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NEOSHO, Mo. — Joplin and Neosho were both shooting a head-scratching 20% from the field after the first quarter of their game on Friday afternoon at the Neosho Junior High in the Neosho Holiday Classic. The Eagles were efficient in the second quarter and grew their lead to 9 points at 22-13 going into halftime. They held off a late run by the Wildcats in the final quarter and earned a 41-40 victory, making Joplin girls 1-1 in the tournament and Neosho girls 0-2. "Yeah that was huge for us today. Coach (Tyler) Chaney does a great job down here (at Neosho). They were running a lot of box-and-one on Alissa Owens. The main way to beat a zone is to outrun it," Joplin head coach Brad Cox said. That's what Joplin did in the second frame as Aiyana Kroll got free and ran the floor quickly during some fastbreak opportunities, caught the passes and converted a couple layups to help stretch the lead. Kroll, Owens and Solei Parker really had it going in that frame as they were the only Eagles to score. Kroll tallied 6 in the second period alone and Owens and Parker added 4 each. Joplin used the fastbreak baskets to jump out to a 22-8 lead before Neosho converted the last 5 points of the quarter to make it 22-13 at half. Beclynn Garrett made a 3-pointer and Jazmyn Washington added a basket off an offensive rebound. "Neosho's always going to fight you to the very end. They're not going to give up," Cox said. "I'm very proud of our girls. It's very easy in that situation to feel like its slipping away. But we hit some big shots down the stretch." The Wildcats didn't give up. They came storming back late in the third quarter and never looked back. They had gotten within 4 points and caught a missed free throw and Garrett dribbled just about eight feet beyond half court and fired up a long-range triple and it was nothing but net to make it 41-40 with 1.6 seconds remaining. "We had a timeout right before that and coach (Chaney) was like, 'You have to have a quick three, it doesn't matter where you're at,'" Garrett said. "I just pulled up and shot it. I don't know how I made it. A little bit of a prayer there." "What a shot. I wouldn't expect anything else from her. Solei did a great job on her, limiting her for most of the game," Cox said. Joplin passed the ball in to Riley Kelly and there was no foul committed before the clock expired as the Eagles held on. There was confidence in the Neosho locker room despite trailing at halftime by 9 points. "We definitely weren't down at halftime. The score might have said we were down but we were in the locker getting hyped. We knew we could come back," Garrett said. "We've came from behind many times and we knew this was a game we could. "Unfortunately we didn't get all the way there but, man, we made it quite close." Garrett led all scorers with 25 points and she scored 12 of those in the fourth. She shot 4 for 6 overall in the final quarter, 2 for 3 from outside and 2 for 3 at the free throw line. She was 7 for 8 overall on free throws. Washington joined her in double figures with 11. Both players had seven rebounds. Joplin was led by Kroll's 12 points while Parker and Owens chipped in 9 each. Kroll was close to a double-double with nine rebounds. The Eagles attempted seven more shots in the game and Cox considers that a key factor for his team and the way they run their offense. "That starts with great defense and rebounding. I was very proud of our rebounding. That's been a struggle but we did a great job on the boards and boxing out today," Cox said. "Hats off to Kelly Kumbier. She's 5-6 and she's out there guarding a 6-1 girl." Neosho's Journey Arnall and Washington are both tall post players who are usually grabbing plenty of rebounds. That's who Kumbier had to battle against. Neosho had a slight advantage of 35-31 in rebounds. Joplin finished with a field goal percentage of 36%. It was 48% (12 of 25) in the second and fourth quarters. Neosho shot 32.6% overall and was 45% (10 of 22) in the second half. Joplin's Isabella Cruse hit a 3-pointer to get the lead up to 10 points at 29-19 late in the third. But that's when Neosho started to cut into the deficit. Garrett drew a foul and sank both free throws to get within 8 points with 1:45 left in the third. With 33.8 seconds remaining in the quarter she made a tough left-handed scoop layup and finished through contact. A foul was called and she added a free throw for an old-fashioned 3-point play to make it 29-24. That was the last score of the quarter. Joplin led by 10 at 36-26 in the final stanza and then held a 9-point lead at 38-29 with less than two minutes to play. Empty possessions by the Eagles gave Neosho opportunities to claw back. Jazmyn Washington made back-to-back baskets with the second coming with 1:25 left to play and the scoreboard showing a 38-33 advantage for Joplin. After a layup from Kroll, Neosho's Garrett buried a 3-pointer to inch closer at 40-36 with 55 seconds to play. After getting another stop, Garrett drew a foul and went to the free throw line where she had gone 6 for 6 on the day. Garrett made the first. But she missed the second shot off the side of the iron. That made it 40-37 with 16.5 seconds left. Cox took a timeout with 10.6 remaining. Then the Wildcats fouled with about 8.5 remaining. Parker made 1 of 2 free shots to make it 41-37.None