Lady Flames with fifth-straight LBJ Invitational Tournament
JOHNSON CITY — The Faith Academy girls basketball team captured their fifth-straight LBJ Invitational Tournament title by beating the team that ended the Lady Flames’ 2011-2012 season.
The Lady Flames crushed San Antonio Lutheran 46-13 on Dec. 1, rolling to a 41-9 lead by the end of the third quarter. Lutheran reached the Class 2A state tournament of the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools last season.
PHOTO: Faith Academy senior guard Bailey Brinkley defends a San Antonio Lutheran player while playing in the LBJ Invitational Tournament in Johnson City Nov. 30-Dec. 1. She helped the Lady Flames win their fifth-consecutive tournament championship. Courtesy photo
"All in all, I think we’re starting to grow and mature as a team," head coach Jerry English said. "I think we’re starting to see strengths and things we need to work on. I definitely feel like we haven’t played our best ball. This has been an enjoyable year."
TOP PLAYERS
Bailey Brinkley 13 points, 4 rebounds, 5 steals and 2 assists; Taylor Denton 10 points, 3 steals, 1 assist and 1 rebound.
ON OFFENSE
Points — Joanna Piatek 7, Rebekah Graham 6, Juliette Fisher 5, Hailey Shipley 2, Kristen Cherry 1, Susanna Case 1.
Assists — Piatek 2, Fisher 2, Sierra Brinkley 1, Cherry.
Rebounds — Piatek 6, S. Brinkley 3, Cherry 2, Fisher 2, Graham 2, Shipley 1.
ON DEFENSE
Rebounds — Fisher 5, Graham 4, Piatek 2, Case 2, Shipley 1, Cherry 1, Cozby 1, S. Brinkley 1.
Steals — S. Brinkley 5, Piatek 3, Fisher 2, Graham 1, Cozby 1.
QUOTABLE: "We really played great defense for three quarters. We literally stopped everything they wanted to do. We talked a little better on defense and we rebounded the ball well enough to get to where we could run," English said.
RECORDS: Faith is 12-1 and on an eight-game winning streak
UP NEXT: Faith at Lometa, 8th and Main St. in Lometa, 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 4