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Vixens turn back Lady Longhorns

CMI staff

FORT SUMNER — Senior guard G. A. Tucker scored 16 points and added six rebounds, five steals and three blocks Tuesday night as Fort Sumner beat Logan 48-38 in the District 8-1A girls tournament.

Tucker tied the score 26-26 with a basket midway through the third quarter, then gave the Vixens (18-9) the lead for good with one of her three 3-pointers.

LaNay Crenshaw added 13 points and Ashley Landreth 10 for Fort Sumner, which visits top-seeded Melrose in Thursday’s 6 p.m. championship game.

Whitney Cordova scored 18 points for the Lady Longhorns (16-8).