Game of The Week: Private School Edition

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The purple and gold women of LSU fail short in a sold out down to the wire college game of the week. But the #4 ranked purple and gold ladies of Kinkaid were able to defeat #2 Episcopal. It was a croweded, lively atmosphere as many were in attendance to see <a href="https://prepgirlshoops.com/player/mearah-oneal-2/">Me'Arah O'neal</a> of Episcopal as she had just been named a <a href="https://www.espn.com/womens-college-basketball/story/_/id/39363216/breaking-2024-mcdonald-all-american-girls-game-roster">McDonald's All-American</a>.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The first half was back and forward defensive game. Kinkaid led 25-20 at the half, before seperating themselves in the 3rd quarter and never looking back in the 4th to finish to finish with a 65- 51 W. Here are standout performers from both sides.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":["not_in_db"],"_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_selected_featured_image":"field_62cca28ffa4e7","player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"[player_tooltip player_id='846231' first='Sydney' last='Marshall']","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_player_name":"field_62aba4c9ecf2f","player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"2027","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_graduating_class":"field_62aba4ddecf30","player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"5'10u0022","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_height":"field_62aba4e8ecf31","player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"12124","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_position":"field_62aba4f0ecf32","player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"Kinkaid","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_school":"field_62aba4fdecf33","player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details_club_team":"field_62d20e723441a","player_evaluations_0_player_details":"","_player_evaluations_0_player_details":"field_62aba4afecf2e","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"I believe Sydney is maximizing her rebound potential- in her FRESHMAN year! u003ca href=u0022https://playerrimedies.com/throwback-thursday-middle-school-hoophers-edition/u0022u003eA few summers ago, I saw her handling the boardsu003c/au003e, and now that she's in high school it's no different. 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