HAMMOND — Plainview got off to a good start but didn’t finish well Monday, and Summerfield did. That propelled Summerfield into Friday’s Class C girls state championship game after beating the Lady Hornets 51-44 in the LHSAA state semifinals at Marsh Madness.

Plainview (25-8), sustaining its second straight semifinal exit, jumped out to an 8-0 advantage, led by as much as 11, 21-10, in the first half and was ahead 24-20 at halftime. Summerfield rallied to grab a 38-36 edge going into the final quarter, and that’s when everything seemed to go right for the Lady Rebels and not so good for the Lady Hornets.

The Lady Hornets made just 2 of their 14 shots in the final eight minutes as Summerfield (30-6) gradually expanded its lead, which creeped into double digits late in the contest.  .

Plainview owned a 47-29 rebounding advantage but that was partly due to the Lady Hornets’ offensive rebounding after missed shots as they connected on only 27 percent overall to 39 percent by Summerfield. Also pivotal in the outcome:  20 turnovers to 12 by Summerfield, and the Lady Rebels’ 28-18 advantage in points in the paint.

Summerfield’s Williams was the dominant force Monday, scoring 31 points and making 7 steals.

Cameron Sutton capped her Plainview career with a 14-point, 12-rebound performance. Libby Tarver’s 15 points topped the Lady Hornets and she added 9 rebounds in a rematch of the 2017 state championship game, also won by Summerfield.

Today, the only remaining Rapides Parish representative, the No. 3 Oak Hill girls (30-10), battle second-seeded Bell City (24-3) in a Class B semifinal at 4:30 in the University Center.