Lady Jays season comes to an end

The Guthrie Lady Jays basketball squad had the Deer Creek Antlers exactly where they wanted them in the final moments of their area tournament do-or-die game, but the Antlers had the final say inside the Norman North gymnasium.

With the score tied at 38-all and 12 seconds remaining, Guthrie had the ball for perhaps the final shot, but after a miss Deer Creek was fouled in the back court with just .36 of a second remaining. Deer Creek connected on one-of-two free throw’s to pull out the 39-38 win to advance to Saturday’s area final.

During the regular season, each team had won in their opponents home gym.

The Lady Jays finish their season with a 13-11 record.

Both teams started off slow and were tied after the first quarter. Deer Creek opened the game with a 12-4 run in the second quarter to take a 19-11 halftime lead.

In the third quarter Guthrie responded. The Lady Jays responded by outscoring Deer Creek 13-9 and pulled within four, 28-24. Both teams stayed even midway through the fourth quarter with Deer Creek holding a 36-33 lead with 3:44 left in the game.

The Lady Antlers added two more points to take a 38-33 lead into the final 2:08, but Guthrie went on a 5-0 run in the next 1:04 to tie the game at 38-all with 58 seconds left.

Guthrie had one final shot to win it, but came up short to finish the season.