Devon Lewis saved the day during one of the Will C. Wood High School girls basketball team\u2019s roughest nights of the year.<\/p>\n
Lewis also ruined one of Vacaville\u2019s best nights.<\/p>\n
Wood\u2019s freshman point guard did a little bit … actually, a lot … of everything as the Wildcats escaped Harold Youngblood Gymnasium with a tense 41-37 victory over their crosstown rivals.<\/p>\n
Lewis was in fourth-grade the last time the Wildcats topped the Bulldogs. In fact, Thursday night\u2019s win came five years to the day after Wood\u2019s last victory over Vacaville, a 56-53 overtime win on Jan. 28, 2011.<\/p>\n
\u201cI knew it was a long time,\u201d Wood head coach Bob Fernandez said.<\/p>\n
Thursday\u2019s game nearly went to overtime as well. Vacaville had the ball trailing 39-37 with eight seconds left, but the Bulldogs fumbled away the inbounds pass.<\/p>\n
Lewis scrambled after the loose ball, and frantically dribbled out almost all of the clock before being fouled. Her two free throws with 0.4 seconds left accounted for the final total.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just went after it, and then I was just trying to waste the clock,\u201d Lewis said. \u201cWe missed a tons of shots, but we still got the win.\u201d<\/p>\n
Barely. The Wildcats improved to 3-2 at the midpoint of the Monticello Empire League season.<\/p>\n
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