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The Saxons' Lauren Maloney drives in the first half versus Cosby.

Langley magic runs out in state final versus Cosby

Langley, coming off a one-point win over Woodbridge and an overtime defeat of T.C. Williams on a last second shot in the state tourney, couldn’t keep the magic going in the final. The Saxons fell, 52-50 in overtime to Cosby Thursday evening in Richmond.

A Jordyn Callaghan steal and dish to Carly Britt tied the score at 44 at the end of regulation. Then the Saxons took a 50-46 lead on a three-pointer by Britt and an and-one drive by Lauren Maloney.

But it wasn’t to be. Cosby forced turnovers and eventually tied the game, winning it on a Nia Covington dish to Marissa Gallagher down low.

Covington, a junior, led Cosby (24-4) with 25 points. Senior Rana Azad had 17 points and six rebounds for the Saxons (21-8), while Britt added 11 and Callaghan nine.

“We played extremely hard–did what we did all season to get to this point,” Langley coach Amanda Baker said.  “It was a two-point difference in this one, but to get to this point–I’m incredibly proud.”

–Chris Jollay

LANGLEY FG FT TP REB AST
CALLAGHAN 2-6 5-9 9 3 6
BRITT 4-6 0-0 11 6 0
JEPSEN 2-5 2-4 6 2 1
AZAD 7-12 3-4 17 6 3
CHAPMAN 0-2 2-4 2 1 0
Maloney 2-8 1-1 5 3 0
Costley 0-0 0-0 0 1 0
TOTALS 17-39 13-22 50 22 10
Threes: Britt 3-5, Callaghan 0-1, Jepsen, 0-1, Azad 0-1, Maloney 0-1
COSBY FG FT TP REB AST
HAMZE 0-3 0-0 0 0 0
JACKSON 2-4 0-0 4 10 1
COVINGTON 11-19 3-3 25 6 2
GALLAGHER 2-4 0-0 4 5 2
LILLY 5-14 3-4 14 2 3
Williams 0-4 3-4 3 1 1
Warren 1-1 0-0 2 0 0
TOTALS 21-49 9-11 52 24 9
Threes: Lilly 1-5, Hamze 0-2, Covington 0-2, Gallagher 0-2, Williams 0-4