Sissies hold off Lady Eagles

Posted on 05. Feb, 2010 by Richard Greene in Basketball (Girls), Bridgeport Sissies, Decatur Lady Eagles

Photo by Joe Duty
The Bridgeport Sissies kept their District 5-3A title hopes alive Friday night, staving off the Decatur Lady Eagles’ upset bid.
Bridgeport ended the game on a 14-4 run to earn a 49-39 victory at Bridgeport High School Gym.
The victory along with Vernon’s upset of Iowa Park put Bridgeport in a tie for second at one game back of Burkburnett with one game left in district play.
Bridgeport’s closing run came after Decatur took a 35-34 lead on a basket by Jaci Isham with 7:26 left. Presley White tied the game at the free-throw line. Bridgeport senior guard Macy Bishop broke the tie with her short jumper. She added a second one 1:14 later to give the Sissies a four-point edge, 39-35.
Decatur could not catch back up as Emily Price and Haley Meekins put the game away for Bridgeport with a combined seven points in the final 3:30. Price, who finished seven, completed a three-point play with 2:26 remaining to put Bridgeport up eight, 47-39.
Meekins finished with 12. White led the Sissies with 17.
Decatur was led by Mercy Staley with 16 points.
Staley scored seven in the first quarter, helping Decatur out to a 13-6 lead to open the game. A pair of free throws by Bridgeport’s Alyssa Holmes in the final 20 seconds of the quarter cut Decatur’s lead to five, 13-8.
Bridgeport took the lead on Becca Logan’s 3-pointer with 2:23 left in the first half. Bridgeport took a 19-18 lead into halftime.
Bridgeport led by as many as seven in the third quarter, 25-18, but couldn’t shake Decatur. Staley hit two layups in the final 39 seconds of the quarter to get Decatur within a point, 34-33.