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The No. 7 South Portland girls

basketball team went into the Portland Expo on Monday hoping for an

upset of No. 2 McAuley, but it wasn’t to be as the Lions pulled

away with a 52-27 win.

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into the Class A semifinals against No. 2 Gorham on Friday night at

7:30 p.m. at the Cumberland County Civic Center.

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fast in this one, taking an early first-quarter lead over the

Lions, but McAuley, led by Rebecca Knight, came sprinting back,

taking a 24-14 lead at the half.

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Riots a chance to come back in the second half, playing a tight

defense that limited South Portland to just 13 second-half points

as McAuley cruised to the win and the date with the

Rams.

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