Out of gas

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The Lady Railroaders ran out of gas in the 2nd half of Friday night's ACAC conference opener at Woodlan.  The 1st half was a back and forth battle that ended with Woodlan ahead 26-25.  We battled hard and had chances to make a good run and build on leads in the 1st half but turnovers hurt our progress.  The 2nd half was a totally different story.  We came out flat and could not buy a basket.  We did not make a basket in the 3rd quarter and only 2 in the 4th.  We finished the half with 7 points.  Our defense that has been so good in our last 3 games could not get enough stops to make up for our lack of scoring. Woodlan took it to us for the fianl 16 minutes, handing us a 57-32 loss.  We should have learned some things about being ready to play and mental toughness that will help us through the rest of the year.  

We had a rough 3 game stretch playing some very talented teams and we just weren't up for the last half of basketball Friday night.  We know we are a better team than we showed in the 2nd half.  We need to get back on track tomorrow at Prairie Heights.

The JV team got a huge win Friday night coming back from a large deficit to win the game in the final minute.  All of the girls battled extremely hard and should be proud of their effort and the outcome.