Mosley was giving as good as it was getting for two quarters against Choctawhatchee Tuesday night in the Jim Redfern Gymnasium.
Then the Indians unveiled a weapon the Dolphins had no answer for and cruised to a 44-27 victory in girls high school basketball.
Stanford recruit Nadia Fingall, at 6-foot-4 one of the most prolific female post players to come out of the Panhandle, scored 12 of her game-high 20 points in the third quarter alone as Choctawhatchee took full control.
Just as critical, Fingall spearheaded the Indians’ zone with five of her seven blocks after halftime, and added seven rebounds for the game and two steals.
What was a 19-18 Mosley lead at halftime became a 36-24 deficit after three quarters and Mosley was doomed. The Dolphins scored only eight points the entire second half.
“They forced us into man-to-man and caught us in some switches and Nadia got some easy baskets,” Mosley coach Jon Mason said. “They didn’t do that much different defensively, she just took away the lane.“In the first half I thought we made her work hard for her points, but once she got going sometimes that’s all a good player needs.”
Fingall foreshadowed what was to come by scoring the final points of the second quarter. When she took three adept passes from teammate to score inside in the third quarter Mosley had no response.
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