench
with 1.8 seconds left. The ball went cross court to the left
low post area to Hunter Keithley, who took a dribble
step closer to the basket, but the defender for Savannah
put a hand on the ball and knocked it out of bounds as the
final buzzer sounded.
The 3rd quarter was tough on Chillicothe when
they scored just 6 points, hitting their only 2 point
shot attempted, one of four three point shots and one free
throws, while giving up 15 points to Savannah. |
