Late shot lifts
Pirates over Lancers
By BRIAN BASSETT
DHI Correspondent
sports@timesbulletin.com

MIDDLE POINT - One shot.
That is what the Northwest Conference matchup between the Lincolnview Lady Lancers and visiting Bluffton came down to Thursday night.

With the game tied at 47 and 3.8 seconds showing on the clock, Bluffton had the ball on its own side of the court with a chance to win the game. And they did just that when junior guard Sarah Schriner inbounded the ball, got it back and fired a 3-pointer to give the Lady Pirates a 50-47 buzzer-beating victory.

“I thought we defended it well,” Lincolnview coach Dan Williamson described. “She just made the shot. We’ll kind of tip our cap to her on that one but I thought we defended that pretty well.”

Bluffton coach Eric Garmatter explained that the Lady Pirates made a last-minute adjustment on the play: “(The girls) deviated on the play because Lincolnview didn’t guard the in-bounds pass. As soon as I saw that, I just yelled for (junior forward) Paige (Buroker) to throw it back.”