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Comanche’s Baylee Morgan positions herself to put up a shot in the low post against Lone Grove on Friday in Comanche. Evan Grice/ The Duncan Banner

February 4, 2012

Evan Grice The Duncan Banner The Duncan Banner Sat Feb 04, 2012, 10:44 PM CST

COMANCHE — If there was one lesson the Comanche Lady Indians can take away from Friday night’s game against Lone Grove, it’s never judge a team by it’s overall record. LGHS didn’t play like a team with a 3-12 record, instead the Lady Longhorns looked like a team hungry for momentum.

But, in the end the result was placed on the shoulders of Comanche senior Mica Allen-Smith, as she drained a three-point shot with 3 seconds left to give the Lady Indians a 53-50 come from behind victory at Tommy D. Weast Gymnasium.

“At this time of the year you’re banged up and everyone knows what you do.” head coach Sean Hushbeck said. “We spotted them 10 points and managed to come away with a three point win. For Mica to hit that shot after everything she has battled through, you can’t ask for anything better than that.”

Things started off horribly for the Lady Indians as they found themselves down 10-0 at the 5:42 mark of the first quarter. CHS though, held its nerve and found itself down only three points at the end of the quarter, 16-13.

In a very entertaining second quarter, both teams relentlessly pursued the lead, with multiple ties and lead changes occurring. Lone Grove held the advantage at halftime, but just barely at 27-25.

“I don’t know if it was so much Lone Grove as it was us,” Hushbeck said about the first half. “We didn’t have Jenny (Simpson) tonight because of her knee surgery, and when you don’t have a teammate there, especially when its a vocal leader it takes a lot out of the team. We just came out flat but we got past an obstacle and maybe that will give us the spark we need to get going.”

After the halftime break, it seemed the Lady Indians had found their groove and were back on track. CHS led by as many as 6 points at the 6:15 mark at 33-27 and then 8 points with 45 seconds left in the quarter at 38-30. Heading into the fourth, it was advantage Lady Indians at 38-34.

With just under 7 minutes to play, CHS was in the lead 42-26, and it looked as though things were going to fall into place, resulting in a comfortable victory, but Lone Grove had other ideas.

With less than 3 minutes to go, the Lady Longhorns tied the game at 48-48, then took the lead 50-48 with 1:30 left in regulation. CHS tied the game at 50-50 with 59 seconds left in the game.

After multiple time-outs were called by the Lady Indians, CHS took one final gamble, then up stepped Allen-Smith.

“To be honest, I was going for the play and I realized I was open and let it go,” Allen-Smith said. “I knew it was going in as soon as I shot it. This is an awesome feeling and no words can explain how this feels. I knew they (Lone Grove) couldn’t shoot a three so after it went in I had to get back and make sure that didn’t happen.”

Leading the scoring on the night for the Lady Indians was senior Ashley Spann with 20 points followed by fellow senior Zana Crowson with 14 points with Allen-Smith scoring 12.

CHS improves its overall record to 12-8 while Lone Grove falls to 3-13. The Lady Indians will be back at home Tuesday night against Plainview with tip-off slated for 6:30 p.m. from Tommy D. Weast Gymnasium.

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