Clarksville, TN – Northwest High School’s Taylor Senseney knocked down a 12-foot jumper with 3.8 seconds left, November 22nd at the Willard Ross Memorial Gymnasium, to complete a fourth-quarter come-from-behind victory as the Lady Vikings defeated the LaVergne High School Wolverines, 43-42.
Senseney’s game-winner for Northwest (1-4) came after LaVergne’s Jasmine Smith’s driving layup with 25 seconds left had put the Wolverines up 42-41.
The Lady Vikings had entered the final quarter down five points, 37-32, but outscored LaVergne (0-3) 7-1 over the first 4:02 of the period to take a 39-38 leadIt was the first lead for the Lady Vikings in the second half and their first since they led 21-20 midway through the second quarter.
Northwest trailed by two points, 25-23 heading into the second half, but saw the Wolverines build a lead out to as many as eight points, 34-26, with 4:11 left in the third quarter following a bucket by LaToya Darby.
Northwest would close out the third outscoring LaVergne 6-3 to head into the final period down five, 37-32.
The first half started with both teams being tied 4-4, after trading baskets over the first 2:35, but a three by Smith gave LaVergne a 7-4 lead at the 5:12 mark.
Northwest would respond with a 7-0 run over the next two minutes to take a four-point lead, 11-7, with 3:19 left in the opening quarter.
The Wolverines answered right back with four straight points to tie the game for the third time in the first quarter, 11-11, with 2:43 left.
Keya Ross – who scored eight points in the first quarter for Northwest – gave the Lady Vikings a 13-11 lead, with 1:20 left, but LaVergne scored the final three points of the quarter to go up one, 14-13 at the end of one quarter of play.
Ross would lead Northwest in scoring with 16 points.
The two teams would trade the lead a couple of more times in the quarter, before the Wolverines closed out the first half with a 7-2 run to lead by two at halftime, 25-23.
Box Score
Northwest 43, LaVergne 42
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
LaVergne Lady Wolverines | 14 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 42 |
Northwest Lady Vikings | 13 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 43 |
LaVergne
Audrey Biggs 2, Crimson Reynolds 2, Jasmine Smith 18, LaToya Darby 13, Seana Morris 2, Shenice Hart 5. Team totals 15 11-25 42.
Northwest
Keya Ross 16, Skyler Dixon 3, Taylor Comeaux 3, Kayla Bradley 7, Jashia Huey 2, Taylor Senseney 6, Madeline Jones 3, Kaitlin McLaughlin 3. Team totals 16 10-22 43.
3-point field goals: LaVergne 1 (Smith 1), Northwest 1 (Bradley 1).
Records: LaVergne 0-3, Northwest 1-4.
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