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Photos: Little Elm beats Keller, advances to 6A Texas (UIL) girls basketball regional finals

UNLV commit Amarachi Kimpson's scoring, clutch free throws steal spotlight

Andy Buhler, SBLive Sports

FORT WORTH, Texas — UNLV commit Amarachi Kimpson scored 32 points and hit game-sealing free throws to send Little Elm to the Class 6A Regional 1 finals and secure a 60-56 win over Keller on Friday night.

Kimpson scored 10 fourth quarter points, including 5 of 6 free throws in the final 15.5 seconds.

Little Elm (31-5) advances to the Region I finals in the Class 6A Texas high school girls basketball playoffs, where the Lobos will face the Coppell Cowgirls (37-3) at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25, at the Wilkerson-Greines Activity Center in Fort Worth.

Read more about the game here. 

Check out SBLive's exclusive photo gallery from the game:

PHOTO GALLERY — LITTLE ELM 60, COPPELL 56

All photos by Robbie Rakestraw

Little Elm Keller Texas girls basketball 6A playoffs regional semifinals 022423 Robbie Rakestraw 1
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Little Elm Keller Texas girls basketball 6A playoffs regional semifinals 022423 Robbie Rakestraw 3
Little Elm Keller Texas girls basketball 6A playoffs regional semifinals 022423 Robbie Rakestraw 4
Little Elm Keller Texas girls basketball 6A playoffs regional semifinals 022423 Robbie Rakestraw 5
Little Elm Keller Texas girls basketball 6A playoffs regional semifinals 022423 Robbie Rakestraw 6
Little Elm Keller Texas girls basketball 6A playoffs regional semifinals 022423 Robbie Rakestraw 7
Little Elm Keller Texas girls basketball 6A playoffs regional semifinals 022423 Robbie Rakestraw 8
Little Elm Keller Texas girls basketball 6A playoffs regional semifinals 022423 Robbie Rakestraw 9
Little Elm Keller Texas girls basketball 6A playoffs regional semifinals 022423 Robbie Rakestraw 10
Little Elm Keller Texas girls basketball 6A playoffs regional semifinals 022423 Robbie Rakestraw 11
Little Elm Keller Texas girls basketball 6A playoffs regional semifinals 022423 Robbie Rakestraw 12
Little Elm Keller Texas girls basketball 6A playoffs regional semifinals 022423 Robbie Rakestraw 13
Little Elm Keller Texas girls basketball 6A playoffs regional semifinals 022423 Robbie Rakestraw 14
Little Elm Keller Texas girls basketball 6A playoffs regional semifinals 022423 Robbie Rakestraw 15
Little Elm Keller Texas girls basketball 6A playoffs regional semifinals 022423 Robbie Rakestraw 16
Little Elm Keller Texas girls basketball 6A playoffs regional semifinals 022423 Robbie Rakestraw 17
Little Elm Keller Texas girls basketball 6A playoffs regional semifinals 022423 Robbie Rakestraw 18
Little Elm Keller Texas girls basketball 6A playoffs regional semifinals 022423 Robbie Rakestraw 19
Little Elm Keller Texas girls basketball 6A playoffs regional semifinals 022423 Robbie Rakestraw 20
Little Elm Keller Texas girls basketball 6A playoffs regional semifinals 022423 Robbie Rakestraw 21
Little Elm Keller Texas girls basketball 6A playoffs regional semifinals 022423 Robbie Rakestraw 22
Little Elm Keller Texas girls basketball 6A playoffs regional semifinals 022423 Robbie Rakestraw 23
Little Elm Keller Texas girls basketball 6A playoffs regional semifinals 022423 Robbie Rakestraw 24
Little Elm Keller Texas girls basketball 6A playoffs regional semifinals 022423 Robbie Rakestraw 25
Little Elm Keller Texas girls basketball 6A playoffs regional semifinals 022423 Robbie Rakestraw 26
Little Elm Keller Texas girls basketball 6A playoffs regional semifinals 022423 Robbie Rakestraw 27
Little Elm Keller Texas girls basketball 6A playoffs regional semifinals 022423 Robbie Rakestraw 28
Little Elm Keller Texas girls basketball 6A playoffs regional semifinals 022423 Robbie Rakestraw 29
Photo by Robbie Rakestraw
Little Elm Keller Texas girls basketball 6A playoffs regional semifinals 022423 Robbie Rakestraw 30
Little Elm Keller Texas girls basketball 6A playoffs regional semifinals 022423 Robbie Rakestraw 31
Little Elm Keller Texas girls basketball 6A playoffs regional semifinals 022423 Robbie Rakestraw 32
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Andy Buhler, SBLive Sports

ANDY BUHLER, SBLIVE SPORTS

Andy Buhler is a Regional Editor of Texas and the national breaking news desk. He brings more than five years of experience covering high school sports across the state of Washington and beyond, where he covered the likes of Paolo Banchero and Tari Eason served on state tournament seeding committees. He works on the SBLive/Sports Illustrated Power 25 national boys basketball rankings. He has covered everything from the Final Four, MLS in Atlanta to local velodrome before diving into the world of preps. His bylines can be found in The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington), The Associated Press, The Columbian (Vancouver, Washington), The Oregonian and more. He holds a degree from Gonzaga and is based out of Portland, Oregon.

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