Prior to Wednesday’s game with Archbishop Hoban, the Firestone girls basketball team was averaging roughly 70 points per game and their lowest point total in a victory came in a 62-61 win over Kenmore.

The fast-paced Falcons have enjoyed success running up and down the court this season on their way to 13-4.

However, with the high-powered Knights, ranked fifth in the AP Division II state poll, in town Firestone took the opportunity to prepare a new strategy and it paid major dividends.

The Falcons slowed the game down and worked their offense with a more methodical approach, and the result was a major 44-39 upset in overtime.  Firestone set a new four-quarter low on the season with 36 points, but thanks to a strong defensive effort, the Falcons forced overtime and the chance to win.

“We’ve been practicing that, we’ve been playing uptempo a lot of times,” Firestone coach Audley McGill told SportsInk.com after the game.  “We’ve been working on the halfcourt; this is t...