Buckfield made seven of eight foul shots in the final 1:41 to win an offensive struggle in the Western D regional semifinal.
Alyssa Henderson mad efour straight foul shot late to finish with nine points for Buckfield. Megan DeRaps had five seconds in the fourth quarter to finish with seven for Richmond.

After 3, Buckfield 18, Richmond 15: Lindsay Henderson scored and was foul, making the foul shot for a three-point play with 4:33 left in the third quarter. Those were the only points of the quarter.
Both teams continued to struggle offensively, and with 3:30 left, Buckfield went into a stall, killing over two minutes off the clock before turning the ball over.

Halftime, Buckfield 15, Richmond 13: Kasey Farrington made two foul shots with .4 seconds left to give Buckfield the first half lead.
Richmond went scoreless in the first half, but went on a 9-0 run to tie the game at 13 with 48 seconds remaining. During the run Amy Russell scored four straight points.
Both teams have foul trouble. Richmond's Melanie Schanck picked up her third early in the second and Buckfield's Ashlee Hamann picked up her third late int he quarter.

AFTER 1, Buckfield 6, Richmond 0: Both teams struggled mightily on offense, missing shots from the perimeter and in the lane.
Ashlee Hamann scored five for Buckfield, which missed five foul shots.

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