Texas high school girls basketball playoffs: UIL 6A regional final scores, updates
Texas high school girls basketball state championship week tickets have been punched in high-stakes fashion on Saturday.
Four teams remain after eight vied for UIL Class 6A state championship spots at the Alamodome, which begins on Thursday.
Here is how the regional final round unfolded:
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UIL CLASS 6A GIRLS BASKETBALL REGIONAL FINALS
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DeSoto and Clark are fittingly among the eight UIL Class 6A teams vying for a state title. Clark beat DeSoto 42-37 in the Texas high school girls basketball championship in 2023.
Photo by Tom Dendy
BELLA FLEMINGS, BRENNAN AVENGE CLARK
The five-star sophomore dropped a career-high 47 points, including a buzzer-beating triple-contested floater to force double-overtime, where the Bears beat Clark 80-73 to advance to next week's state semifinals at the Alamodome, avenging a loss to the defending 6A champs a year ago on the same stage.
Down two in the final seconds of overtime, Flemings hit an off-balance, fadeaway floater as time expired to force 2OT.
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DUNCANVILLE STUNS DESOTO IN BATTLE OF NATIONAL POWERS
In the world of Texas high school sports, the Duncanville-DeSoto rivalry is nothing new – and provided another entry into its storied rivalry on Saturday.
The Panthers beat DeSoto 46-39, booking a 6A semifinal matchup with nationally ranked South Grand Prairie in San Antonio next week.
Duncanville led by five at half and extended that lead to 10 after three. They were led by 13 points from senior forward Mariah Clayton and 10 from Chloe Mann.
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SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE VS. BOSWELL
South Grand Prairie backed up its SBLive/Sports Illustrated national rankings debut.
The winners of 16 consecutive games hit all six of its fourth quarter shot attempts to help pull away and beat Boswell by 15 points on Saturday.
Erica Carr scored a team-high 13 as the Warriors (31-3) reached its third state trip in four seasons without South Carolina-committed center Adhel Tac. The five-star and No. 26 rated prospect in the country suffered a season-ending knee injury in November.
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SUMMER CREEK THUMPS FORT BENCH HIGHTOWER
Zachara Perkins finished with 19 points, dive boards and four assists as Summer Creek blew out Fort Bend Hightower to advance to the state semifinals.
Mariyah Brown added 15 points and seven boards.
The Bulldogs' regional final win was much less dramatic than its two-possession regional semifinal win over Seven Lakes, which was decided in the waning moments.
-- Andy Buhler | andy@scorebooklive.com | @sblivetx
