HARRISON GOES COLD IN ELITE EIGHT

MAGNOLIA — Five minutes without a point in a state tournament put the Harrison Lady Goblins in a hole. Facing Pulaski Academy in the Class 5A State Basketball Tournament in Magnolia, Harrison fell behind early and never could recover. On Friday, the Lady Goblins fell to Pulaski Academy in the quarterfinals, 57-30. Harrison never had the lead in the game, but it forged four ties in the contest. The first tie came when Briley Due drained a trey from the left side to make it a 3-3 contest. After a Maddie Wyatt free throw, Mckenzie Glenn hit a trey from the top of the key to tied the game at 7 with 4:20 left in the first quarter. Harrison didn’t score again the rest of the opening frame and trailed, 11-7, at the first break. Starting the second period with a steal by Brylie Parker, the sophomore Lady Goblin converted it into two points. Glenn followed Parker’s lead with a steal of her own. She also hit a layup to tie the contest at 11-11. Pulaski Academy scored, but Due hit her second field goal of the game after taking an entry pass from Glenn. With the game tied at 13, Harrison went cold from the field. During the Harrison cold spell, the Lady Bruins scored 10 straight points. Due ended the streak with two free throws. Later, she converted two more charity tosses as Parker ended the half with a free throw to make it a 27-18 Lady Bruin lead at intermission. Things didn’t get better to start the second half. Pulaski Academy scored the first eight points of the half before Peri Knight scored Harrison’s first field goal in 9:41 of action. That pulled the Lady Goblins within 35-20. The Lady Bruins ended the last 5:06 of the third period with an 18-4 run with Harrison getting a free throw from Due and Parker each and a field goal from Knight. The score entering the last period was 53-24. After a Glenn free throw, Pulaski Academy put the game into mercy-rule status with a basket at the 6:50 mark. Harrison ends the season with a 23-7 record. The Lady Goblins won the 6A/5A-1 regular season conference race and the 5A-West District Tournament. The Lady Goblins finished second in the Lendel Thomas Classic as well as winning the Willard, Mo. Four-State Shootout. Leading Harrison in scoring was Due with 10 points. Parker added seven, Glenn six, Knight four and Wyatt three.

HARRISON GOES COLD IN ELITE EIGHT

JEFF BRASEL

Harrison Daily | 3/6/2017

PHOTO CREDIT: Harrison Athletics