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Lizzie Graham's career with LTB ends as one at IU-South Bend is about to begin

You’ve heard of adding insult to injury. 

 

Triton Central’s Lizzie Graham had the reverse with an injured foot on top of the insult of a sectional quarterfinal loss to Eastern Hancock that not only ended the Tigers’ girls basketball season but also Graham’s high school career.

 

Graham was hurt in the late stages of the Tigers – Royals quarterfinal and had to be helped from the floor.  But the senior wasn’t ready to go out that way.  She would return minutes later and as the game reached the final seconds just rimmed out a volleyball line three point attempt that could have tied the game.

 

Maybe the pain in the foot eased the pain of the loss.

 

As is often the case, time will further ease the hurt that comes from the end of a season.  Better yet, Graham will have another season begin when she joins the IU-South Bend women’s basketball program to extend her career to the collegiate level.

 

Graham verbally committed to the Titans before the high school season began and then followed that by signing on the dotted line right before the sectional.

 

 

The 5’8” TC senior led the team in scoring at 12.8 points per game.  She also averaged 3.7 rebounds and two assists while shooting 42 percent from three-point range.

 

Graham is a career 44% three-point shooter and the Tigers all-time leader in triples made.

 

She says the style of play she’s accustomed to at Triton Central is similar to what the Titans feature.

 

 

Her dad and head coach, Bryan Graham, says the Titans’ program and Lizzie’s talents are a good fit.

 

 

Graham was part of a three-member senior class for the Tigers with classmates Riley Ross and Hallie Schweitzer.

 

 

Graham will join a program at IU South Bend that was knocked out of the last postseason in the NAIA Women's Basketball National Championship Opening Round by 12th-ranked Indiana Wesleyan, 65-64.  It marked the first NAIA Tournament appearance for the Titans since 2005.

 

The Titans 25-8 overall record was the program's second straight full season with 25 victories. Currently, IU-South Bend is 21-2 and just outside the NAIA Top 25.

 

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