Didn't MV lose on a buzzer beater in OT last year?
Here ya go - article from March 12 2016
Last-second free throw breaks Magna Vista's heart, gives Spotswood 3A girls title
RICHMOND — Near misses are a part of basketball.
It’s hard to imagine one hurting more than the one Magna Vista’s girls endured in the last second of the Group 3A final Saturday.
With the Warriors all but down and out and trailing Spotswood by three, Shania DeShazo drilled a 3-pointer from the left wing with 0.5 seconds remaining to tie the score and almost certainly send the game into overtime.
Then Magna Vista’s Ocean Adams, who may have lost track of the score or simply was playing as all-out as always, fouled the Trailblazers’ Addisen DeLucas with 0.4 seconds showing on the clock.
DeLucas, a 5-foot-10 junior guard, then went to the foul line, made the first of the two-shot foul, missed the second on purpose, and won the game 40-39.
Spotswood (28-2) won its third state crown in the last four years. Magna Vista, denied its second state crown, finished 21-4.
It was a memorable defensive struggle with plenty of fearless play by both sides. When the history of the game is told years from now, the last couple of plays will dominate discussion.
Warriors coach Vicky Hayes gave absolute unquestioned support to her player, the only senior on the team.
“She was trying to press up and be aggressive, and I don’t have a problem with that,” Hayes said. “She was trying to make a basketball play. You live with that. She’s made a lot of plays, so I trust her. Whatever she does, I live with it and stand behind.”
It was a breathtaking finish in many ways. After the Warriors won a bare-knuckled third quarter 5-4, the score stood at 27-all going into the closing frame. As time wound down, there were two more ties, making four for the second half to go with a lead change.
Magna Vista was relentless with its pressure, forcing what usually would have been a game-winning 20 turnovers and holding the Blazers to 39.1 percent shooting (9 of 23 for the game). Spotswood held its composure, though.
“They disrupted us a pile on offense,” Spotswood coach Chris Dodson said. “The key to the game was we turned the ball over 15 times in the first half, five in the second.”
The Warriors, particularly Taisha DeShazo, did a commendable defensive job on Spotswood’s top offensive threats. DeShazo limited senior Kendyl Brooks to five points and 0-for-4 shooting from the floor. Sister Chloe, a sophomore, had seven points.
DeLucas was the player who made up for the gaps in scoring production with 15 points, 12 of that coming on 4-for-6 shooting from beyond the arc. She and the Brooks sisters teamed for 13 of the Blazers’ 29 rebounds as the team deadlocked with Magna Vista on the backboards.
Adams had 10 points and Taisha DeShazo and Kayla Cabiness combined for 17, but the Warriors really struggled offensively. Magna Vista shot 25.5 percent for the game, including 22.7 percent (5 for 22) in the second half.
“They took us out of some things but we still didn’t attack the bucket like we should have,” Hayes said. “I thought we were a little stagnant getting to the bucket, and when we did, we didn’t hit the shots. So that makes you second-guess yourself. ”
Still, all that would have been overlooked or forgotten completely if the Warriors had near unbelievably made it into overtime. If not for that foul, maybe the discussion would have been different.
“If we do it again, I’d say do it again,” Hayes said. “Maybe she comes up with a steal, lays it in, and now she’s a hero.”
