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By: Chris Evans
Willis Reed would have been proud.
With 5:33 left in the third quarter the Guthrie High School gymnasium held their breath when senior Emily Davis went down to the floor in pain and holding her left knee. Davis would need help off the floor and appeared to be done not only for the game, but the season.
However, Davis checked back in the game at the 7:46 mark in the fourth quarter and it's a good thing she did. Davis would score 15 of Guthrie's 17 points in a come from behind victory over Deer Creek 43-40. Davis finished with a game high 23 points.
The Lady Jays have now won three games in a row after dropping three games in the Deer Creek tournament including to the Lady Antlers the previous Saturday. Guthrie is now 2-1 against the Lady Antlers and improves their record to 9-7 overall. Guthrie awaits to hear where they will be heading for regionals to be played in three weeks.
Guthrie now plays for the North Division, Tuesday night, when El Reno visits the GHS gymnasium. El Reno took down Guthrie, 53-45, on January 15th. Both teams are 6-1 in the northern division.
The Lady Jays posted a 22-18 half time score, but would see the lead disappear in the third quarter. When Davis left with her knee injury, Deer Creek would finish the quarter on a 7-1 run to hold a 28-26 slim advantage.
The Lady Antler lead would rise to as high as six points, 36-30, with 4:13 to play in the game. Guthrie would regain the lead on an old fashion three point play from Davis to give Guthrie the lead for good 39-38.
Deer Creek would go 7-8 from the free throw line and none bigger from senior Courtney Cooke to tie the game at 40-all with 1:08 to play. Deer Creek would then foul Davis to send her to the line with :35.8 left.
Davis would make the first free throw, but would miss the next one and the Lady Antlers quickly called a time out to setup a last play.
Out of the time out Deer Creek would lose control of the ball and a mad scramble broke out. Freshmen forward Tory Dwyer not only was heads up to get the loose ball, but to call a time out to give Guthrie possession of the basketball with 13.2 seconds.
Deer Creek was forced to foul Davis immediately on the inbound pass and she would go to the line and make both free throws to secure the win. Guthrie finished the night by making 11 of 14 free throws.
Guthrie 56, Western Heights 41
The Lady Jays would explode for 21 second quarters and held Western Heights to just 9 points in the same quarter to win 56-41.
Despite feeling ill, freshmen Tory Dwyer led the way for Guthrie by scoring 16 points while Emily Davis added 15 points.
Guthrie outscored Heights by just one point, 25-24, but the second quarter was to much for Heights to over come.
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