Crestwood's top 3-point shooter found her touch at a critical time.

Savannah Lentz hit three 3-pointers during a three-minute stretch in the second half to give the second-ranked Cadets some breathing room and they went on to beat No. 8 Bondurant-Farrar 54-41 in the opening game of the Class 3A tournament.

Lentz had only two points before her big buckets and finished with 15. Madison Sickles also scored 15 for the Cadets and Tessa Anderson added 11 to go with 11 rebounds.

It was the first state tournament victory in four tries for Crestwood, which takes a 22-2 record into Thursday's semifinal round.

Ashley Burrows, a starter on Bondurant-Farrar's state championship softball team last summer, led the Lady Jays with 16 points. Lexi Atzen added nine points and six rebounds, while Keely Bycroft had eight points and eight rebounds.

Lentz's first 3 gave Crestwood a 34-28 lead late in the third quarter. She hit another after Bondurant-Farrar cut the lead to 34-32 and knocked down the third to make it 40-32.

Lindsey Anderson's old-fashioned three-point play stretched the lead to 43-34 and the Cadets wrapped it up by making nine of 10 free throws in the final 2:44.

Bondurant-Farrar led by as many as nine points in the first half before Crestwood started to click. The Cadets went on an 11-2 run to tie the score at 19-all by halftime, and went ahead to stay at 31-28 on a drive and two free throws by Sickles.

Bondurant-Farrar finishes 19-6 after making it to state for the third straight year and seventh time overall.