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Paige Gardner had 18 points and six rebounds and Kate Joss added 17 points as the Christian Academy girls' basketball team beat Leslie County 58-55 Wednesday morning in the first round of the Touchstone Energy All "A" Classic in Richmond, Ky.

China Dow pitched in 13 points and seven rebounds for CAL (11-8), which will face Owensboro Catholic (16-7) in Friday's 8:30 a.m. quarterfinal. Owensboro Catholic beat Washington County 71-52 in another first-round game Wednesday.

CAL trailed 28-26 but closed the third quarter with a 13-3 run to take a 39-31 lead. Gardner, Joss and Dow each sank three-pointers during the surge.

CAL led by as many as 12 points in the fourth quarter, but Leslie County pulled within 56-53 on Hillary Moore's three-pointer with 49 seconds left. CAL's Katie Shaheen sank two free throws with 10 seconds left to put the game away.

Moore led Leslie County (15-7) with 31 points and eight rebounds.

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