We didn’t execute as perfectly as we would have liked, but we stayed calm enough to push the lead back to nine and make it more comfortable.”Ĭarlton finished the night with 23 points, 16 rebounds and four blocks, while Halphen had six points, and 13 rebounds. “I was just extremely proud more than anything of the fact that when Elkins came rallying back, we stayed calm. “When somebody comes at you, you have to be able to respond to that,” said Seven Lakes head coach Angela Spurlock. “We struggled a little bit at times, but we picked it up as the game went on.”Įlking went on a big run to open the third quarter and continued to trim things to single digits.īut every time the Knights got within five points of Seven Lakes, the Spartans would go on a mini run of their own to extend the lead, and this trend continued as Seven Lakes worked its way to the victory in the fourth. “The first half, we really dominated rebounding, that was what got us ahead was being so good with rebounding,” Carlton said. Seven Lakes led 11-6 after the first quarter and used a strong second to make it a 17 point lead heading into the half as the Spartans jumped on Elkins early.

This is really what we were trying to do.” “It’s really a proud moment for us, we worked so hard for this and we wanted it so badly. “It means everything to get this win,” said senior forward Summer Halphen. Seven Lakes came away with a 58-47 win in a scrappy game to advance to the area round, winning their first playoff win in four years. Everyone was just excited to get on the court and have another opportunity.” Some of them have been counting down the days to get another chance, especially after last year’s bi-district game where we blew the lead to Ridge Point. “They’ve wanted to have a chance at this moment for a long time. “These seniors have been here for a while and they’ve been waiting for this moment,” said sophomore forward Justice Carlton. This year, facing Fort Bend Elkins, the Spartans knew that it would be just as hard a task to advance, but were ready for the challenge. The Spartans had lacked a playoff win in each of the previous three seasons, despite making the playoffs each year. Seven Lakes was anxious to get the monkey off its back.

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