Westlake 52 Brennan 49

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Texas 6A Girls Basketball-Visiting Brennan Bears entered the game 15-3 vesus Westlake Chaparrals 18-0 and led most of the game. Score by Quarter: W 9-18, 25-26, 35-38, 52-49. Westlake started off cold and Brennan created turnovers as well. Westlake had their fastbreak working though, often with Wynn Thorne out front allowed them to close 25-26 at the half. Westlake trailed 0-10 at the outset, timeout Westlake. Brennan San Antonio's #22 Sr. Bella Flemings controlled the tip being a close match height-wise with Tamia King. Bella was a "scoring machine”, entered the game averaging 17.4 points/game, and contributed most of the Bear's scoring and controlled the tempo on the floor. Brennan slowed the pace in the second half. Westlake got a key charge call in Brennan's backcourt. Then Molly Frazer adept as always but with few scoring opportunities hit a key left baseline three bringing the score to 48-44 then Wynn Thorne dribbled nearly the length of the court and hit the winning basket on a contested layup 50-46 with 24.8 seconds left. Bela Flemings then hit a three from the right baseline bringing the score to 50-49 with 9.09 seconds left. Westlake struggled to get the ball inbounds and called timeout. After the timeout Brennan fouled Geralynn Veal-Byers for their fourth foul, non-shooting. #14 Peyton Hensle was cast with inbouding the ball but was fouled putting Brennan in the penalty and Hensle swished two in for a 52-49 lead with 5.95 seconds left. Image above, on Brennan’s second to the last possession, Westlake successfully surrounded Bella Flemings causing her shot to come up short. See more images below. Except for a brief stint by Townsend Hamilton, the Westlake starters went the whole game. They didn't come out for shoot-around at the half.