DENVER — Perhaps fittingly, the final rebound of Holy Family’s 48-40 win over No. 1 University in Friday’s Class 4A Final Four was pulled down and fiercely secured by the Tigers’ Priya Lucas.
At 5-foot-10, Lucas was well outsized by the Bulldogs’ front court at the Denver Coliseum. But it mattered very little. She scored eight of her 11 points in the fourth quarter to go along with a game-high 16 rebounds, and the fourth-ranked Tigers outfought the defending champions and redeemed their loss to University in last year’s Final Four.
“If we need someone on the team to do it, I’m happy to do it,” Lucas said of her role this season, where she’s averaging a double-double. “And if my shot isn’t falling, that’s one thing I can control: just crash the boards.”…