Snyder controls early but Kennedale takes the game 50-46.

Traveling west Friday night to Eastland, Kennedale took on the upstart Snyder Lady Tigers in the area round of UIL Girls 4A playoffs. {{more: continue …}}

Playing in their first playoffs in eight years, Snyder were anxious to continue the run. Up against the running Lady Kats from Kennedale, Snyder used their best hand they had by playing a slow deliberate game.

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It worked in the first half as Kennedale was only able to tie the game but never take the lead. Kennedale scored only 6 points in the first quarter and 9 the next as they fell behind 20-15. The Lady Kats were way off their game because they have averaged 38.5 first half points this year.

Kats break open game in last half?

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Game breakdown ??

• Q1 Snyder scored first but Kennedale quickly matched the score twice. But at 4-4, Snyder went on a 7-2 run and closed out the lowing scoring quarter with an 11-6 lead. (Daniels 4 pts, Briscoe 2)

• In Q2, Kennedale cut the lead to 11-10 but Snyder was able to build the lead back to take a 20-15 halftime score. (Daniels 5, Smith-Knox 2, Warren 2)

• In Q3, the Lady Kats are able to pick up pace of scoring and, as Snyder feared, the Kats took the lead for the first time in the game by outscoring the Lady Tigers 19-11 and finishing the quarter with a 34-31 lead. Six different Lady Kats scored (Daniels 4, Briscoe 2, Smith-Knox 3, Warren 4, Austin 3, Biscoe 3)

• Snyder never regained the lead again as Kennedale would increase theirs by as much as 10 points late in the 4th quarter. The Lady Tigers cut it as close as 4 point midway in the quarter and then once again the final seconds of the game before bowing out. (Warren 9, Biscoe 4, Daniels 2, Smith-Knox 1)

Kennedale will play Glen Rose this Tuesday evening at 6 p.m at Joshua High School. Directions

Game scoring stats …

Kalyne Daniels?(Jr) 15, Trinitee Warren?(So) 15, Sydnee Biscoe?(Sr) 7, Tawny Smith-Knox?(So) 6, Mac Briscoe?(So) 4 and Mylo Austin?(Sr) 3