Daily News | Audenried Charter girls’ basketball captures its first Public League title
Audenried girls basketball coach Kevin Slaughter was steaming on the bench for most of the Public League Championship at the Liacouras Center on Saturday.
But with less than a minute left and the Rockets leading Imhotep 14-11, sophomore Shayla Smith made a three-pointer that put Audenried up by six and proved to be the dagger in a 56-48 win. Slaughter remained calm in the moment, but right when the final buzzer sounded, he ran around the court in pure jubilation.“We don’t have a championship in any sport,” Slaughter said. “We don’t have a championship in checkers. We don’t have a championship in art drawing.
Ever since then, the name has stuck, and on Saturday, she certainly lived up to it. The junior took home the game’s MVP honors, posting 17 points and 13 rebounds. “But once [Howard] started bringing the ball up the floor and dribbling it, I said, ‘oh no, she’s ready,’” Slaughter said. “Because she didn’t care where she got the ball, she just wanted it.”When Slaughter first got to Audenried nearly 10 years ago, the program had a long way to go. In Slaughter’s first season, someone reached out to him about putting the Rockets in a tournament at Overbrook High School.
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