The Lady Raiders ended the year with a trip to Southaven for a chance to bond with an overnight trip as they took part in DeSoto Central?s Christmas Invitational. Ironically the two opponents were metro area teams in Clinton and Germantown. In their first game against the Lady Arrows they raced out to a six point lead before the Lady Arrows closed the half on a similar 8-2 run to tie the score at 10-10. The second quarter started much like the first as JA led by four and then another run by the Lady Arrows of twelve straight gave them a lead of eight. JA managed a few times including at 46-46 before the Lady Arrows finished the game on a 13-4 run to win 59-50. In the second game, JA faced off against the Lady Mavericks and five-star junior recruit Madison Booker. The game was competitive in the first quarter before the Lady Mavs flexed their muscle in the second closing it out on a 11-0 run to build a thirteen point halftime lead. JA came out of the locker room after halftime and cut the lead to nine but again Germantown finished the game off by scoring nine of the last 11 for a final margin of 40-24.

University Heart Players with The Most Heart
Dec 27 vs Clinton - Gracelyn Carmichael - 21 points (8-13 3PT FG), 14 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals, 28 minutes
Dec 28 vs Germantown - Emily Buchanan - 13 points 3 rebounds, 1 steal, 28 minutes

Full Game Stats - JA vs Clinton
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Full Game Stats - JA vs Germantown
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