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.

SAGINAW — Hanna Gaylor scored 18 of her game-high 32 points in the first quarter to lead the Lipan Lady Indians to a resounding 55-22 win over Lindsay in the Region II-2A Division II championship game Thursday night.

With the victory, Lipan improved to 25-11 and earned a trip to the state semifinals, where it will get a rematch with Farwell, which beat the Lady Indians 42-24 in early December.

Nothing about Thursday’s game, which was highlighted by Gaylor’s remarkable shooting performance and a nearly perfect defensive effort by the Lady Indians, would suggest that next week’s state tournament matchup will mirror its predecessor. Gaylor certainly looks forward to finding out.