Frankston Blues 52 New Life Storm 50 (OT)
The Storm girls kicked off 2012 by hosting the Frankston Blues, an Australian team touring the US. The teams spent the afternoon enjoying lunch and gift-exchange together, followed by the game - which ended in a tough overtime loss. The Storm got off to a good start in the first period - Shelby scored 6 of the first 10 points to put the team ahead, then a 3-ptr by Emily and two by Hannah Grace stretched the lead out to 19-9. In the 2nd period Katie Patrick provided a spark off the bench with 3 baskets as she and Emily beat the Blues down the court repeatedly on the fast break, and the Storm lead stretched out to 35-19 at halftime. In the 2nd half the Blues upped the defensive pressure and the Storm had too many quick jumpshots and turnovers. Frankston began getting fast break points and took advantage of poor defensive rotation by NLC. The Blues roared back to take a 3-point lead late in the game. Hannah Grace nailed a clutch 3-pointer to tie the score with 28 seconds left and both teams missed chances to win in regulation. In overtime again the Blues had a 4-point lead with 5 seconds left when Sarah Suffridge was fouled on a 3. She hit the first two and missed the 3rd intentionally. A violation gave the ball to the Storm but their final attempts to tie were unsuccessful. Hannah Grace and Emily finished with 11 points each, and Katie had 9. Shelby pulled down 16 rebounds and Sarah S. had 4 steals.
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