Benicia High’s girls varsity basketball team squeaked past visiting Vallejo on Tuesday, 44-43.
The game was tied after each of the first three quarters. The Lady Panthers trailed by four points with a minute to play but finished the game on a 5-0 run.
Michelle Li scored seven of her game-high 20 points in the decisive fourth quarter and teammate Kameron Hatcher added two key baskets late for Benicia (11-4, 2-2 Solano County Athletic Conference). Li also had five steals and four assists. Other contributors for Benicia included Calei Mendoza (seven points, three steals) and Elizabeth Sweeney (six points, seven rebounds).
The St. Patrick-St. Vincent High girls varsity basketball team lost 53-49 in overtime at Kennedy.
The Lady Bruins, winless in the Tri-County Athletic League at 0-7, looked doomed trailing by 15 after three quarters. But a furious SPSV comeback made it a two-point game with 1.2 seconds left in regulation. Selena Caoile threw a perfect inbound pass under the Kennedy basket to Kelly Dennis, who scored at the buzzer to send the game into overtime.
Caoile, Dennis, Alyssa Sanderson and Neenah Pangelinan fueled SPSV’s fourth-quarter comeback. Caoile and Panglinan each finished with 15 points. Sanderson hit a big 3-pointer and Dennis finished with eight points, 14 rebounds, nine blocks and three steals. Caoile had nine rebounds, five blocks and five steals for the Lady Bruins (6-15).
The Lady Panthers and Lady Bruins play each other Saturday night at SPSV. Benicia plays at Bethel on Friday night while SPSV plays at St. Mary’s.
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