Landry Murphy had 15 points and 12 rebounds as the Argyle girls basketball team beat reigning state champion Lubbock Monterey 59-54 in overtime in Friday’s Class 5A Division II Region I final.
Argyle (32-5), ranked No. 5 in the state in 5A, advanced to the state semifinals for the 11th time in its history and needs two more wins to claim its seventh state title. Argyle, which will be making its first semifinal appearance as a 5A school, will play Frisco Memorial at 6 p.m. Tuesday at Flower Mound.
Argyle last made it to the state semifinals in 2022 when it was in 4A. It lost in regional finals the last two years, including to Monterey last season.
Argyle led by 10 at halftime and still had a 51-48 lead before four-star Texas Tech signee Ambrosia Cole from Monterey hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer to tie it and force overtime. Cole finished with 34 points, but her team was outscored 8-3 in overtime.
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Wrigley Green had a layup for Argyle in overtime, and the rest of her team’s points in the extra period came on free throws. Green finished with 13 points and 10 rebounds, Kensley Vest scored 13 points and Aoife Journagan had 11 points.
Lancaster 71, Cypress Springs 62: Lancaster pulled away in the second half to win the Class 6A Division II Region II final. Lancaster, ranked No. 6 in the state, led No. 25 Cypress Springs just 33-31 at halftime.
Last year, Lancaster reached the state semifinals for the first time in program history before losing to state champion Fort Worth Boswell. This year, Lancaster (31-5) will play 16th-ranked Denton Braswell in the semifinals after Braswell beat No. 19 Wolfforth Frenship 63-40.
This will be Braswell’s first state semifinal appearance.
Denton Ryan 54, Amarillo Tascosa 34: The reigning 5A Division I state champion is headed back to the state semifinals after winning the 5A Division I Region I final.
Last year, Ryan became the first Denton ISD girls basketball team to ever win a state title. This year, it takes a No. 2 state ranking, a 16-game winning streak and a 35-4 record into next week’s state semifinal against Prosper Walnut Grove, ranked No. 8 in the state.