Lady Rattlers earn crucial victory over Austin Westlake, 40-33

Friday night’s game in the Snake Pit was a tale of two halves.

Despite San Marcos’ fast start hitting three 3-pointers in the first quarter and maintaining a six-point edge heading into halftime, the purple and white had to fight their way to the free throw line to pull off a season sweep of Austin Westlake in Jermaine Ervin’s first year as head coach.

The Lady Chaparrals came out in the second half running a 2-1-2 zone on defense to counter the Lady Rattlers’ potent offensive attack in the first half. It worked so well in the third quarter that San Marcos’ first field goal of the second half didn’t come until the last 10 seconds of the period.