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TVL Tournament (at Washington County) - 1st round
The final game of the night went down to the wire between Frankfort and Valley Heights and after two misses by Emilee Ebert in the final seconds of the game it was Jessa Yaussi with an offense board and shot at the buzzer that won the game for Frankfort 32-30. Valley Heights worked to a 6-2 start to the game but Frankfort finished the first quarter on an 8-0 run and led 10-6 and went up 10 at halftime 20-10 with Ebert scoring 15 of the Frankfort's 20 in the first half. Valley Heights in the second half made a push at Frankfort despite Kayla Smith playing limited minutes because of foul trouble and ultimately fouling out midway through the fourth as the Mustangs won the third quarter 12-6 ad made it a four-point game. That lead went away for Frankfort in the fourth as Valley Heights snagged the lead at 27-26 with 3:43 left in the game and then went up 30-26. Frankfort answered with four-points to have it tied at 30-30 with 2:48 left and it remained that way until Yaussi's buzzer beating shot for Frankfort. The win pushes the Wildcats to 6-4 and Ebert paced the team with 17 points earn Community National Bank "Player of the Game" on KMZA, along with Yaussi who hit the game winner and finished with eight points. Valley Heights with the loss falls to 2-7 on the year and was led by Sam Vermetten who scored eight points.
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