Gators rally with defense to beat Yellow Jackets in district opener - American Press

Gators rally with defense to beat Yellow Jackets in district opener - American Press

IOWA – The shots weren’t falling for the LaGrange girls basketball team on Friday. But their defense was working, and freshman Zaliyah Guillory hit some big buckets in the closing minutes to beat Iowa 52-48 in the District 3-4A opener for both teams. LaGrange (20-4, 1-0) trailed by 10 points once and nine points twice as they shot less than 35 percent against the Yellow Jackets’ (18-5, 0-1) high-pressure defense. “That has always been our identi…