Freedom's girls basketball coach Ron Garza noticed his team was making a habit out of starting games slow this season and made a point to mention that on the trip to Salisbury to play Hatboro-Horsham Saturday afternoon. <\/p>\n
Garza hoped that by voicing his concerns about how the Patriots have been beginning games he would see a better start, although, it didn't work out that way. <\/p>\n
Freedom struggled offensively early, needing 3:30 to score its first points, but still managed to earn a 39-32 victory over the Hatters thanks to a hot start to the second half by Hailey Silfies in game one of the Salisbury Girls Basketball Holiday Classic. <\/p>\n
The local team in the second game, the host Falcons, didn't experience any of the troubles Freedom had getting started, jumping out to an 18-2 lead and going on to top Oley Valley 53-33. <\/p>\n
Salisbury and Freedom will meet 3 p.m. Monday in the championship game with Oley Valley and Hatboro-Horsham facing off at 1 p.m. in the consolation game. <\/p>\n
The Patriots (5-3, 3-2) began to find some offensive flow at the end of the first quarter scoring two buckets with less than a minute left a shot by Kyra Jefferson and a three from Mackenzie Herman as time expired giving them their first lead of the day. <\/p>\n
That advantage evaporated quickly as Hatboro-Horsham's Hannah Mallon opened the second quarter with a three-pointer. <\/p>\n
Freedom trailed but not by more than three for much of the second quarter before taking the lead for good early in the third. <\/p>\n
\"[At the half] we told them that we probably played our worst half of the year and it was 16-15 so we're still alive,\" said Garza. \"So we said we come out here, we have 16 minutes, see what happens and we were lucky.\" <\/p>\n
The Patriots may have received a little luck to be able to live to tell about their rough start, but they also got a lot of help from Silfies. <\/p>\n
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