The Tyrone junior high girls basketball team traveled to Indian Valley on Tuesday afternoon to battle the Lady Warriors.
The ninth grade game went down to the final second, when Indian Valley sunk a pair of foul shots with 0:05 on the clock to take an exciting 42-40 win over Tyrone.
The Lady Eagles (4-10) fell behind 11-2 early in the game, then was able to rally to draw even at halftime 19-19.
Stefani Bryan led the offensive attack for the Lady Eagles with 22 points and 10 rebounds. Elizabeth Tepsic added six points and a team-best 11 rebounds and Kayla Corle added five points.
Both teams won at home this season with both games won by foul shots made in the final 10 seconds of the contest.
Tyrone won at Tyrone 46-44, when Liz Tepsic sank two free throws with eight seconds left to play on Sept. 25.
The Lady Eagles built up a seven-point lead in the fourth period yesterday, before Indian Valley made a final push to tie the game 40-40 with less than a second remaining.
“Indian Valley is a really good basketball team,” said Tyrone coach Kerry Naylor. “If you can split two games with them, usually you would be very happy. We played well after getting behind early. The girls worked hard and ran the offense well. These were two really even teams in both games this year. We won the first one on the line and dropped this one. We showed a lot of heart and pride. Hopefully we can continue to play like this.”
The seventh and eighth grade team (9-4) defeated Indian Valley 26-14 for the ninth win of the season. Sarah Cox scored nine points for the winners and Kassie Faretta scored seven.
“Sarah Cox played a very good game,” said coach Naylor. “She has become more aggressive and is playing with confidence.”
The Lady Eagles travel to Spring Mills on Thursday for a game against Penns Valley. Game time is set for 6 p.m.
