THE COLONY — Assists are Madison McGhie’s strong suit. The 5-10 guard already owns the school single-season record.

Perhaps an overlooked skill is the shot-blocking ability of the Denton Guyer junior. She turned away three shots in succession midway in the fourth quarter to derail Prosper comeback hopes and propel Guyer to a 54-36 victory in a prominent Class 6A Division II Region I bi-district playoff game Monday night at The Colony High School.

“I love assists, but I love blocking shots too,’’ said McGhie, who saw her freshman and sophomore seasons end with ACL tears. “Nothing is better than turning a blocked shot into points.’’

Guyer (30-4), runner-up in District 5-6A and ranked No. 11 in the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches’ 6A state poll, advanced to the second round for the first time since 2020.

“Madison has great hands, long arms and a knack for blocking shots,’’ said Guyer coach Jake Floyd.

Baylee Bowman, a 5-7 sophomore guard, led the balanced Guyer attack with 15 points and McGhie had 12. Guyer advanced to face the winner of Tuesday’s Arlington Lamar vs. Richardson Berkner game.

It was a very unlucky first-round draw for Prosper (25-8), champion of District 6-6A and ranked No. 8 in the area. The Lady Eagles are winless in their last four postseason appearances since advancing to the fifth round in 2019.

Guard Kendall Mosley, a San Diego State signee, and 6-5 sophomore center Elizabeth Pittman led Prosper scorers with nine points each. The loss snapped the Lady Eagles’ nine-game winning streak and was the first in the 2025 portion of their schedule.

Prosper trailed by one going into the second quarter but went scoreless for over five minutes and faced a 28-12 halftime deficit. A pair of Mosley 3-pointers early in the second half closed the gap to eight, but Guyer ended the third quarter on a 7-0 run to reestablish control.

The teams met once prior in the opening month of the season. Guyer pulled away in the third quarter to defeat Prosper 49-42.

Guyer’s success this season comes on the heels of three consecutive sub-.500 seasons.

“It may be a surprise to some, but we knew it was building,’’ said Floyd. “We could see the work ethic of these girls.’’

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In other first-round playoff games:

Frisco Wakeland 48, Frisco Liberty 42: Wakeland closed the game on a 9-1 run and ended Liberty’s bid for a state title three-peat.

District 12-5A champion Wakeland (29-6), ranked No. 15 in the state in 5A, won for the 10th time in 11 games and advanced to face Anna in the second round of the 5A Division II bracket. Liberty (21-14) had won 14 playoff games in a row, winning back-to-back 5A state titles in 2023 and 2024 after a loss to Frisco Memorial in a regional final in 2022.

Madison Epps led Wakeland with 17 points and seven rebounds, Charlotte Cavin scored 12 and Kaylei Thornton had 10 points and six rebounds. Cavin had scored 25 or more in three of Wakeland’s previous five games, including 33 points and a school-record seven 3-pointers against Carrollton Creekview.

Wakeland led 39-31 going to the fourth quarter, but Liberty went on a 10-0 run to take a 41-39 lead. Epps had back-to-back putbacks to give Wakeland the lead for good at 43-41, and Cavin hit two free throws with 38 seconds remaining to push Wakeland’s lead to 45-42.

This was a much different Liberty team than the one that beat Mansfield Timberview in last year’s 5A state championship game. Five-star all-state point forward Jacy Abii, rated the seventh-best player in the nation in the Class of 2026, transferred to Legion Prep Academy in the offseason and all-state guard Keyera Roseby graduated and is now at Stephen F. Austin.

Duncanville 82, Bryan 47: Star sophomore guard Samari Holmen scored 29 points and barely played in the second half as Duncanville opened the 6A Division I playoffs with a rout while starting its quest for a second straight state title and 13th state championship in school history.

Up next for Duncanville is a second-round matchup with District 9-6A champion Sachse, the state’s 12th-ranked team.

Holmen matched her season high for points, having also scored 29 in a 55-48 win over state-ranked Lancaster on Jan. 3. Monday was the 12th time she has scored 20 or more, and Duncanville won the outright District 11-6A title with a 55-34 victory against state-ranked Cedar Hill on Friday as Holmen scored 17 of Duncanville’s first 25 points and finished with 21.

UNLV signee Trystan James added 15 points for Duncanville (27-6) as the state’s fifth-ranked 6A team won for the 14th time in its last 15 games. Duncanville improved to 23-2 in the playoffs since 2020, having won state titles in 2020 and 2024 and reached regional finals in 2021 and 2022.

Sachse 41, Rockwall 36: Camille Logan scored 12 points as Sachse (31-5) extended its winning streak to 15 games and won for the 24th time in 25 games. George Washington signee Charish Thompson scored all eight of her points in the first half as Sachse took a 21-13 lead into halftime.

Lancaster 63, Killeen Shoemaker 48: Savanna Barnes scored 22 points to lead the state’s fourth-ranked team to victory in the 6A Division II bracket. Lancaster (24-5), the District 11-6A runner-up, extended its winning streak to 11 games as MaKenzie White added 13 points and Monique Phoenix finished with 12.

Lincoln 69, Hillsboro 24: Ar’Jayla Elder scored a game-high 17 points and freshman Lanae Dallas had 11 points as the state’s top-ranked 4A team won its 11th straight game. Not counting a forfeit win over Roosevelt, Lincoln (34-2) has won by an average of 60.2 points during its winning streak, and the closest game was a 44-point victory.

Fort Worth Boswell 57, Southlake Carroll 26: Four-star Miami signee Camille Williams scored a game-high 17 points as the state’s second-ranked team won its opener in the 6A Division II bracket. Boswell (34-2) led 35-12 at halftime en route to its 10th straight win and got 14 points apiece from Seleste Massey and Salena Carrasco.

Denton Braswell 58, Princeton 51: The state’s sixth-ranked 6A team outscored Princeton 36-25 over the second and third quarters to win the 6A Division II bi-district matchup. Braswell (33-2), the District 5-6A champion, got a game-high 20 points from Ytaly Lewis.

Mansfield Legacy 59, Trophy Club Byron Nelson 46: Legacy ended an 11-game winning streak for District 4-6A champion Byron Nelson. It had been a remarkable turnaround for Byron Nelson (25-9), which went 16-0 in district play a year after finishing 3-27 overall and 2-10 in 4-6A, according to MaxPreps records.

Frisco Memorial 61, Frisco Lone Star 35: Payton Jones scored 15 points and Sydney Murphy and Jevan Collier had 12 points apiece as the state’s sixth-ranked 5A team won its 13th in a row. Memorial (30-7) led 9-8 after the first quarter and outscored Lone Star 24-2 in the second quarter.

Argyle 45, Granbury 19: Wrigley Green had 10 points and five rebounds as six-time state champion Argyle won for the 17th time in 19 games. Argyle (30-5), ranked No. 8 in the state in 5A, led 25-7 at halftime and got a combined 22 points from Brooklynn Northeim, Blair Mosley and Kensley Vest.

Argyle advanced to play Mansfield Summit, ranked No. 7 in the state, at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Aledo. Summit beat Fort Worth Polytechnic 85-2.

Denton Ryan 62, Keller Fossil Ridge 41: Jamyla Anderson was 9 for 15 from the field and scored 22 points in Denton Ryan’s win. Zaviyana Madison added 21 points, going 6 for 11 from the field and 8 for 9 from the free throw line.

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