MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Bradley Central guard Harmonie Ware missed the first few weeks of her junior basketball season after getting injured in a scrimmage against Bartlett.
When the Bearettes wrapped up a much more meaningful matchup with the same Memphis-area opponent Saturday afternoon at Middle Tennessee State University’s Murphy Center, she wasn’t hurting at all.
In fact, Ware was all smiles while holding the gold ball trophy, not long after her record-breaking performance lifted Bradley Central to its eighth state championship overall and second in a row with a 58-43 win against the Lady Panthers in the Class 4A final.
She was locked in for all three games the Bearettes played at MTSU, making her final 22 free throws there, including 14 on the way to a 29-point performance Saturday. Including the quarterfinals and semifinals, she totaled 61 points in Murfreesboro, leading to her being named MVP of the Class 4A tourney at the BlueCross Basketball Championships.
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