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ST. LEON – East Central girls basketball coach Kevin Moore, already stricken by flu symptoms, felt even worse after his team's last-second sectional loss to Bloomington North last week.

Two-time EIAC champion Lady Trojans led Bloomington North (9-13) most of the way, including double-figure cushions in both halves, before falling on a last-second bucket by the Panthers' Shai Warfield, 52-51.

Lack of foul calls in an increasingly physical contest certainly contributed to EC's demise, as Moore – recovering after a day off last week – saw it.

“Yeah the officiating was a bit perplexing at times in that game,” he said. “They allowed the perimeter hand-checking to go on pretty much all game. They also allowed the wrestling match that (Allie) McCool and (Becca) Weber had to deal with in the post all game.