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Miss Basketball ousted at state
Van Buren girls fall in overtime thriller
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Van Buren County star senior Lakelyn Bouldin goes over a Gibson County defender in state tournament action Thursday. Bouldin and her team lost 70-66.
The Van Buren County Eaglette basketball team (28-4), led by star senior Lakelyn Bouldin, who was named Miss Tennessee Basketball in Class A Tuesday night, made its first appearance in the state tournament in program history Thursday against the Gibson County Lady Pioneers (35-0) in an electrifying atmosphere at MTSU’s Murphy Center. Van Buren County fell short, 70-66, in a tight game that went into overtime.Concerning the team making it to the state tournament for the first time in program history, Bouldin said, “This is a goal my teammates and I have had since we were in the third grade and we accomplished that.”The Eaglettes were led by an unbelievable performance by Bouldin, who finished with 26 points, 17 rebounds and three assists, in her final game as an Eaglette. She will enroll at UT-Chattanooga this fall, where she signed a letter of intent in November, to continue her basketball career.