MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — An 11-6 run in the final three minutes helped top-ranked McMinn Central beat last year’s Class AA state champion Austin-East 61-59 in today’s girls’ state basketball tournament.
Junior Kylie Lambert led the Chargerettes with 20 points, while Madison Lee made 3-of-4 free throws in the final 49 seconds.
Austin-East’s Shy Marsh missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer that could have won it for the Lady Roadrunners. McMinn Central (32-2) will play the winner of today’s Gibson County vs. Marshall County game in Friday’s semifinals at 6:30 p.m. (Eastern).
For more on this story, read Friday’s Chattanooga Times Free Press Sports section.
Stephen has covered high school sports in the tri-state area since the early 1990s, starting at the News-Free Press as a 19-year-old reporter. He has been with the Times Free Press since its inception and has been an assistant sports editor for more than seven years. Stephen is among the most decorated writers in the TFP’s newsroom, winning numerous state and regional awards for his writing on high school athletics. He has two children, Riley ...
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