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03-14-09
Lady Knights go down in defeat against Kingston, 58-55
     Friday the 13th was not good for the basketball program at Mount Vernon High School. Both the boys and the girls suffered last second crushing defeats at the hands of teams they were favored to beats.
     In a Mount Vernon double header, the lady Knights faced-off against Kingston in the Class AA state regional final game at Pace University, but like the boys team, they also lost in the last seconds of the game, 58-55.
     Trailing by three points in the final minute of the game, the Knights took a barrage of shots uncontested, but could not land a bucket.
     Mount Vernon should have won the game, leading by as much as eight points on four different occasions, but somehow allowed Kingston back in the game near the end of the game, and simply could not score when it counted most in a last wild minute of play.
     Kingston appeared faster, hungrier and more aggressive during the entire fourth quarter, especially during the last couple of minutes of play.
     In a last desperate effort to win the game with seconds remaining, Mount Vernon's Sade King took a 3-point shot that missed its mark, giving Kingston the victory.
     Although the lady Knights went down in defeat, their immediate future looks bright, since they currently do not have a single senior on the squad, and seven of its top eight players will be returning next year, including their top players.