Focus was the difference between a loss on Monday and a win on Tuesday for the Lamesa Golden Tornado girls basketball team, according to head coach Shai Young.
It was a lack of focus, he said, which contributed to a 45-41 loss to Snyder here Monday.
“Before the game my players were really chatting and giggling,” Young said.
Lamesa trailed 8-9 at the end of the first period but came back to take a 22-20 lead at halftime.
The Golden Tornadoes were outscored in both the third and fourth periods.
“We had some costly turnovers in the fourth quarter where Snyder was able to gain ...