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Pile produces game winner for Southwestern at Greenwood Christian

Kennedy Pile’s last two points came with 0.4 seconds left on the clock and sealed a 54-53 come-from-behind win for Southwestern Thursday at Greenwood Christian.

Pile grabbed an offensive rebound and scored to get the Spartans their fourth-straight win to close out the regular season.

Lilly Rooks led all scorers with 20 points for Southwestern (12-10). Lily Kerber finished with 17 and the duo combined for 23 second-half points that helped erase a 30-23 halftime deficit.

Dani Simon led Greenwood Christian (11-11) with 16 points. Ellie Bigelow had 15 and Sydney Waldron scored nine.

Southwestern will start the postseason Wednesday at the Class A, Sectional 60 tournament at Waldron against Morristown (12-9).

Morristown won the regular-season meeting, 38-32, at Southwestern on Jan. 10.

The winner advances to Friday’s semifinal round to face either Class A, No. 6 Jac-Cen-Del (17-6) or Hauser (10-12).

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