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Shay Reed of Houston moves the ball down court.

 Riding a two game win streak, the Fillies continued their trend of good starts against Lon Morris on Saturday, Jan. 30. 

Jumping out to an 8-1 lead, the Fillies played from the front all day and Lon Morris was forced to work that much harder just to stay in the game.  They answered the first challenge, quickly cutting that first lead to 8-5 and they would stay there for the entire first half.  Physical play and defense dominated play for the first 20 minutes.  Lon Morris hung tough. hitting the offensive glass and aggressively attacking the paint early and often.  The Fillies went to the locker room with some momentum however, when Raven Alexander hit a desperation three-pointer at the buzzer to give Panola a 36-29 lead at the half.
 
The second half saw the Fillies stretch the lead to double digits gradually.  Only once was Lon Morris able to get the game to six points in the second half but timely shooting by the Fillies buried any chances for a comeback.  Kelsey Bardsley fittingly ended the scoring with two free throws.  She led the way for the Fillies with 19 points, Tatsiana Zhurauliova had 13 points and Shay Reed added 10 points.

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