“Obviously, last year our last game was a double overtime thriller. Air Jordan Fusion 5 To win this and pull through knowing that we can finish these tough games is really crucial and important.”The Royals lost their previous double overtime game, falling to Kentwood by a point in the state regional round this past February. The schedule included an earlier trip to Beaverton, Ore, for the Nike Northwest Invitational, where Lynnwood beat top ranked, 6A Oregon powerhouse South Medford for the championship. Now the Royals have a victory over one of Washington’s best teams. Still trailing by Air Jordan 1 one with 35.2 seconds remaining, Mount Rainier earned possession of the ball after Jasmin Edwards missed a contested shot at the rim. They sent Jasmin Edwards to the line, but she missed the front end of a 1 and 1 that kept the Rams’ hopes alive. Mount Rainier junior guard Aqeelah Williams took a 3 point point shot with the clock ticking down, but it was well short and grabbed out of the air by Lynnwood’s Mikayla Pivec. From the opening tip, the focal point of the Royals’ defensive efforts was Brittany McPhee. Lynnwood held her without a field goal in the first quarter and to just five points in the first half. She made just two of nine shots from the field.”We definitely had special attention towards her,” Jasmin Edwards said. “We knew that she was their key player so we kind of Air Jordan 16s sagged in on her and double teamed her when she got (the ball) and did the best we could because she’s an amazing player.”McPhee was more effective in the second half, but still finished the game shooting just 7 for 25 from the field.”It takes two to three people to really shut her down and we tried to challenge some of their other players to step up and hit shots,” coach Edwards said. In the second half, you could tell that they were trying to get the ball to Brittany and we were trying not to let Brittany get the ball. It’s a total team effort defensively 7 for 25, wow. Trailing 42 40 with less than 30 seconds remaining, Jordan McPhee’s baseline 3 gave the Rams one of their few leads in the game. The play appeared as though he told his team, Air Jordan 19s “give the ball to Brittany and get out of the way.” Her shot in traffic as time expired rattled in to send the game to overtime.”That’s why you’ve got to love sports and you’ve got to love basketball,” Edwards said. After a missed 3 by McPhee, Fiso got a second chance and converted a 3 with 14.5 seconds remaining. The shot was originally ruled a two pointer before the officials discussed it during a timeout with 6.6 seconds remaining. Coach Edwards credited strength and conditioning coach Becky Lewis with getting his team prepared.”She just puts our girls through torture,” he said. “We take a lot of pride that we may not be the tallest team, but we’re going to outwork you and we’re going to outhustle you. Thank goodness we are in decent condition because it came through in a double overtime game like tonight.”Despite shooting 21 for 68 from the field and 5 for 21 from the 3 point line, the Royals continued their impressive streak of victories to start the season.”We did not shoot the ball well and we did have some bad turnovers,” coach Edwards said. “That’s a part of basketball. We’re very happy to not play our best game against a very good team and still get the win.”Aaron Lommers covers prep sports for The Herald. Lynnwood131211957 57Mount Rainier714101454 54Lynnwood Jasmin Edwards 19, Monty Cooper 14, Grace Douglas 3, Mikayla Pivec 12, Kelsey Rogers 4, Jordyn Edwards 3, Amina Donahoe 2, Danielle Hayes 0. Mount Rainier Jordan McPhee 10, Kaiti Freeberg 0, Brittany McPhee 18, Simone Johnson 0, Kenzi Gandy Air Jordan 15s 0, Aqeelah Williams 11, Emily Fiso 15. 3 point goals Jasmin Edwards 2, Douglas 1, Jordyn Edwards 1, Cooper 1, J. McPhee 2, Williams 3, Fiso 2. Records Lynnwood 5 0, Mount Rainier 5 1.

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