Lady Bulldogs drop OT heartbreaker

RICHARDS — The McDade High School girls varsity basketball team traveled Saturday, Jan. 20 for a 1A-District 29 game and the Lady Bulldogs fell in a hard-fought 49-43 overtime loss to Richards High School.

The Lady Bulldogs and host Lady Panthers were neck-and-neck throughout as the score was tied 10-10 after the first quarter, McDade took a 22-20 lead into halftime, Richards knotted it up at 32-32 at the end of the third quarter and this game went to overtime squared away at 39-39.

Although McDade came up just short in overtime, the Lady Bulldogs got a standout all-around game from sophomore Alexis Pacheco as she led the way with 12 points, had a game-high 13 steals, pulled in five rebounds and dished out three assists.