Lexington Girls' Hoops Bests Burlington, 45-33

The girls' basketball team beat rival Burlington 45-33 Friday night in its final regular season game of the year, and is now gearing up for a run in the state tournament. 

Lexington was led by the trio of Kelsey Fenn, Cat Costello and Kristen Kajko, who all finished the game in double-digit scoring. 

In the first half alone, Costello nearly reached double digits, scoring nine points. She brought her team a 5-0 lead in the first quarter before Burlington got into the game. The teams then traded hoops the rest of the quarter with Lexington taking a 13-8 lead into the second quarter. 

Burlington came out strong early in the second, keyed by senior Jodi Han who had a nice assist, then followed that up with an uncontested layup. Lexington then called a timeout and after was focused on defensive, allowing just one hoop the rest of the quarter , taking a 23-14 lead into the half.

Burlington won the third quarter by playing outstanding defense and getting out in transition. Captain Kaitlyn Morneweck had a strong quarter rebounding and also got some a few buckets to cut into the lead. Burlington trailed by only seven, 32-25, going into the final quarter of its season. 

Burlington came out strong and mounted a comeback run. Captain Rachel Joyce hit a jumper and was fouled on the play, then hit the free throw for the old fashioned three-point play. Kaila Camilleri then drove to the hoop and got a layup in traffic to cut the Lexington lead to three with five minutes to play. 

However, Burlington could not get any closer as Costello and Kajko immediately answered back with jumpers of their own. In addition to their outside shooting, Burlington was thwarted inside by Fenn, who forced Burlington to foul her and then did damage from the free-throw line. 

Costello finished as high scorer with 17 points, followed by Fenn and Kajko who got 11 and 10 respectively. Lexington has now won four straight games, and is headed into the tournament on a roll.

Lexington now awaits finding out who it will draw in the state tournament, which will most likely begin after February vacation ends.