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Come on now don't act like Leslie played some kinda super game to beat Owlsley 17. Go back to January 17 when they played and guess what Leslie won by 17. Why do we have to go through these long explanations about who fouled out, and how terrible the refs were, or how this team was hitting all their shots. Owlsley was not a very good team throughout the season but over achieved and won their district. They should be proud of that but instead fans act like it's a big suprise that Leslie beat them

And that earlier game was a single diget lead until right at the end and guess what, Leslie held the ball, Owsley forced to foul, and Leslie stretched the lead to the biggest margin of the night in last 2 minutes of game.

You're acting like Leslie wore Owsley out in these two games . They didn't. The score was in reach in both of the games but Leslie is a good ball control team and can hit free throws, which is important when holding on to a lead in the 4th.

No one is acting like Owsley is as good as Leslie. The Lady Eagles are a superior team, just like they are vs other 14th region teams. But they didn't crush the Owls, like you're portraying. They extended the lead in both games in the final minutes. As I've said, the game at Owsley was as close as 7 points with a couple minutes left and the game yesterday was 11 points with about 3 minutes to go.

As for your "overachieving to win the district" remark, I think you don't take into consideration that the Lady Owls younger players got better and better every single game right up to the district tournament. By the time the district began Owsley was on the level with any of the teams in the district, and proved it by winning the championship. The area that they drastically improved in was being able to handle the other team's full court pressure much better. The press that Lee played on the district tournament was basically the same press they had used to beat Owsley 3 times before, but in the district the young guards handled it much better, and actually scored out of it many times. And the team also improved their half court defense too, although a great Leslie team was too tough to stop last night.
Also, the Leslie press is a different animal from what you see from most teams. It's like they come at you in waves, much better than what Owsley saw in district tournament play.

I was impressed with Leslie and wishing them to play to a level like they did in the first game for the rest of this tournament and return them to the state tournament. Good kids and good coaching staff.