Another reason why I love basketball.

King Philip's Faye Veilleux

Went to King Philip tonight to watch a non-league game between the KP girls and Bishop Feehan, with KP coming in at 10-8 and Feehan at 15-2. As one might expect, Feehan shot 12-for-24 in the first half, KP struggled to 7-27 and 2-12 in the second quarter, and the Shamrocks led 33-17 at intermission.

But in the second half, those totals were reversed -- Feehan shooting 9-36 and KP 14-25, of which seven of the Warriors' shots were three-pointers. King Philip outscored Feehan 23-12 in the fourth quarter, and the threes by Faye Veilleux, Faith Roy (two) and Emma Glaser turned a potential defeat into victory.

Veilleux tossed in a career-high 26 points and grabbed nine rebounds, Roy added 14 points and Brianna James nine. Granted, I may have been rooting silently for the Warriors, having called the play-by-play for two of their games this year, and I'd like to see their seeding in the MIAA Division 1-South tournament improve a little when pairings are announced next week. But regardless of the result, it was just fun to watch a good basketball game -- and sad, too, knowing that another season is roaring down the home stretch.

Tomorrow night, it's the Foxboro girls at Walpole for me. No TV, just watching for fun.