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<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"North Laurel ran its win streak to five games but it wasn\u2019t easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Lady Jaguars (16-4) had to hold off a late rally by Danville Christian before securing a 76-67 win in overtime during Friday Rocket Classic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Eddie Mahan\u2019s squad led throughout, and entered the fourth quarter holding a 48-40 lead, but Danville Christian\u2019s Grace Mbugua scored 11 of her 17 points during the final eight minutes to force overtime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
North Laurel senior Emily Sizemore sealed the deal in overtime, scoring 10 of her game-high 31 points during the extra period while hitting 8-of-10 from the free-throw line. She finished the contest knocking down 16-of-21 free throw attempts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe did not play as well as I was hoping especially early on,\u201d Mahan said. \u201cWe had way too many costly turnovers and bad shot selection. It kept them in the game. They made some tough shots at the end of regulation and we were not patient with the ball. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn overtime, Chloe had already fouled out, so I was worried how our team would respond but Brooke Nichelson got us going with a good pull up jumper and Emily Sizemore made sure we were taking care of the ball,\u201d he added. \u201cShe had a hard fought 31 points and 10 rebounds. Chloe McKnight had 12 points and 10 rebounds and Gracie McKnight added 13 rebounds to her seven points. Gracie also had some key steals that was vital for us to win in overtime.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It looked as if the Lady Jaguars were going to cruise to an easy win, building a 20-12 lead in the first quarter behind Sizemore\u2019s eight points while leading 34-22 at halftime after Jaelyn Black nailed two 3-pointers while Sizemore added four more points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brooke Nichelson finished with 12 points along with Chloe McKnight while Gracie McKnight added seven points, and Black finished with six points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n