Foxboro claims third place in Fla. tournament

The Foxboro Warriors earned third place at the KSA Events Holiday Classic. 

KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- The Foxboro High girls' basketball team will return to Massachusetts with the third-place trophy from the first out-of-state tournament in the program's storied history.

The Warriors overcame a late surge Friday by the Redhounds of Corbin (Ky.) High School, winning 60-57 in the last minute of play on a clutch three-point basket by senior guard Erin Foley and two clinching free throws by junior guard Kailey Sullivan. 

Erin Foley: Clutch three.

The tournament was conducted by KSA Sports Events and was played at the Gaylord Palms Resort and Convention Center just outside Orlando.

Corbin, playing without 2,000-point career scorer Kallie Housley for undisclosed reasons, battled back from an early six-point deficit to tie the game at 65-65 with 56 seconds remaining. The Redhounds then took a brief lead, but Foley's three put the Warriors up by a point, and then Sullivan was sent to the foul line in the waning seconds and drained both shots.

Foxboro senior Cam Collins led all scorers with 27 points, and Sullivan was close behind with 24. Both scored their 900th career points, continuing their quest to become the first Warriors since 1988 to be 1,000-point scorers on the same team. Collins now has 915 career points and Sullivan 911.

The last Warriors to accomplish that feat were Sarah Behn and Holly Grinnell. Grinnell reached the milestone in her next-to-last game at Foxboro High, and both had more than 1,000 points entering their MIAA state semifinal against Wakefield at the original Boston Garden. Behn played at Foxboro for one more season and became the state's leading all-time scorer.

Foley also reached double figures in Friday's game, finishing with a season-high 10 points. Senior Izzy Chamberlin and junior Ava Hill combined for 11 rebounds.

The Warriors raced to a 22-16 lead in the opening quarter as Sullivan and Collins combined for 17 of the points. But Corbin responded with a 23-21 second quarter and began a methodical effort to chip away at the Foxboro lead. The Redhounds' 16-13 third quarter, led by six points from junior guard Kylie Clem, reduced the deficit to one point (56-55) entering the last eight minutes.

Clem and senior guard Bailey Stewart both finished with 18 points for the Redhounds (9-5). Senior guard Darcie Anderson added 14.

In the Orange Bracket championship game Friday, Glen Rose (Texas) defeated Cathedral Prep of Erie, Pa., the team that eliminated Foxboro from title consideration on Thursday, by a 59-30 score.

The Warriors, now 5-1 overall, return to Hockomock League play on Jan. 5 at home against winless Sharon.

Box score:

FOXBORO (70)

Cam Collins 10 4-4 27, Izzy Chamberlin 0 0-2 0, Alaysia Drummonds 3 0-0 7, Kailey Sullivan 9 2-2 24, Brynn Allen 0 0-0 0, Erin Foley 4 1-2 10, Adrianna Porazzo 1 0-0 2, Reese Hassman 0 0-0 0, Kylie Sampson 0 0-0 0, Ava Hill 0 0-0 0, totals 27 7-10 70.

CORBIN (67)

Darcie Anderson 5 4-4 14, Kylie Clem 8 1-2 18, Raegan Walker 2 1-2 5, Bailey Stewart 8 1-1 18, Addy Wilson 3 0-0 7, Izzy Walker 1 0-0 2, Lydia King 1 0-0 3, totals 28 7-9 67.

Foxboro            22   21   13   14 -- 70

Corbin              16   23   16   12 -- 67

3-point goals -- Foxboro 9 (Collins 3, Drummonds 1, Sullivan 4, Foley 1), Corbin 4 (Clem 1, B. Stewart 1, Wilson 1, King 1).