money FLYING HIGH: Holliday Lady Eagles use late run to claim Class 3A state championship
SAN ANTONIO – The Holliday Lady Eagles are state champions.
Holliday trailed for just 45 seconds in Saturday’s Class 3A state championship game, scoring 15 of the game’s final 18 points for a 58-47 victory against top-ranked Fairfield at the Alamodome. It’s only the third loss of the season for defending state champion Fairfield.
This is the first state title in the history of the Holliday basketball program.
Fairfield only led twice during the game, and Holliday responded strongly each time.
Fairfield scored the first two points of the game on a pair of free throws by Mckinna Brackens just 1:16 into the first quarter. A 3-pointer by Carissa Griffin 11 seconds later put Holliday in front, and it surged to a 19-7 lead by the end of the first quarter.
Fairfield trailed 28-20 at halftime and 39-34 heading into the fourth quarter. Fairfield retook the lead, 44-43, on a jumper by Brackens with 3:29 left in the game.
Holliday senior Jalynn Bristow put her team back in front 34 seconds later with a layup off an assist from Katy Piper. Holliday went on to score 14 straight points, including eight at the free-throw line.
Bristow was named the game’s Most Valuable Player, scoring 21 points with 14 rebounds. Kenna Wood added 15 points and five rebounds, while Katy Piper put up 11 points and seven rebounds.
McKinna Brackens led Fairfield with 22 points on 8 of 23 shooting with 10 rebounds. Shadasia Brackens added 20 points. The cousins accounted for all but five of Fairfield’s points.
CLASS 3A CHAMPIONSHIP
Holliday 58, Fairfield 47
Holliday (34-3) – Jalynn Bristow 21, Carissa Griffin 3, Kenna Wood 15, Campbell Jurecek 8, Katy Piper 11.
Fairfield (39-3) – Shadasia Brackens 20, Mckinna Brackens 22, Jimilyah Nash 5.
Holliday 19 9 11 19 -58
Fairfield 7 13 14 13 -47
Free throws – (H) 15-19, (F) 12-12. 3-pointers – (H) 3 (Wood 2, Griffin), (F) 3 (S. Brackens 2, Nash 1).
This article originally appeared on Wichita Falls Times Record News: Holliday vs. Fairfield high school girls basketball state championship
