ABILENE — The Lipan Lady Indians rebounded from a rough start to pull within seven points at halftime, but another slow start to the second half proved too much to overcome in a 70-49 loss to No. 3 Farwell in a Class 2A Division II state semifinal Monday at Abilene Christian University’s Moody Coliseum.

After outscoring the Lady Blue 22-17 in the second quarter to narrow a 12-point deficit after one period to 34-27 by the break, LHS was outscored 15-3 over the first four-plus minutes of the third quarter to fall behind by 19.

The Lady Indians never got closer to the lead than 16 points after that in seeing their season end at 25-12. Farwell (35-3), meanwhile, will advance to play the winner of Tuesday’s semifinal between Martin’s Mill and Goldthwaite for the 2A DII title Thursday at San Antonio’s Alamodome.