LC tops Lady Jackets in state quarterfinals

Defending champion Lincoln Christian lived up to its billing by handing Kingfisher a 53-32 defeat Tuesday morning in the Class 4A girls state quarterfi nals at OG&E Coliseum.

KHS was making its fourth appearance at state in five years and saw its season end with a 26-5 record.

Lincoln Christian meanwhile, advanced to the semifi nals for the sixth straight year.

On Thursday, the Bulldogs throttled No. 4 Mc-Loud 68-26 to advance to the championship game. They were set to play Douglass on Friday night.

Sixth-ranked Kingfisher fared much better than McLoud...but it was still a struggle.

In the quarterfinal, the Bulldogs started the game with a 3-pointer by Zaariah Woodruff and their defense swarmed KHS from the tip.

After falling behind by 7 early, Kingfisher cut its deficit to 10-7 with buckets from Ela Hartman and Abbie Myers - and had possession - but that was as close as it got.

Maddi Stewart, a Nebraska signee, completed a three-point play on her end to push the lead back to 6 with 3:29 to go in the first quarter.

That was the start of a 12-1 Lincoln Christian run that stretched into the second quarter.

The Lady Jackets trailed by as many as 15 in the first half, but cut it to 32-20 on Reese Roof’s running bank shot at the halftime buzzer.

The Bulldogs then held Kingfisher scoreless for more than 5 minutes to start the second half and were up 20 by the end of the third quarter.

Stewart led Lincoln Christian’s balanced scoring attack with 13 points. She also had a game-high 7 rebounds.

The Bulldogs won the board battle 33-21.

Myers led Kingfisher with 11 points in her final game as a Lady Jacket.

She also led the team with 5 rebounds.

Roof also played her last game in a KHS uniform and scored 8 points.

Hartman contributed 8 while Taitym Walker scored 4 and Mattie Slezickey 1.