BASKETBALL: Lady Falcons' season comes to a close
</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[After a dramatic tip-in upset over Sandoval on Monday, Elverado had their hands full with Christ Our Rock Lutheran on Wednesday night, falling 53-27 in the Class 1A Elverado Regional semifinals.
The Lady Falcons mustered only 11 first half points and fell into a hole they couldn't climb back out of following the break.
Lacey Qualls and Jennifer Sarensen each had a first quarter bucket, but that was the only scoring done on the Elverado end of the court.
The Silver Stallions' Quincy Knolhoff was hot early, scoring 8 points in the first quarter, and Christ Our Rock led 13-4.
Again Elverado converted on only two field goals in quarter number two, both from Rebecca Korando. Her put-back with 5:10 remaining in the half made it 18-7 in favor of the Silver Stallions.
Korando also put in two free throws before the end of the half as Elverado trailed 26-11 at the break.
Chelsea Cochran scored all nine of her points in the second half, but it wasn't enough to put a dent in the lead built up by the Silver Stallions.
Christ Our Rock held Elverado's Sami Hicks scoreless, refusing to let the senior get an open look from the floor. Hicks and Qualls combined for just two points after leading the way with a total of 29 on Monday night against Sandoval.
Cochran and Korando each had 9 points to lead the way for Elverado, Sarensen added 5, Qualls and Corrine Wilson each had 2.
Earlier in the evening, Hicks, Cochran and Wilson all advanced into the finals of the Three-Point Showdown competition and will return on Thursday night prior to the Elverado Regional championship game between Woodlawn and Christ Our Rock Lutheran (7:30 p.m.).
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