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Girls Hoops: GA's Sweeney Hits Three to Defeat Episcopal
The basket, with four seconds remaining, gave the Patriots their fourth straight victory.
With four seconds remaining on the clock and the Patriots trailing the visiting Churchmen by two points in Saturday afternoon's Inter-Ac League showdown at Germantown Academy, GA shooting guard Frances Sweeney '13 nailed a clutch three-pointer from the top of the key off an assist from Jaryn Garner '12 giving the Patriots a huge 50-49 victory.
Dempsey Cooper '13 and Megan McCloskey '14 provided crucial screens on the decisive play.
Garner led all scorers with 20 points, six rebounds and four assists.
Sweeney finished with 11 points. Kiernan McCloskey '13 collected six
points and hauled in 13 rebounds.
The win is the fourth in the row for the Patriots, improving the team's overall record to 9-5 ahead of a home game against Academy-Notre Dame De Namur Wednesday at 3:45 p.m.
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Episcopal Academy 16 9 10 14--49
Germantown Academy 16 13 8 13--50
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