The Seneca girls basketball team got off to a slow start in Saturday’s championship of the Falcon-Irish Thanksgiving Tournament against Peoria Manual, trailing by as many as 14 points in the opening quarter.

The host Fighting Irish hung tough, cutting the disadvantage to five with just under six minutes remaining, but eventually dropped a 40-28 decision to the Rams.

“This week was all about seeing the girls playing hard and in all the right spots in the things we want to do. We are doing both of those things,” Seneca coach Josh Myers said. “I like what I saw and like how we battled in these first four games this week. We’re on the right track.

“About midway through the fourth quarter, we cut it to five, but then had two missed layups in between a defensive stop. If we convert on those

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