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Comeback vaults Montini into final

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Montini's Jasmine Lumpkin celebrates their victory over Hillcrest in the 2012 IHSA Class 3A Girls Basketball Tournament in Normal, Illinois on Friday.

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Montini's bench celebrates their victory over Hillcrest in the 2012 IHS A Class 3A Girls Basketball Tournament in Normal, Illinois on Friday.

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Montini's Jasmine Lumpkin is up-ended by Hillcrest's Jahmia Phillips in the first half of the 2012 IHSA Class 3A Girls Basketball Tournament in Normal, Illinois on Friday.

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Montini's Kateri Stone goes down after shooting a three-pointer late in the second half against Hillcrest in the 2012 IHSA Class 3A Girls Basketball Tournament in Normal, Illinois on Friday.

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Montini's coach Jason Nichols celebrates their victory over Hillcrest in the 2012 IHSA Class 3A Girls Basketball Tournament in Normal, Illinois on Friday.

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Montini's Sara Ross and Hillcrest's Destini Artis battle for a loose ball in the first half of the 2012 IHSA Class 3A Girls Basketball Tournament in Normal, Illinois on Friday.

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Montini's Sara Ross powers her way to the basket for the score in the first half of the 2012 IHSA Class 3A Girls Basketball Tournament in Normal on Friday.

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Montini will get a chance for a three-peat. The Broncos, down by 13 points early in the fourth quarter, stormed back to shock No. 2 Hillcrest 52-48 Friday afternoon in the Class 3A girls basketball semifinals at Redbird Arena. Montini faces Vernon Hills at 2 p.m. Saturday for the state championship.