Prince George's girls" basketball: Friendly gets long-awaited win over Gwynn Park "I was so excited I started crying," said Lewis, who finished with 30 points and 19 rebounds. I was so happy we got this for our seniors. I've been playing since my freshman year on varsity and all these years we've never beaten them. One of seniors, she was hurt, this is for her. With the team's leading scorer, senior Nakita Gray (15.2 points per game), and junior Janay Carter out with injuries, Lewis realized that she needed to do much more against the Yellow Jackets (20-2, 17-1 Prince George's 3A/2A/1A). But in the first quarter, Gwynn Park used its speed and shooting to control the game, jumping out to a 17-10 lead. By the end of the first eight minutes, Lewis had only two points, a turnaround jumper with 70 seconds left. Then, something clicked. Lewis began heating up for Friendly (17-4, 16-2). She drove through the lane and hit a layup. Then, another turnaround jumper. With 50 seconds left in the second quarter, she even hit a three-pointer. In fact, Lewis, a post player who has only 10 three-pointers to her name this season, added another one later in the game. "I don't usually" hit three-pointers, she said. But I was on fire tonight. I was in the rhythm so I couldn't stop. And she didn't, scoring 13 points in the third quarter and six in the fourth quarter. "She really stepped it up in the game," said Winley, who added 15 points. I didn't expect her to come out that hard but she came out hard. Added Friendly Coach Carroll Holmes: "Sometimes you have nights like that. She hit some unbelievable shots. Friendly took its first lead of the game, 36-35, with 4 minutes 14 seconds left in the third quarter on a layup by Winley. Both teams traded jabs until Friendly began to pull away, taking a 62-54 lead on a Lewis layup with 1:51 left. After Gwynn Park, led by Tashina Cardwell (19 points), cut the deficit to 63-62 with 35 seconds left, Friendly played tough defense, and Lewis and Chelisa Overby each hit a free-throw to help preserve the win. "I just played hard because I knew we had two men down but I knew we could get the victory," Lewis said. We could have got them last time. We just work hard every day.