COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Cayla Bensman had 21 points, Natalie Billing 17 and Erica Huber 15 as Anna defeated Columbus Africentric 67-49 on Saturday to win its second girls Division III championship in three years.
It was sweet revenge for Anna (26-4) against Africentric, which last year won its third title in six years with a 70-66 overtime win to snap the Rockets' 50-game winning streak.
Africentric (22-6) reduced a 13-point halftime deficit to 36-28 early in the third period but Anna pushed the lead to 50-34 at the end of the quarter on an inbounds pass to Natalie Billing, the third such play for the Rockets in the game.
Marley Hill, the Associated Press co-player of the year for Division I, had 19 points, 13 rebounds and eight blocks for Africentric.
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