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Cooper Girls Basketball Team Beats Benilde to Advance to State

2:42 PM | Monday, March 12, 2018

The Cooper girls basketball team beat Benilde-St. Margaret’s 62-47 in the Section 6AAA final to advance to their first state tournament ever.
Cooper got off to a fast start, grabbing leads of 7-2 and 15-5 in the early going before the Red Knights battled back to close the gap.
Cooper rebuilt their lead and took a 33-20 advantage into halftime, hitting six three-pointers along the way.
The Hawks kept the lead in double digits in the second half and secured a history-making win.
Kierra Wheeler had 16 points to lead Cooper, with Aja Wheeler adding 13 and Jada Buford 11.
Isabel Fleming had 26 points for Benilde.

Jay Wilcox, reporting
Cooper High School

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