High school girls basketball: Cougars drop tight opener

Carson’s girls are better than they were last season, but they dropped a competitive road game on Tuesday. Mount Pleasant was cool and calm at the foul line down the stretch, and held off Carson 34-27. “We were in it, just needed a few more shots to fall,” Carson head coach Chloe Monroe said. Carson had to overcome some droughts. The Cougars got down 8-0 right out of the gate before Rylee Hedrick made two shots to get the Cougars on the scoreboard. The Tigers led 9-4 after a quarter. “We dug some holes,” Monroe said. A loose ball turned into a Mount Pleasant 3-pointer and gave the Tigers a 17-14 lead the break. Carson experienced another drought at the outset of the second half and got down 24-17. Allie Martin’s driving bucket made it 24-19 after three quarters. Carson took a 26-25 lead on a transition bucket by Julia Burleson with under two minutes left, but the home team reclaimed the lead. Monroe called timeout with 44 seconds left, trailing 29-26. Carson got the shot it wanted — Martin with an open 3-pointer from the left wing — but while her shot was online, it hit the front of the rim and bounced away. Then the Tigers put the game away with solid foul shooting.
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