High School Girls Basketball: Toutle Lake overcomes sleepy start to survive at State
The 2B Tournament – Fighting Ducks comeback for 58-48 win over Lake Roosevelt in Round of 12
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SPOKANE — The girls on the Toutle Lake basketball team have played plenty of Egg McMuffin Games in their careers, but it’s safe to say none of them were as consequential as Wednesday’s Round of 12 matchup at the Spokane Arena in the 2B State Tournament.
With their season on the line the No. 6 ranked Fighting Ducks took a page out of their youth tournament hoops playbook, getting up early and notching a 58-48 come-from-behind victory over No. 11 Lake Roosevelt.
“A 9 a.m. basketball game. When was the last time this team played at 9 a.m.?” asked TL head coach Daren Dean.
They didn’t have the early bird game at any holiday tournaments this season. And they didn’t get the Morning Dew game during their summer league slate, either. But it wasn’t necessarily the time on the clock that had the Ducks out of whack early on. Coach Dean believes it was more likely a bout of nerves that comes along with reaching the big stage at the final site on the postseason docket.
“In the arena there’s always a little bit of that,” Coach Dean said.
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