NO.1 SAN ANTONIO WAGNER Wins: The San Antonio Wagner Thunderbirds are Headed to the Alamodome

After a dazzling 30-points from senior LA Snead in the semifinal game - Wagner held off a griddy, Georgetown Eagles team in overtime to notch an appearance in Saturday's state championship game

David Smith

KYLE, TEXAS - The Final Four is here, and after tonight the Texas UIL 5A-Division 1 state championship will be set for Saturday's final clash inside the Alamodome at 1 pm.

In a top 10 battle according to Texas Association of Basketball Coaches (TABC), the Georgetown Eagles (33-4) will tip off against the Wagner Lady Thunderbirds (33-3) in the Texas high school girl's UIL 5A-Division 1 state semifinal.

On their route to tonight's final four matchup, the Thunderbirds won the rubber match with their district foe, the Comal Pieper Warriors on Saturday, 54-42. Senior Thunderbird point guard LA Sneed led Wagner as she has done all year with 22 points while sophomore forward A'Rielle Williams chipped in with 19 points in the victory.

The Lady Thunderbirds are looking for their first appearance in the state championship game in school history as they are 0-5 in state semifinal games.

On the other side of the court, the Eagles are a senior laden squad who got here by defeating the Hendrickson Lady Hawks, 61-53. Georgetown is led by senior forwards Cassady Lee and Chasidy Lee this season running their offense through a strong inside presence and an abundance of team chemistry.

The Eagles have now reached the state semifinals for the 11th time in school history - their first appearence since 2014.

The winner of this top-10 battle will face the winner of the Denton Ryan versus Red Oak matchup which tip-offs simultaneously tonight at 6:30 pm.

No. 9 Georgetown v. No. 1 San Antonio Wagner, Texas UIL girls 5A-I state semifinal; scoring, updates

Wagner is headed to The Alamodome for a shot to play at the state championship on Saturday at 1 pm.

Final Score; Wagner Wins ; 67-63 - In overtime, the Lady T-Birds and Snead overpower the Eagles in overtime as Snead adds eight of her 30 points on the night in the extra period.

Overtime; Wagner; 63-61; 1:20- Full time out by the Eagle head coach as Snead the and Thunderbirds look to close this game out at the free throw line. After a quick scare with possible knee injury, Snead is back into the lineup.

Overtime ; Wagner ; 63-61 ; 2:30: - Overtime has began with four quick points from Snead. She now has 26 on the night.

End of 4: Tie Game ; 59-59 - Headed to OT. Hoadley took the inbounds pass and went the length of the court in 6.4 seconds with a driving layup to tie the game as time expired. Overtime is next.

4Q; Wagner; 59-57; :07 Remain - LEAD CHANGE. After nearly one minute of dribbling and holding for final shot, Wagner's senior lead Snead made a quick drive right around the defense and got up a nice floater off the backboard to regain the lead.

4Q; Georgetown; 57-54; 1:39 - Hoadley continues to shine for the Eagles with another deep ball to extend the Eagle lead. She now has 17 points on the night.

Head coach Rhonda Farney for Georgetown takes a full timeout to talk it over with the girls as we near the stretch.

4Q; Georgetown; 54-53 ; 3:33 - LEAD CHANGE! Georgetown takes their biggest lead in the ball game. The Eagles have erased their deficit to lead midway through the fourth.


Chasity Lee is the leading the Eagles with 19 points on the night, while Hoadley is up to 16 points.

End of 3 ; Wagner; 47-43 - We are entering the final eight minutes of action with the Eagles deficit just four points. It will be a action packed, competitive final quarter to see who will have a shot at a state championship.

Snead is back in the game to start the fourth with four fouls.

Chasity Lee is the leading the Eagles with 19 points on the night, while Hoadley is up to 16 points.

3Q; Wagner; 47-42; :23 - Chasity Lee chases down a loose ball and gets fouled. Misses two free throws as we near the end of the third.

3Q; Wagner; 45-39; 1:45 - Georgetown showing that never give up attitude as Bella Dabbs knocks down another long range shot for 11 points on the night.

Whenever the Eagles get a little bit closer, Wagner has an answer, but Snead will sit the remainder of the third quarter with four fouls.

Halftime ; Wagner; 33-26 - Wagner got the final two points at the end of the half with a free throw line runner to close the half with a seven point lead by senior guard Jenae Moore.

The Eagles did slow down the Thunderbirds's offense holding them to just eight points in the second quarter to help cut into the lead.

For Wagner, their senior floor general, Snead, did a nice job to close out the first half not picking up her third foul as she has scored a game-high 12-points through the first 16 minutes.

2Q; Wagner; 31-23 ; 1:07 - The Lady Thunderbirds continue to cling to their first half lead holding strong on the defensive end of the ball.

For the Eagles, senior Reese Hoadley has helped cut into the Wagner lead with some nice, shooting at the charity stripe. Hoadley is 4-6 from the free throw line in the second quarter.

2 QTR ; Wagner ; 26-20; 3:43 - Georgetown continues to fight through some tough defense, rebounding, and second chance points. Senior guard Bella Dabbs leading the Eagles offense with eight points. with two shots from long range

1 QTR ; Wagner; 13-4; 3:37 - The Thunderbirds take an early first quarter lead with some tough defense and balanced scoring from three different Wagner players.

One story line to watch is senior LA Snead has already picked up two early personal threes. Snead is leading the way with six points midway through the first quarter.

1Q; Wagner; 16 -11 - Georgetown comes out of the timeout as senior Bella Dabbs goes on a person 5-0 run of her own notching her first points of the game.

1Q; Wagner; 25-13 End of 1 - Snead and the Lady Thunderbirds answer the Eagle run with their defense turning into offense adding three more baskets to bring her first quarter total to 12 points extending the Wagner lead to 10.

Sophomore Elle Williams closes the first eight minutes out in fashion with a nice runner in the lane as the T-Birds are 24 minutes away from the 'Dome.