FHS girls basketball wins at buzzer for first Sectional Championship 61-60

Josh Perry, Managing Editor of HockomockSports.com, provides the game recap for the FHS girls basketball first ever Sectional Championship. They won at the buzzer 61-60 beating undefeated Wachusetts.

"Franklin got the look it wanted to try and win the game. 

Down by one with less than 10 seconds remaining, Erin Quaile swung the ball around the perimeter to her backcourt partner Shannon Gray, who looped the ball into Ali Brigham on the left block. The 6-foot-3 junior center, who had 28 points to that point, turned into her smaller defender, took a dribble, and got a look at the rim. 

Unlike so many other chances that Brigham converted in Friday night’s Div. 1 Central final at Worcester State University, this one didn’t find the bottom of the net. Instead, it kicked off to the far side, but her classmate Megan O’Connell was there and pulled down the offensive rebound between three Wachusett defenders. 

O’Connell instantly went back up with an off-balance shot. It bounced on the right side of the rim, took a touch on the backboard, and dropped through to put Franklin ahead 61-60 just as the final horn sounded on the program’s first-ever sectional title."

Continue reading the game recap:
https://hockomocksports.com/oconnell-beats-the-buzzer-and-lifts-franklin-girls-basketball-to-first-title/

For a photo gallery of the game:
https://hockomocksports.smugmug.com/2018-2019/Winter-2018-2019/Franklin-Wachusett-Girls-Basketball-3-8-19/

Franklin girls basketball celebrates on the court after beating Wachusett at Worcester State to earn the program’s first-ever sectional title. (Josh Perry/HockomockSports.com)