LINCOLN, Calif. - Freshman Jocelyn Dickinson scored seven points with her team's lone three-pointer, while Emmy Cheatham totaled six rebounds and six steals, but St. Francis junior varsity failed to protect a 13-4 halftime lead in falling to Kennedy, 24-19, in the Lincoln Invitational's third-place game Monday afternoon.

The Troubadours scored 11 unanswered from early in the first period to the four-minute mark of the second in crafting the edge at the break, but they shot less than 14 percent (8-for-58) for the game. Cougar guard Angel Pearce scored all eight of her team's points in the third frame to reduce the margin to 17-12, then she restored the Kennedy lead with 4:20 left in the fourth. That margin lasted just 14 seconds: Jocelyn Villaflor drove the left side of the lane to push SF back up by a 19-18 margin, but that ended up as the only Troubie field goal in the final frame. 

With 3:20 remaining, Pearce assisted Lalah Brown on the go-ahead score, then drained a three-pointer to set the board to 24-19. St. Francis. The Troubies did not manage even a field goal attempt in the final two minutes, with a Pearce steal on a fast break spoiling their closest chance to cut into the deficit.

Villaflor finished with four points, Keanna Daneshvar with three, and Cheatham and Lena Mundhenk with two apiece. Catherine Gustafson led SF with nine rebounds while blocking three shots. The Troubie jayvees move to 5-6 for the season.

Both St. Francis teams return to action on Friday at the similarly named Lincoln of Stockton. Game times are 1 p.m. for JV, 2:30 p.m. for varsity.