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Up next is West Holmes (D2 #2) vs. Pickerington Central

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Michigan State, Florida State, Illinois, and Wake Forest in the house as well.

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Pickerington Central will start Katrina Williams, Kennedi Jones, Sam Grim, Taylor Johnson, and Bexley Wallace. West Holmes will send out Brittleigh Macaulay, Hannah Clark, Kylie Leppla, Alex Starr, and Alex Brown. This gymnasium is packed to near-capacity.

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Two misses by WH on it's first possession and they foul Wallace, so PC will get it. Wallace inside to Jones for the game's first points. 6:30 left in 1st quarter

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WH misses and PC turns it over. WH brings it up, down low and Wallace with the block out of bounds. WH misses but gets own offensive rebound. They miss a 3 and PC grabs it.

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PC misses but gets own offensive rebound. Jones puts it back up and she's fouled! She'll shoot two and she misses the first one. She makes the second one and PC leads, 3-0.

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WH turns it over and it is still looking for points three minutes in. Johnson brings it up and passes to Wallace, who spins and shoots a 17-footer that is no good. Jones goes up for the rebound but she's whistled for the foul. WH brings it up and Wallace commits her first foul. 4:35 left in 1st quarter

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WH misses yet another shot but PC is called for a pushing foul so WH will return. A 3-pointer finds nothing but air and here comes PC. A wild drive by Williams ends in PC smacking it out of bounds. WH ball. Karisa Shriver in for WH. Crossover on the other end and Sam Grim is down for PC. She is grabbing her left knee and pounding the floor. We'll take a timeout. 3-0, PC, with 3:41 left in the 1st quarter

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Lydia Hedgepeth will check in for PC. You pray that it's not an ACL for Grim. She's sitting up now but is still on the ground. She's shaking her head no at whatever the trainers are asking her. She's helped up by the trainers and will walk off on her own power with a limp. You can see the tears on her face.

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She walks around the PC bench and will walk the entire length of the court behind the media area towards a medical area. Back on the court, WH misses yet another shot but PC turns it over.

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WH finally gets on the board with 2:50 left in the 1st quarter on a Macaulay jumper. 3-2, PC. PC turns it over and in checks Kacie Leppla for WH.

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Each team misses a shot and PC has to call a timeout when it approached a 10-second violation. 3-2, PC, with 1:45 left in 1st quarter

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PC misses a 3-pointer out of the timeout and Jones is called for her 2nd foul going for the rebound. WH brings it up and Elizabeth Hicks, who just checked in is called for her first.

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Macaulay is called for a foul going for an offensive rebound after a WH miss. Still 3-2 with 1:10 left in the 1st quarter

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Wallace called for traveling. The guy besides me jokes that Bexley should've committed to a college before this event. Alex Starr drains a bucket for WH for a 4-3 lead. Johnson makes a long 2-pointer for PC but Natalie Molnar's bucket gives WH the lead after one quarter.

West Holmes: 6
Pickerington Central: 5
END 1ST QUARTER

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Cross-over by Shriver but the layup is no good. PC turns it over but WH turns it over just as quickly back. Johnson drains a 3-pointer and PC leads, 8-6.

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WH misses and Johnson nails another 3-pointer for an 11-6 lead. 6:30 left in 2nd quarter. Nice pass to Leppla and she scores.

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PC brings it up and it goes to Bexley, who misses the short shot. WH turns it over and Wallace looks exhausted. She'll come to the bench for a breather with PC up 11-8 and the ball. PC misses and is called for an offensive foul. The basketball pass goes to Leppla and she makes the easy layup. Johnson's 3-pointer is blocked and Clark drains a 3-pointer for WH. PC misses a 3-pointer and then WH turns it over. 13-11, WH, with 5:00 left in 2nd quarter and Wallace is back in.

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Williams with the spin move and banks it in to tie the game. Starr misses, PC grabs the rebound, and WH commits a foul. 13-13, with 4:15 left in 2nd quarter.

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Jordan Kidwell commits an offensive foul for PC. WH brings it up. Wallace commits a silly touch foul and that's her 2nd. She'll head to the bench with 3:42 left in the 2nd quarter. WH misses the front end of a one-and-one and Starr grabs the offensive rebound and will put it up and in. Can PC hang with WH without Wallace on the floor? Johnson drives and is fouled. She'll shoot two.