LYNN – The third quarter proved to be the undoing of the Classical girls basketball team Friday as Gloucester scored the first 15 points of the second half en route to a 52-34 win over the Rams.Click here for a photo gallery of last night’s gameClassical (8-5) was down by a point at the end of two before Gloucester (10-4) went on its scoring spree, taking advantage of missed shots, turnovers, and missed rebounds.The Rams entered the second half with the momentum, with guard Tashanna Brown scoring five of her seven second-quarter points in the last minute (on a three-pointer and jumper) with the Lady Rams scoring the last five points of the half. Yet Gloucester guard Ashley Knowlton hit a pair of soft jumpers to open the third that gave the Fishermen a quick 22-17 edge.After a pair of free throws by guard Heather Cain, Gloucester’s Hannah Cain picked off a Classical pass at midcourt, and drove down the length of the court, to put the Lady Rams behind, 26-17. More turnovers by the Lady Rams set up another layup underneath by Hannah Cain (the game’s high scorer with 16), while her sister closed out the 15-0 streak by lofting a three-pointer and then adding a two with just under three minutes remaining.Classical’s Monta Connolly hit a free throw soon after to put the Lady Rams on the board in the quarter, and freshman Kristin Lauria (Classical’s top scorer with 13) netted the team’s only field goal of the period, coming off an offensive rebound. As a result of the run, the Lady Rams entered the final quarter behind, 39-22.”Give Gloucester credit, as they outworked us,” said Classical coach Tom Sawyer. “Th e turnovers (in the third) certainly hurt us, and that spurt (by Gloucester) broke the game open. I told the kids (after the game) that when you get outworked, that’s what you get.”According to Fishermen coach Jon Flanagan, “The key was that while Hannah and Heather (Cain) got into foul trouble in the first half (with two fouls apiece), they didn’t get that third one. They came back with good energy and enthusiasm (the Cains had 11 of the 15 points during that run, and combined for 26 points). Hannah does everything for us on both sides of the ball.”Both teams had great difficulty doing anything in the first quarter, missing all kinds of shots throughout, and combining for four field goals between them. Gloucester took an early 5-0 lead behind a short jumper by forward Sophia Black, and a three-pointer by Heather Cain, but Classical slowly worked its way back. Lauria put the team on the board with a free throw midway through, then guard Monta Connolly went in for a layup to bring the team to within 5-3. Both squads traded free throws, before Connolly connected on a jumper with nine seconds remaining in the stanza for a 6-6 deadlock entering the second.Gloucester continued its ice cold streak from the floor, hititng only four free throws, while the Lady Rams (who never led at any point in the game) received hoops from Hannah Byrne and Brown for a 10-10 tie. The Fishermen, who went 9:23 without a field goal got one from Hannah Cain, while Lauria answered moments later to net the game at 12. That would be the game’s last deadlock.Gloucester soon edged ahead on a short jumper by Knowlton. Hannah Cain hit a pair of free throws, and then after a pair of Lady Rams turnovers, dopped a one-handed runner to put Gloucester up by six (18-12). The two baskets by Brown in the last minute of the half would be the closest that Classical would get the rest of the way.”I thought we played pretty good defense in the first half, but not in the second,” added Sawyer. “I would venture that Gloucester got every loose ball.”