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A few more pictures of the action

Some final stats:

Jefferson City:
Marli Hayes 9 pts, Rodnesha Wright 8 pts, Sadie Theroff 5 pts

Rock Bridge:
Allison Marshall 12 pts, Amaya Williams 5 pts, Hannah Dressler 6 pts

Marshall's 2nd shot no good - Jays miss the uncontested layup as time runs out - Lady Bruins win 34-30!

Thrilling possession downtown for JC - they miss 2 shots before Megan Marshall rebounds and is fouled with 7 seconds left. She ices the game with the 1st FT to give the Lady Bruins a 34-30 lead.

JC's Marli Hayes fouls out.

With 31 seconds left, Allison Marshall of RB hits the 1st shot, misses the 2nd, and the Jays run downcourt. JC's Lauren Coons drives the baseline, hits a layup, and is fouled with 24 seconds left - misses the FT and RB rebounds with 22 seconds left. Bruins lead 33-30.

JC's Kelsey Coffman heads to the line for 2 - hits the 1st (makes it 32-28 Bruins) then misses the 2nd and a box-out foul on the Jays brings the ball down for another 1 and 1 for RB.

Williams hits the 2nd FT, 32-27 Bruins.

JC looks like they'll be playing the foul game as they have a few left before the bonus. RB's Amaya Williams the go-to girl to hold onto the ball. She goes to the line for 1 and 1 with 40 seconds left, and hits the 1st shot to give the Bruins a 31-27 lead.

Ensuing possession, Megan Marshall swirls a 3 from the left corner - Bruins lead 30-27 with 45 seconds remaining as Jill Nagel calls a timeout!

At 1:20 of the 4th, the Jays' Rodnesha Wright drives all the way downcourt and scores despite great pressure from the RB defense to tie it at 27.

Under 2 minutes to go in the 4th - RB still leads 27-25

2:25 Megan Marshall hits a 10 ft. 2 pointer, Lady Bruins lead 27-25 - JC brings it down, loses the ball and in the scrum for the ball on the floor, Jill Nagel calls timeout with 2:08 remaining in regulation.

2:43 - every possession full of drama, game still tied at 25 in the 4th quarter.

3:40 - JC's Marli Hayes hits inside layup and is fouled - hits the FT - tie game, 25-25!

4:30 - Emily Holt of RB scores inside - Lady Bruins lead 25-22

4:57 - crowd getting into it for both teams!

5:45 - Rondesha Wright of JC cuts the lead to 23-22 -- Rock Bridge calls a full timeout.

At 7:30 of the 4th, Marsha Pendilton of JC ties it at 20 with a nifty layup -- ensuing possession, Hannah Dressler nabs the lead back with a very physical move inside. RB leads 22-20, the Lady Bruins' Lindsey Cunningham headed to the foul line for 2 shots. She hits the 1st, Bruins lead 23-20 with 6:30 remaining in the 4th quarter.

End of the 3rd quarter - RB leads 20-18. Very, very tough defensive game so far.

JC's Jasmine Jimmerson hits a short 2 - RB lead cut to 20-18 with 30 seconds left in the 3rd.

RB Coach Jill Nagel takes a timeout with 1:11 remaining in the quarter. 20-16 Rock Bridge.

Some tough defense all around in the 3rd quarter - with just over 2:00 remaining in the quarter, RB still leads 20-13, but a 3 by JC's Sadie Theroff cuts the lead to 20-16 at 1:45.

Lots of 2nd/3rd chance opportunities tonight for both teams - RB's Orreshia Chatman takes advantage and hits a layup to give the Lady Bruins a 20-13 lead with just under 5 minutes remaining in the 3rd.

JC coach Shane Meyer calls a timeout with 5:22 remaining in the 3rd q.

With just under 7 minutes remaining in the 3rd q, RB's Megan Marshall hits a 3 to give the Lady Bruins an 18-13 lead. That's her 2nd 3 of the game.

We're underway in the 2nd half - Lady Bruins still lead 15-13. Here are a few pictures from the 1st half:

End of the 1st half - Bruins lead 15-13, an exciting last few minutes of the 2nd half saw Rock Bridge take back the lead after Jefferson City led for most of the 1st half.

1:30 2nd q: An exciting few minutes sees Rock Bridge take the lead 15-12 after a 3 by Lindsey Cunningham

5:00 2nd q. Another Dressler layup ties it at 9 - and a JC foul on Lauren Coons (her 2nd, 5th for the Jays) gives the Bruins another possession.

A Bruins free throw ties it at 7, then on the ensuing possession the Jays take back the lead with a layup - they lead 9-7.

End of the 1st quarter - Jays lead 7-6.

Bruins going with a strong half-court defense here. Jays slowed down since - a pass out of bounds and the Bruins get the ball back. Jays lead 7-6 with 17 seconds left in the 1st q.

Hannah Dressler forces her way inside for the layup and the Bruins cut the gap to 7-4. 1:30 left in the 1st q.

3:00 another layup by Hayes gives the Jays a 7-2 lead. Bruins having trouble on offense so far.

At 3:26 a layup by JC's Marli Hayes gives the Jays a 5-2 lead. Jays using size advantage well so far. Amaya Williams missed a 3 - not getting many chances so far.

4:03 1st q: Jays tie it on free throws. Take the lead 3-2.

OK - made it to Union and the Bruins are off to a 2-0 start. Jeff. City is trying to slow down the pace of the game, but Rock Bridge doing a good job adapting.

The Jays call a timeout with 5:26 remaining in the 1st quarter.