Cowley women win

Lady Tigers rally to beat Garden City 54-46, advance to semifinals

Ending its game against Garden City on a 19-4 run, the Cowley College women's basketball team rallied from a seven-point deficit (42-35) in the final 7:20 to win 54-46 and advance to the semifinals of the Region VI Tournament played at Wichita State University's Charles Koch Arena.
Cowley will play Seward County Sunday at 3 p.m. at Wichita State University's Charles Koch Arena. The Lady Saints are 30-2 after beating Coffeyville 80-69 on Friday.
As for the Lady Tigers' game against Garden City, Cowley found themselves down by as many as 11 points (30-19) early in the second half before making its comeback.
Cowley is now 21-10 on the season. Garden City ends the year with a record of 16-15.
Sophomore Gianna Woods, the team's leading scorer, picked up her second foul less than seven minutes into the contest and had to take a seat on the bench for the remainder of the first half. Woods did not score her first points of the game before hitting a pair of free throws with 10:48 left.
Woods' first basket made the score 35-31 with 8:57 showing on the clock. Woods' two free throws with 5:27 left capped an 8-0 run to put Cowley on top 43-42. Another basket by Woods with three minutes left capped a 12-0 run and put Cowley ahead by five (47-42).

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