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INSIDE SPORTS
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Lady Eagles return to region final
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tournament on the line.
“We are glad this one is over with.
That’s not a shabby team” Townsend
said of Gilmer. ‘We started slow, but
that says alotthat we came out here and
blew a team like that out of the gym.”
The Lady Eagles are looking for
their third straight trip to the state tour-
nament. They lost in the final in 2014
before winning it all last year. Argyle
has won four playolf games this year by
70,51,34 and 26 points.
Argyle essentially put together a re-
play of last year’s game against Gilmer,
which the Lady Eagles won 61-32.
Argyle scored 39 points over the sec-
ond and third quarters after being held
to a postseason-low 16 points in the
first. Much of that was because of Gil-
mer’s aggressiveness, which Argyle
looked unprepared for.
Then came the second quarter.
Gray scored on a conventional
three-point play and followed it with
another basket to spark an 11-2 run to
open the frame. Gray scored 17 of her
points in the first half, and Argyle
jumped out to a 40-17 halftime lead.
Gilmer was outscored 24-8 in the
second quarter and trailed by as many
as 31 points midway through the third.
Kyla Grant scored nine points for
Gilmer (26-9).
Next up for Argyle is Lincoln, which
By Steve Gamel
Staff Writer
sgamel @ dentonrc. com
COMMERCE — Argyle coach Skip
Townsend is always going to find some-
thing he wants his team to get better at.
But when glancing at the scoreboard,
it’s hard to be overly critical of the de-
fending state champion.
Junior forward Vivian Gray scored
19 points, Madison Ralston chipped in
with 12 and Argyle overcame a sloppy
High school basketball
Girls: Class 4A playoffs
Argyle 65, Gilmer 39
first quarter to earn a spot in today’s
Class 4A Region II final with a domi-
nating 65-39 win against Gilmer at Tex-
as A&M-Commerce.
Friday’s game was a rematch of last
year’s semifinal.
Argyle (32-1) will face Dallas Lincoln
(30-4) at noon with a trip to the state
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Crowley
corrals
Broncos
Deadly accuracy
Hot-shooting Warriors
end Guyer’s season in
Class 6A area round
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By Patrick Hayslip
Staff Writer
phayslip @ dentonrc. com
JUSTIN — Throughout the season,
the Denton Broncos frequently found
themselves in tightly contested games
and a few times were able to deliver
game-changing plays down the stretch.
High school basketball
Boys: Class 5A playoffs
Crowley 52, Denton 50
On Friday in a Class 5A area-round
playoff game against an equally athletic
Crowley squad, Denton was in the thick
of another bam burner.
Trailing by eight with less than a
minute to go, the Broncos would not go
quietly. The Eagles missed free throw
after free throw and allowed Denton to
get within two on a Justen Mazziotta 3-
pointer with half of a second remaining.
With one glimmer of hope left, Den-
ton’s Tyrus Johnson stole the inbounds
pass and heaved a 3-pointer that
clanged off the right side of the rim to
seal Denton’s 52-50 loss.
Denton coach Harold Jackson said
the game reminded him of an equally
close game the Broncos had recently
against Saginaw Chisholm Trail — a 74-
71 Bronco loss that secured the District
5-5A title for the Rangers.
“Crowley just made more plays than
we did throughout the game,” Jackson
said. ‘We make a run, and they would
make a few plays and make a run. It was
a game of runs. Almost like the Chis-
holm Trail game, we just ran out of time
on our run.”
Trailing by two at halftime, the Ea-
gles (23-9) outscored the Broncos 17-13
By Adam Boedeker
Staff Writer
aboedeker@ dentonrc.com
COLLEYVILLE - Just like in
Tuesday’s playoff opener, Guyer got off
to a rough start and dug itself a hole.
Unlike that bi-district win against
Flower Mound, there was no coming
back against a seasoned South Grand
Prairie team, and the Warriors ended
Guyer’s season with a 74-53 victory in
the Class 6A Region I area round Fri-
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High school basketball
Boys: Class 6A playoffs
South Grand Prairie 74, Guyer 53
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“At the start of the game they just
didn’t miss a shot,” Guyer coach Grant
Long said of the Warriors, who hit
three 3-pointers in the opening min-
utes. “I don’t think we played terrible
on the offensive end; I just think they
didn’t miss a shot.”
The Wildcats (30-3), who had a 12-
game winning streak dating to Jan. 8,
had no answer for the Warriors’ two
Division I-bound seniors, Harrison
Henderson and Cameron McGriff,
and fell behind 20-5 midway through
the first quarter.
Henderson, a 6-10 forward who
signed with USC, finished with 20
points and was 3-for-3 from beyond
the arc. McGriff, a 6-7 Oklahoma State
signee, scored 21 points, while fresh-
man point guard Bryce Cook had nine
assists.
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“It starts with their two bigs,” Long
said of Henderson and McGriff. “Hav-
ing two guys like that really opens up
the floor for [Cook], and he can really
handle the ball and use his quickness.”
Guyer’s plan was to try to contain
the Warriors’ inside game and leave
some shooters open outside, but it
backfired as No. 15 South Grand Prai-
rie (24-8) hit eight 3-pointers.
Guyer was unable to get into an of-
fensive rhythm and had trouble with
the Warriors’ athleticism on defense,
as their length allowed them to get in-
to passing lanes and disrupt Guyer
possessions.
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Guyer freshman guard De’Vion Harmon, center, is covered by South Grand Prairie senior forward Harrison
Henderson, left, and freshman guard Bryce Cook on Friday in Colleyville. South Grand Prairie won the Class 6A
area-round playoff game 74-53.
Faith Family
upsets Lions
Guard De’Vion Harmon, one of Guyer to the locker room with a 15-
two freshman standouts for the Wild- point deficit,
cats, scored a game-high 22 points
and hit a highlight-reel 3-pointer from pointers, while leading scorer Zach
just in front of the Warrior bench as Garza had one trey and 12 points in his
the halftime buzzer sounded to send final high school game. The Wildcats,
who made 10 3-pointers Tuesday, shot
just 5-for-19 from beyond the arc.
“I have to give credit to their de-
fense,” Long said. “They’re so quick
Harmon finished with four 3-
By Jimmy Isbell
For the Denton Record-Chronicle
FLOWER MOUND - As Ponder
coach Jude Stanley slowly opened the
door of the locker room, Brady Ander-
son was sitting on the floor next to a few
lion teammates, red in the face and
with tears streaming down his cheeks.
High school basketball
Boys: Class 3A playoffs
Dallas Faith Family 50, Ponder 44
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UNT playing for seniors
today in home finale
Stanley shared his four-year starter’s
emotions as he choked up speaking
about No. 2 Ponder’s 50-44 loss to Dal-
las Faith Family Academy in a Class 3A
Region II area-round playoff game Fri-
day at Flower Mound Marcus.
“I’m at a loss for words,” Stanley said.
“I’m proud of each and every individual
in that locker room.
“I’m proud of how Brady Anderson
played his last game in a Ponder lion
uniform, and how he carried himself in
the big games he’s been in during his ca-
reer.”
By Brett Vito
Staff Writer
bvito @ dentonrc.com
On the surface, it doesn’t appear as if
the North Texas women’s basketball
team has much to play for today.
The Mean Green have slid toward
the bottom of the Conference USA
standings heading into their home fina-
le and are all but locked into being one
of four teams forced to play on the
opening day of the conference tourna-
ment.
North Texas basketball
Women: Southern Mississippi at UNT, 2 p.m.
Men: UNT at Southern Mississippi, 7 p.m.
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‘We have a lot to play for,” Mitchell
said. “[Seniors Teadra Jones and Kasi-
ney Williams] have given two years and
Acheil [Tac] four. They have put a lot of
time in and deserve to go out on a high
note.”
The UNT men will be in action when
they visit the Golden Eagles at 7 p.m.
Wins have been hard to come by for
the UNT women (9-16, 4-11 C-USA).
The Mean Green have lost seven of
their past eight games. UNT will look to
break out of that slide against Southern
Miss (14-12, 7-8).
“Of course we want to go out on a
good note,” junior guard Candice Ad-
ams said. “It’s our last home game of the
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A winning season is well out of reach.
At this point, UNT essentially is
playing for pride and the opportunity to
send its seniors out on a high note in
their final home game at 2 p.m. against
Southern Mississippi.
Ask UNT women’s coach Jalie
Mitchell and her players, and they will
say that is more than enough to provide
motivation today.
Anderson finished his 150-game ca-
reer with 2,076 points. Only two lions
before him reached 2,000 points, and
Anderson was the first since 1997.
The lions traded punches with the
Eagles, ending the first half within a
bucket to trail 24-22.
“We felt very good about where we
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North Texas senior forward Acheil Tac, right, steals the ball from Char-
lotte’s Alexis Alexander on Feb. 13 at the Super Pit.
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