High School Sports

JACKSONVILLE — Hewitt-Trussville led by 10 points with 4:33 remaining in regulation until Mountain Brook charged back to outscore the Lady Huskies in the final quarter 16-7 to force overtime and then outscore Hewitt 6-2 in the extra period to earn the victory on Tuesday at Jacksonville State's Pete Mathews Coliseum.

The Lady Spartans (22-5) advance to the play the Hoover-Clay-Chalkville winner. The 6A girls final will take place on Friday at 9 a.m.

Mountain Brook's Jackie Higgenbotham led all scorers with 18 points with 12 of those points coming from behind the 3-point arc, where Mountain Brook was particularly effective. Higgenbotham shot 50 percent (4-for-8) for the game, the same percentage as the Mountain Brook team. Hewitt-Trussville, however, didn't have the same success from 3-point land. The Lady Huskies were only 5-for-13 (38.5 percent) in the first half, and then didn't hit another trey for the remainder of the game, 0-for-10.

Hewitt-Trussville (19-10) made only one basket in the overtime period, a jumper by Lena Abdoli with 42 seconds remaining. She finished with eight points.

In addition to Higgenbotham, Sarah Silverstein added 10 points and Alexandra Morgan added 10 rebounds. For the Lady Huskies, Courtney Carruth had 13 points and Katie Dean 11. Jessica Moore had 10 rebounds.