Johnston Girls Comeback to Win It Against Southeast Polk, Move On to Face Iowa City High Thursday

Maya McDermott ’20 maneuvers through the defense for a layup. McDermott led the team to victory with 30 points against Southeast Polk.

Cameron DeRoos and Charlie Pattinson
March 3, 2020

The girls basketball team faced off with Southeast Polk on Monday, Mar. 2 at Wells Fargo Arena. The girls came into the quarterfinals as the three seed facing the sixth seeded Southeast Polk. The Dragons went ahead in the first quarter with a 23-17 score. But when the second and third quarters came around, Southeast Polk started to gain traction. They outscored Johnston by a combined total of 10 points in the second and third quarter. Coming into the fourth quarter the girls was down 4 to Southeast Polk. After sweating it out for a bit, Johnston went went on a run and won 75-71.

Johnston’s next girls game is against Iowa City High at 10:00 AM on Thursday.

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