By Brian Gosset
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CARROLLTON \u2013 Maci Pringle, Brooklyn Gray and the Flower Mound Jaguars built a comfortable second-half lead before holding off a fourth-quarter rally to upset Plano East 50-44 in their Class 6A D1 bi-district contest on Monday night at Hebron HS. <\/p>\n
The Jags (25-8) will face South Grand Prairie (22-12) in the area round later this week. SGP defeated Richardson on Monday. Meanwhile, Plano East came in #15 in the 6A state rankings and won an undefeated district title in 6-6A. <\/p>\n
However, the Panthers\u2019 season came to an end with a 28-8 record. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe whole season has been a grind,\u201d said Pringle, one of the top 2027s in the country. \u201cJust a good team win. I\u2019m proud of everybody and we\u2019re ready to go with South Grand Prairie.\u201d <\/p>\n
Flower Mound led 25-21 at the intermission, but came out on fire in the third quarter. A four-point lead quickly turned into nine with 6:35 on the clock. The Jags then got up double digits before the Panthers pulled within eight on a steal and Hailey Reed layup.<\/p>\n
Gray hit a three-pointer from the wing and Flower Mound led 40-29 after the third. <\/p>\n
The Panthers made a push in the final stanza. 2028 guard Arianna Robinson, also among the best players in the country, got Plano East within five following back-to-back steals. She then hit from 15 feet and the deficit was just three with 1:29 remaining. <\/p>\n
Flower Mound posted an offensive rebound and Pringle knocked down a jumper to make it and five and the Panthers ran out of gas as the Jags won a bi-district championship for the second straight year. <\/p>\n
They reached the regional semifinals last year before ending their season against North Crowley. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe scouting report had Arianna shooting mid range and I feel like the majority of the night, we did that. Plus we rebounded and the kids followed the scouting report to a tee,\u201d said Flower Mound coach Sherika Nelson, who surpassed 400 career wins in December. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey played their hearts out and it was a physical game. Our district prepared us for a night like tonight. We have one of the toughest districts in the state. The kids were resilient.\u201d <\/p>\n
Flower Mound went 9-5 in District 5-6A and finished in third place behind Braswell and Coppell. At one point this season, Braswell, Coppell and Flower Mound were all state ranked. Braswell, district champ, is currently #16 in 6A. <\/p>\n
Guyer made it five teams in that district with a winning record. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou have to deal with that constant pressure every night,\u201d Pringle said about district. \u201cOur district is super hard, we finished third, but it made us a better team overall.\u201d <\/p>\n
Gray hit three 3-pointers and scored a team-high 20 points. Pringle added 15. Robinson led Plano East with a game-high 30 points and scored 17 in the second half. <\/p>\n
Nelson also praised the pressure from her defense during the whole game.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey know to keep the motor going,\u201d Nelson said. \u201cThat fourth quarter felt like 16 minutes not 8 minutes, but we took it possession by possession and got rebounds late which helped us out tremendously.\u201d <\/p>\n
Pringle suffered a blow to her nose and played the second half with a bandage. <\/p>\n
But she said she felt the pain initially, however pushed through to help the Jaguars to victory. <\/p>\n
\u201cOf course I felt the pain, but what\u2019s bigger \u2013 I had to do whatever to help the team. Got a lot of rebounds and pushed the ball in transition. I put my trust in my trainers and my teammates to keep me going.\u201d<\/p>\n
Added Pringle about Flower Mound\u2019s non-stop defense, \u201c[It caught Plano East off guard]. You can see all you want on film, but we\u2019re going to make you play when you play us.\u201d <\/p>\n
GIRLS FINAL
6A D1<\/p>\n
Flower Mound 50
#15 Plano East 44<\/p>\n
FM advances vs SGP in area. Jags snap Panthers 14 game win streak (28-8, first loss since 12\/29)<\/p>\n
East was 16-0 6-6A champ pic.twitter.com\/eLlTijKQS7<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Brian Gosset (@Gosset41) February 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n \t\t\t\t