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The Runnin' Roos didn't miss their first 30 shots — it just seemed like it.
But Killeen coach Jason Fossett said just keep shooting, the next one might be the one to spark the run the Roos needed.
That next shot was the Roos' second of the second half, a putback by Ricky Pelzer, but it indeed did the trick.
Pelzer scored six of the Roos' first nine points of the third quarter to start a second-half rally that included 18 of Victor Glaze's game-high 28 points and Killeen went on to beat Waco 72-61 on Friday for a season split with the Lions.
"Effort is everything. You've got to give all effort even if you miss layups, you've still got to go hunt," said Pelzer, who scored 10 of his 15 points in the second half and finished with 11 rebounds.
"Coach was explaining to us, you could miss 35 shots but he needed someone to say, 'Let me shoot this 36th one to see.' The possibility is still a possibility."
Killeen (14-16, 3-4 8-4A) trailed by as many as 11 in the first half and hit just 27 percent from the floor (9-of-17) and less than 29 percent from the free-throw line (5-of-13).
Behind Pelzer's spark and Glaze's finish, though, the first half was a bad memory.
"It was more just a mental thing. In the first half, shots weren't falling and that was something neither of us (Killeen or Waco) could control," Glaze said. "We're not going to go the whole game without taking a shot. We have a lot of scorers on our team so coaches tell us to keep on shooting, we keep on shooting."
The win gives the Roos sole possession of fourth-place in the District 8-4A standings. The Lions (12-17, 2-5) dropped to fifth but could still force a play-in with Killeen because of their 64-57 win over Roos earlier this season.
"We're not talented enough to just show up and beat people and not try. Missed layups are going to happen, but you can always play hard. It doesn't take any talent to play hard," Killeen coach Jason Fossett said. "It's infectious — if one or two people start playing hard, the whole team plays hard and that's what happened in the second half."
Waco (12-17, 2-5) jumped out to a quick 15-4 lead and had a 10-point advantage going into the second quarter, but couldn't hold off the Roos' rally. The Lions were outscored 11-4 in the first half of the third to see its 33-25 halftime lead dwindled to just one.
Glaze then scored five straight points as part of a Killeen 9-2 run to close the quarter that gave the Roos 52-41 lead going into the fourth.
Waco scored six of the first eight points of the fourth to cut the Roos' lead to seven with less than two minutes gone in the quarter and again with 3:18 left but never got any closer.
"The one consistent thing about us is our inconsistency," Fossett said. "Like we told them at halftime, 'Just come out and play.' We're thinking too much, we're worried about making mistakes, just throw all that out and play ball."
Brian Long scored 14 for Killeen, which plays at Stephenville on Tuesday. Patrick Bean scored 17 — 11 in the first half — to lead the Lions.
