A strong finish could not quite overcome a slow start for the Klondike Lady Cougars basketball team on Friday at Grady.
Klondike poured 20 points into the bucket in the fourth quarter – almost half of their points for the entire game – but came up just two points short in a 43-41 loss to the Lady Wildcats.
Klondike had a hard time getting started, however, as they scored just one point in the first quarter of the game and trailed 19-14 at halftime.
“We just couldn’t overcome our slow start,” Klondike Coach Xavier Elizondo told the Press-Reporter after the game. “You can’t ...