Walker sidelined, Bearettes lose quarterfinal

Walker sidelined, Bearettes lose quarterfinal

Tournament week.

The bradley central bearettes on a mission to defend their 2019 state championship title.

However, bradley had to play today's quarterfinal match without leading scorer anna walker.

Walker injuring her right ankle in practice tuesday.

You see her wearing a boot there on the bench, trying to help her team out as much as she can.

=== alexis barnes doing the same.

She scored 17, howevers the only bradley central player in double figures.

=== lebanon's addie porter with the driving lay-up.

She had a game high 20 points as lebanon went up 19-16 at halftime.

=== the lead quickly expanded in the third quarter.

Porter steps in for the steal.

She goes the distance for the deuce.

That pushed the lead to ten.

=== the devilettes were also money behind the arc in the third quarter.

They had three treys in the third period.

That one gets the lead to 13 === bearettes needing some luck behind the arc as well.

Hannah jones with bradley's first three of the game.

=== bradley down by 11 headed to the fourth.

Just over four minutes left in the game, and ashlan crittenden banks home the three to cut the lead to six.

However lebanon responded with a 7-0 run, capped by this three from allissa mulaski.

Heart breaking day for the bearettes and anna walker.

Lebanon beats bradley central 51-42.

Reuter:"bad timing.

Bad luck.

Less than 24 hours before you play your first game in the state tournament, and your best player goes down.

We went to riverdale at nine this morning to practice.

She was really cautious.

Got her loose and all that, but she could not run."

Barnes:"i would have traded all 17 points of mine tonight to play another game."