AURORA | Fran Belibi made exactly zero 3-pointers in 28 games during the 2017-18 season which she helped the Regis Jesuit girls basketball team to the cusp of a Class 5A state championship.
Belibi wasn’t able to get a slam dunk during Friday evening’s A-Town All-Star Girls Game — though she came close in front of an anticipatory crowd — but the Regis Jesuit junior star put on a surprising display from behind the 3-point arc to help Team East to a 60-52 victory over Team West.
Bolstered by three 3-pointers, Belibi scored a game-high 22 points and teamed with Grandview seniors Leilah Vigil and Jaiden Galloway — who got the better of her and the Raiders a week earlier in the 5A state championship game — to push the East to victory.
Vigil and Galloway, both slated to play in the Colorado Coaches of Girls Sports 5A All-State Game Sunday, added 11 points apiece and Regis Jesuit’s Avery Vansickle — the only freshman participant in the game — scored eight to help Team East.
Grandview junior Alisha Davis scored 18 points to lead Team West, which rallied from a large deficit to give itself a chance to win in the second half. Vista PEAK sophomore Kaya Evans matched Belibi’s total with three 3-pointers on her way to 13 points, while Vista PEAK’s Denali Hughes and Regis Jesuit’s Jasmine Gaines had six apiece.
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2ND A-TOWN ALL-STAR GIRLS GAME
Team East 60, Team West 52
Score by halves:
West 24 28 — 52
East 27 33 — 60
WEST (52)
Alisha Davis (Grandview) 6 4-4 18, Raquel Turner (Eaglecrest) 0 0-0 0, Hidaya Thornton (Eaglecrest) 1 0-2 2, Kaya Evans (Vista PEAK) 5 0-1 13, Allyah Marlett (Grandview) 0 3-4 3, Denali Hughes (Vista PEAK) 2 2-2 6, Jasmine Gaines (Regis Jesuit) 3 0-0 6, Angel Broadus (Rangeview) 1 0-0 2, Macenzie Clayton (Hinkley) 0 1-2 1. Totals 18 10-15 52.
EAST (60)
Fran Belibi (Regis Jesuit) 7 5-6 22, Lyric Thompson (Overland) 2 0-0 4, Avery Vansickle (Regis Jesuit) 3 0-0 8, Destinee Paulk (Cherokee Trail) 1 1-2 3, Taylor Bender (Gateway) 0 0-0 0, Leilah Vigil (Grandview) 5 1-1 11, Jaiden Galloway (Grandview) 4 1-1 11, Andrea Ekiko (Smoky Hill) 1 0-0 2, Kia Gelinas (Overland) 0 0-0 0, Abbie Sparks (Cherokee Trail) 0 0-0 0. Totals 23 8-10 60.
3-point field goals — Team West (3): Kaya Evans 3; Team East (5): Fran Belibi 3, Jaiden Galloway 2. Total fouls — Team West 6, Team East 10. Fouled out — None. Technical fouls — None.
