2018-03-08 Girls Class 6 Cosby- Langley
The Langley Lady Saxons advanced to the VHSL 6A tournament as the #2 seed after losing to Marshall in the regional final 44-43 on 2-24.
In the Lady Saxons first round game in the VHSL State Tournament they would defeat Woodbridge 47-46 on March 3rd. Two nights later they would defeat TC Williams HS 56-54 in overtime to advance to the Virginia 6A State Championship. Their opponent would be Cosby HS from Midlothian, VA. Winners of 3 of the last 4, 6A state titles. Cosby would advance defeating Ocean Lakes 76-39 in the first round, then Landstown 53-44.
In the 1st quarter Langley jumped out to an early 13-8 advantage.
Cosby would cut into the lead, outscoring Langley 14-13.
With Langley up 26-22 to start the 3rd quarter Cosby would have their most productive quarter of the game scoring 16 and holding Langley to 11.
With the start of the 4th quarter, the Cosby girls had taken a 38-37 advantage and the 6A Championship was up for grabs. Both teams defense would hold the opponent to low scoring in the 4th quarter with Langley narrowly outscoring Cosby 7-6, to force overtime ,after a Jordyn Callaghan's shot was no good in the closing seconds of regulation.
With the game in OT and the score knotted up at 44, and with 2:36 to play in overtime Langley had gained and early 4 point advantage, 50-46. But Cosby would respond holding Langley scoreless in that closing 2.5 minutes and scoring the final 6 points. With 1.9 seconds Langley would have one last shot for a buzzer beater but the in bounds pass was intercepted by Nia Covington who scored a game high 25 points for Cosby.
Cosby ends the year (24-4) with their 4th State championship. Langley ends the year (21-8). Langley was led by Rana Azad's 17 points. Carly Britt added 11. In addition to Covington's 25 points Charme Lilly added 14. Azad would also add 3 assists 2 steals and 6 rebounds. Jordyn Callaghan added 9 points, 6 assists 2 blocks 3 steals and 3 rebounds.
Read MoreIn the Lady Saxons first round game in the VHSL State Tournament they would defeat Woodbridge 47-46 on March 3rd. Two nights later they would defeat TC Williams HS 56-54 in overtime to advance to the Virginia 6A State Championship. Their opponent would be Cosby HS from Midlothian, VA. Winners of 3 of the last 4, 6A state titles. Cosby would advance defeating Ocean Lakes 76-39 in the first round, then Landstown 53-44.
In the 1st quarter Langley jumped out to an early 13-8 advantage.
Cosby would cut into the lead, outscoring Langley 14-13.
With Langley up 26-22 to start the 3rd quarter Cosby would have their most productive quarter of the game scoring 16 and holding Langley to 11.
With the start of the 4th quarter, the Cosby girls had taken a 38-37 advantage and the 6A Championship was up for grabs. Both teams defense would hold the opponent to low scoring in the 4th quarter with Langley narrowly outscoring Cosby 7-6, to force overtime ,after a Jordyn Callaghan's shot was no good in the closing seconds of regulation.
With the game in OT and the score knotted up at 44, and with 2:36 to play in overtime Langley had gained and early 4 point advantage, 50-46. But Cosby would respond holding Langley scoreless in that closing 2.5 minutes and scoring the final 6 points. With 1.9 seconds Langley would have one last shot for a buzzer beater but the in bounds pass was intercepted by Nia Covington who scored a game high 25 points for Cosby.
Cosby ends the year (24-4) with their 4th State championship. Langley ends the year (21-8). Langley was led by Rana Azad's 17 points. Carly Britt added 11. In addition to Covington's 25 points Charme Lilly added 14. Azad would also add 3 assists 2 steals and 6 rebounds. Jordyn Callaghan added 9 points, 6 assists 2 blocks 3 steals and 3 rebounds.
