Final result
North Point High School defeated Western High School 61–30 — margin of 31.
North Point High School defeated Western High School 61–30 — margin of 31.
The 4-Seed Western Doves from Baltimore City traveled to the University of Maryland to take on the 6-Seed North Point Eagles in the 4A Girls Basketball State Championship on Friday night. The Doves came into this game after upsetting the top-seed Flowers Jaguars 53-49 while the Eagles are coming in following a dominating upset of their own against 2-Seed Clarksburg, where they won 56-39. North Point got off to a hot start in this game, not conceding a point in the first seven minutes of the contest. While the offense peeled back a little in the second quarter, the Eagles still took a 17-10 lead into halftime. North Point head coach Michael Serpone explained that the message to the team in the locker room was to "Keep playing North Point ball". Several members of the team explained that they were not concerned about the narrow lead as they were focused on the long game. That proved to be true, as North Point game out of the locker room on fire, scoring 20 points in the first six minutes of the second half, and 29 in the third quarter combined. After the game, Doves head coach Tasha Townsend explained that her team was trying to mount a comeback too quickly, and the game simply slipped out of reach. The Eagles' offense slowed down in the fourth quarter, but the Doves could not come back. With a final score of 61-30, the North Point Eagles were crowned state champions. Congratulations to both teams on the milestone of reaching this game.
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