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Brooke puts a dagger in Bowie With the buzzer going off while the ball is in the air, Brooke Melton hits a three pointer from near mid-court to enable the Lady Warriors to upend the Bowie Lady Vols 40 - 39 in a key matchup in District 4 -AAAAA. The bench emtied as the Lady Warriors mobbed Brooke in a joyus celebration of this important come from behind victory.

Martin girls upset Arlington Bowie at the buzzer, 40-39

By MILENKO MARTINOVICH

mmartinovich@star-telegram.com

STAR-TELEGRAM/DARRELL BYERS

Arlington Martin's Brooke Melton (center) is mobbed by teammates after her buzzer-beating shot that gave the Lady Warriors a 40-39 victory against Arlington Bowie on Thursday.

ARLINGTON – As Thursday’s game between Arlington Bowie and Arlington Martin seemed destined to end with a close Bowie victory, the Lady Warriors snatched it away in dramatic fashion.

Brooke Melton nailed a desperation 3-point shot as time expired to lift Martin to a 40-39 victory at Martin High School.

"It was going to take a miraculous shot for us to win," Martin coach David Amis said. "And that’s what we got."

Bowie (24-7, 5-4 in District 4-5A), No. 4 in the Star-Telegram Class 5A area rankings, seemingly had the game in hand when Lauren McKinney converted an inside bucket with three seconds remaining to give the Lady Volunteers a 39-37 lead.

But Martin’s prayer was answered. The Lady Warriors (19-8, 6-3), No. 9 in the Star-Telegram 5A rankings, inbounded the ball from underneath their own basket and made two passes out to Melton, who heaved her shot from well behind the 3-point line setting off a joyous celebration.

"I kind of went into shock," said Melton, whose 3-pointer was her only field goal of the second half. "My first thought was to just scream, then hug all my teammates. It’s like time stood still."

The loss was stinging to Bowie, who played Thursday night without guard Casey Riley, who might miss the rest of the regular season with a knee injury suffered last week against Mansfield Summit. The Lady Volunteers needed an increased effort against Martin, but didn’t receive it.

"The players who are on the court and are counted on to make plays didn’t make plays," Bowie coach Wanda Talton said. "We couldn’t score when we needed to."

Bowie’s comfortable 11-point, halftime lead dwindled in the third quarter as the Lady Volunteers recorded only one field goal in the frame allowing Martin to cut the lead to six entering the fourth.

And the Lady Warriors achieved that with their top two scorers – Destynee McCray and Rachel Wesen – combining four only four points. Reserve Makenzie Jordan picked up the slack scoring a team-high 10 points.

Arlington Martin girls grab nice win at Mansfield

By MILENKO MARTINOVICH

mmartinovich@star-telegram.com

Mansfield's Clarke Davis (23) guards Martin's Rachel Wesen (12) in Friday's game at Mansfield HS.
MANSFIELD – Arlington Martin’s girls basketball team grinded out a tough 49-40 victory over Mansfield on Friday at Mansfield High School.

Although it’s still early in the district season, the victory was crucial for Martin (17-7, 4-2 in District 4-5A). The win moves the Lady Warriors into a tie for second place with Arlington Bowie and gives them a key tiebreaker advantage over Mansfield.

"We knew it was going to be a tough game," Martin coach David Amis said. "These games are all important. To come over here and get a good win on the road against a team like Mansfield is big."

Both teams struggled mightily when their top inside player was saddled with foul trouble. Mansfield’s Maya Adetula sat out the second quarter after picking up two quick fouls and Martin took advantage racing to a 23-12 halftime lead. When Martin’s Destinee McCray picked up her third foul midway through the third quarter, the Lady Tigers scored 12 of the game’s next 18 points to dwindle Martin’s lead to three entering the fourth quarter.

But neither Adetula or McCray played big roles in the fourth quarter combining for only three points. Mansfield (7-19, 3-3) managed only two field goals through the first six minutes of the fourth as Keyra Johnson and Ashley Domino providing most of the scoring. Martin gave the Lady Tigers ample opportunities to get back in the game with turnovers, but the closest Mansfield got to was six points.

"This was big because we didn’t want to go into the Summit game after a loss," said Amis, whose team hosts district-leading Mansfield Summit on Tuesday. "This gives us some confidence going into that one."

Martin guard Rachel Wesen scored five of her team-high 14 points in the fourth quarter to hold off Mansfield while McCray added 11. Johnson had a team-high 14 points for Mansfield and Adetula had 12.

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