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It's been a roller coaster week in girls' basketball.
Rappahannock's Lady Panthers chalked up their first win of the season last Thursday night in a home contest against "double A" Warren County. 49-44. led by the hot hand of Karen Jordan who pumped in 26 points.
Then the RCHS squad slid downhill Monday night in a second home contest, losing 46-34 to Luray.
It was back up on Tuesday, at least for about 25 minutes of another home match, this time with Clarke County. The Panthers looked like winners again right up until the closing minutes when they blew their composure and a nine point lead, going down. 53-55.
In last Thursday's game, the Wildcats from Warren maintained a balanced scoring attack and with it. a three point edge at the halfway mark, 29-26. But Jordan put on a shooting exhibition to push the Panthers on top by one at the start of the third period. When the difference was stretched to five points. Warren switched from its zone to a woman-to-woman defense. But the faster Panthers broke free repeatedly to score and when the Wildcats resorted to trying to put the brakes on the Rappahannock express with fouls, the RCHS girls connected at the charity stripe. Of the Panthers' 14 points in the final period, six came from the foul line. For the night, they were 13 of 20 free throw attempts while the Wildcats made eight of ten.
“What a difference a win makes” should have been the Panthers' theme song for most of Tuesday’s game against Clarke. The Rappahannock Ladies worked the ball with confidence, firing it around the perimeter and waiting for a hole in the Eagles' defense. Their patient, more deliberate style
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