BOOM!: Pawhuska girls win in state quarters by 26; semis set Saturday
Destiny's knell seems to be sounding the Pawhuska High School girls basketball team.
As of Tuesday night, the Lady Huskies were only two wins away from the program's first-ever state championship title.
That's because they smashed No. 5-ranked Preston, 56-30, in the state quarterfinals, played at the OKC Fairgrounds.
No. 12 Pawhuska (26-4) returns Friday afternoon to face No. 8-ranked Howe (24-6) in the semifinals.
Preston kept it close through two quarters; Pawhuska dominated the second half by outscored Preston by 23 points.
Fallon Bowman dropped in 26 points to lead the Pawhuska shooting attack.
Looked at as a measuring stick Pawhuska's demolition of Preston is telling -- during the regular season, Preston had beaten Pawhuska, 51-47.
The state championship game is planned for Saturday afternoon in Oklahoma City.
This article originally appeared on Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise: Pawhuska High girls one step closer to state final
