Girls b-ball 1st round recap: Keller, Timber Creek rally, Carroll, Grapevine dominate
Keller scored 28 points in the second quarter that helped the Indians rally by Saginaw Boswell, 72-61, in a Class 6A Region 1 bi-district girls basketball game Thursday night at Richland HS.
The Indians (19-6) win their first playoff game since 2018.
They will play the winner of El Paso Franklin and Midland Lee.
Boswell came out on fire with a 25-15 first-quarter lead. Nya Robertson, last season’s all-area offensive player of the year, drained four 3-pointers and scored 16 points in the period.
Keller’s Cambridge Mathews led the Indians with eight of her 15 points.
Then the Indians heated up, including from the free-throw line where they went 9 of 11 in the second to help take a 43-40 lead at intermission. Kim Cohen, who scored a team-high 17 points, scored nine in the frame.
Keller held Boswell to 21 second-half points and seven points in the fourth quarter. Renee Chmiel chipped in 16 for the Indians. Ava Dunagan added 11. Robertson finished with 34 for the Pioneers.
Grapevine 63, Azle 42
The Mustangs scored 18 points in each of the first two quarters and got out to a 36-20 halftime lead to take down the Hornets in a Class 5A Region 1 bi-district game at Kennedale.
Grapevine (21-5) will await the winner between Mansfield Summit and FW Wyatt.
Grapevine was led by Emery Kirkpatrick’s 19 points. The Mustangs led 18-8 after the first quarter. Cece Cerone added 16 while Mimi Margiotta and Kennadi Archibald chipped in 11 and 10.
The Mustangs extended their lead with a 19-7 effort in the third quarter.
Carly Snead rounded out the Grapevine scoring with seven points. Karlee Locke led Azle with 18.
Southlake Carroll 46, Euless Trinity 29
The Dragons held the Trojans to two first-quarter points and outscored them 22-2 in the opening period to win the Class 6A Region 1 bi-district game at Colleyville Heritage.
Carroll (21-6) will play EP Americas or Odessa in the second round.
Kelsey Boyette, who had 12 points, drained a 3-pointer as the Dragons opened the game with a 10-0 run. Boyette knocked down two more 3-pointers to extend the margin to 19-2.
Carroll led 33-15 at half and was led by Jordyn Sowell’s 14 points.
Trinity’s Alisha Nunley led all scorers with 17 points.
Keller Timber Creek 43, LD Bell 38
The Falcons rallied to beat the Blue Raiders and win a Class 6A Region 1 bi-district game at Richland. It’s the program’s fourth playoff win and third in the last four years.
Timber Creek (16-6) will play EP Eastwood or Wolfforth Frenship in the second round.
Bell’s Hallie Rhodes hit three 3-pointers and scored 16 of her game-high 18 points in the first half as the Raiders led 23-17 at intermission, but the Falcons held Bell to two points in the fourth quarter.
Timber Creek edged Bell 14-12 in the third and got six points from Deja Lumsden and five from Mia Topping. Macey Mercer hit two threes for Bell in the period.
But the Falcons rallied in the fourth with a 12-2 output. Theresa Kailahi and Topping both scored 12.
This story was originally published February 11, 2021 at 10:30 PM.
