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Pflugerville girls hold off FM Marcus to win Mansfield championship, 61-55

ARLINGTON — The Pflugerville girls basketball team now has a streak going in the Mansfield Spring Creek Barbeque Invitational.

Pflugerville led from the start Saturday night and held off Flower Mound Marcus, 61-55, in the championship game.

Two years ago, Pflugerville won the tournament. Last year, Pflugerville played in the KSA Holiday Basketball Tournament in Orlando, Fla., and won it.

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“So, it’s kinda back-to-back to win this tournament,” Pflugerville coach Nancy Walling said. “We’re thrilled.”

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Pflugerville (22-2), the state’s 16th-ranked 5A team, led by 11 on three occasions. Fourth-ranked Marcus (17-2) pulled to 40-37 on Ashley James’ three-point play in the third quarter, but Pflugerville scored the quarter’s final eight points to take a 48-37 lead into the fourth.

Alyssa Echols scored 16 points and Kalea King added 15 for Pflugerville. Morgan Easley scored 15 for Marcus, which saw its 16-game winning streak end.

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With the win over Marcus and a 65-50 semifinal victory against No. 6 Arlington Bowie earlier Saturday, Pflugerville beat teams ranked fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh in the state in 5A by a combined 54 points over the last two days.

Bowie takes third: In the third-place game, Bowie held Mansfield Timberview scoreless for the final 3:23 in a 51-47 victory.

Timberview (15-7) led most of the game before Bowie (16-2) staged a fourth-quarter comeback sparked by Emerald Mayfield, who scored a game-high 19 points. Mayfield’s basket with 1:11 left gave Bowie the lead for good.

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Kansas signee Terriell Bradley led Timberview with 15 points, while Texas Tech signee Dayo Olabode scored 14 points.

Earlier Saturday, Jasmine Richard’s layup with 40 seconds left broke a tie and propelled Marcus to a 55-54 semifinal win over Timberview. Timberview was trying to reach the tournament’s championship game for the sixth time in seven years.

Scoring record challenged: Jordan Moore scored 36 points for Round Rock Stony Point in a 66-63 win over Cibolo Steele in the fifth-place game. USC signee McKenzie Calvert scored 33 for Steele. Moore fell four points short of the tournament's single-game scoring record that was set in 2008 by Cibolo Steele's Meighan Simmons, who now plays for the University of Tennessee.

Staff writer Greg Riddle contributed to this report.

ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAM

MVP: Alyssa Echols, Pflugerville

Chastity Patterson, GP North Shore

Stylz Sanders, Mansfield Summit

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Madison Parker, Canyon

Autumn Avina, RR Stony Point

Terriell Bradley, Mansfield Timberview

Jazmine Holman, Arlington Bowie

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Vanessa Jones, FM Marcus

Morgan Easley, FM Marcus

Stephanie Onyeje, Pflugerville