The game started out with Highlands playing much better than they did the last time the teams met, they were able to control the pace of the game and slow the high powered Lincoln Park Leopards and keep them off the boards. At the end of the first quarter both teams were running neck and neck with Highlands out in front 14 to 13,both teams under their average score. Highlands was winning on the rebounds but they were turning the ball over along with Lincoln Park both teams with some sloppy play and If they were looking for a way to upset the Leopards it was looking like they may have found it, note Brandon Cummings scored all the points 14 to be exact in the second quarter for Lincoln Park, so that again is keeping everybody else in check. but as the strong get stronger Lincoln Park did as the game went on the Leopards turned up the volume and started playing faster and you could see the game going a little bit more in their favor. In the third quarter both teams were still neck and neck with a 36 36 tie and Highlands started to get sloppy with the ball maybe just getting worn down from the pace that the Leopards were starting to bring, and Lincoln Park got their biggest lead of the game by 6 points. The fourth quarter was mostly the Leopards putting pressure on the Highlands team that was unable to keep up with the speed of the game Meleek Thomas ended it with a  dunk to end the game final score Lincoln Park 84 Highlands 72.  The game was heard here on 95.7 f Fm and 99.3 Fm  along with 1230WBVP/1460WMBA and world wide on Beaver County Radio  by Mike Azadian and Frank Salopek, stay tuned  for Blackhawk Girls 4A basketball playoffs at 5:30 here tomorrow  on Beaver County Radio Wednesday 3-15-23 with Mike Azadian and Joe Sager on the call.