By Cyote Williams | Times Vedette
The Panorama girls basketball team (8-14) pulled off the upset against WCAC rival ACGC (17-5) away from home on in the Class 2A Region 2 playoffs on Tuesday, Feb. 17. The game was tight from start to finish, with the score being tied at the end of the first, 10-10, and at halftime, 25-25. Panorama took a one-point lead, 34-33, into the fourth quarter. The Panthers blew the game open with a 24-point quarter, fueling the win. Panorama had lost the last four games against ACGC before this result.
Morgan Crees led the way in scoring with 24 points, doing the majority of damage from the free throw line, shooting 15/16 from the stripe. Ines Gimeno Perez with 15 points and Ruth Fett with 11 joined her in double-figure scoring. Lexi Galvan led the team in rebounds with eight. Nerea Gimeno Perez led in assists with four.
Panorama moves on to the semifinals where they face Westwood (20-1) away from home tonight, Friday, Feb. 20. Panorama has played Westwood two times, winning once in 2024, 39-36, in the state semifinal. The other was last season, where Westwood won, 51-32. If Panorama wants to pull off another upset, they will need to slow down the Rebels’ Brenna Johnson, who is averaging 20.5 points and 9.7 rebounds.
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