A RESOLUTION honoring the Evansville Memorial High
School girls basketball team.
Whereas, The Evansville Memorial High School girls
basketball team captured its first Class 3A basketball state
championship with a 58-50 overtime win over Benton Central;
Whereas, Memorial's march to victory began when the
team came from behind to tie the game at 41-41 with 37
seconds left in regulation play;
Whereas, The Tigers scored the first seven points in the
overtime period and never relinquished their lead;
Whereas, The hard fighting Tigers outscored Benton
Central 17-9 in the overtime period;
Whereas, The Tigers finished the season with an
outstanding 28-1 record; and
Whereas, The team's state championship and outstanding
season record are the consequence of a total team effort, and
each member of the team, the managers, and the coaching staff
should be praised for superior performance and team spirit:
Therefore,
HR 1527/DI 84