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Girls Basketball: Huskies Fall in Bulldog Bash Consolation Match

The Flint Hill Huskies could not overcome the Paul VI Catholic Panthers , and this time it kept the girls from a third-place finish in the 10th annual Bulldog Bash on Thursday.

Unlike the first face-off between the teams, this time the Huskies kept pace with the Panthers for the first half of the game to enter halftime down 24-23.

But the Panthers came back in the third period with a vengeance, outscoring the Huskies 23-11 in the third period and then 12-3 in the fourth to put the final score at 59-37.

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Katherine Doyle led her team with 12 points, closely followed by Alex Long who posted 10.

The Huskies wound up in the consolation game after a tumultuous first two days in the tournament. On Tuesday, they went into overtime against Freedom High after the Eagles put up a buzzer-beating two-point shot to tie the game. But the Huskies responded with a shutout performance in overtime to defeat the Eagles 47-37. On Wednesday, they gave up an early lead to Westfield to lose 47-42 in the end.

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Points scored: Katherine Doyle (12), Alex Long (10), Shea Patrick (6), Catie Chess (4), Nicole Freeman (2), Caroline Shaw (2), Claire Romansky (1)

Day 2 Stats: Flint Hill 42 vs. Westfield 47

Alex Long (24), Alison Bragaw Butler (7), Nicole Freeman (5), Shea Patrick (4), Savannah Block (2)

Day 1 Stats: Flint Hill 47 vs. Freedom High 37

Points scored: Alison Bragaw-Butler (16), Alex Long (16), Shea Patrick (6), Nicole Freeman (4), Savannah Block (3), Hannah Donegan (2)

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