XENIA — Greenon was determined not to be beaten by Urbana’s high-scoring Trischa Lacy on Monday in a girls basketball sectional semifinal. Lacy rarely had room to shoot and scored only four points, but she threw a pass to Katelyn Derr that made the difference.

Greenon tied the score with 40 seconds left to complete a comeback from nine down in the final 2 minutes. Then from high on the left wing, Lacy spotted Derr alone underneath the basket for a two-point lead with 21 seconds left.

Greenon’s Whitney Robinson grabbed an offensive rebound and was fouled by Lacy with 1.3 seconds left. Robinson missed the first, but made the second to leave the Knights down a point. Lacy made two free throws with 0.8 seconds left, and Robinson’s three-quarters court heave was well short.

The emotional rubber match between the two Central Buckeye Conference rivals was over, and Urbana was relieved to have a 53-50 victory and a date with powerful Kenton Ridge in the sectional final at 11 a.m. Saturday at Xenia High School.

“They did a great job, and we didn’t do a great job in the last 4 minutes,” Urbana coach Bill Moss said. “We didn’t get our shooters to the foul line. But give our kids credit. They hung in there.”

Greenon’s comeback was fueled by full-court pressure, two 3-pointers by Jenna Robertson and two missed one-and-ones by the Hillclimbers.

“My girls don’t quit. They play 32 minutes, and they stick together,” Greenon coach Gary Falkenbach said. “They do it with class. That’s what I like.”

Lacy averaged 34.4 points in the past five games, but Greenon switched on screens and played box-and-one when Lacy’s backcourt mate Kaley Moss was not in the game.

The strategy kept Lacy silent until four late free throws, and it might have worked had Derr not scored a career-high 20 points, including nine in the fourth quarter. Moss and Christy Finney both scored 11.

“It’s a great strategy,” Falkenbach said. “We didn’t give her an open look. I told Derr afterwards, ‘That’s what seniors do in the tournament, step up and hit big shots.’ That was the key to their win.”

Moss isn’t worried that Lacy will be negatively affected.

“Sometimes in a career you’re going to have those,” Moss said. “After the last five games she had, you could expect that. She’ll bounce back and get after it. It’s something to learn about.”

Urbana’s next chore is Kenton Ridge, which beat the Hillclimbers 75-60 in late January.

Kenton Ridge beat Benjamin Logan 77-62 on Monday at Xenia.

“It’s going to take us playing our best game we’ve ever played to have a chance,” Moss said. “If we don’t, they’ll probably blow us out.”