The St. Joseph Central girls’ basketball team had its season come to an end Wednesday night as they lost to Liberty 59-44 in the Class 5 Sectionals at Silverstein Eye Centers Arena in Independence.

The Indians finish with a 21-7 record, with three of their losses coming to Liberty.  The Blue Jays improve to 25-3 and they’ll face Belton in the Class 5 Quarterfinals  on Saturday.

Central jumped out to a big lead in the first half as they took a 28-12 lead with about four minutes to go before halftime, but the Indians didn’t score again in the half and Liberty ended the second quarter on a 13-0 run to pull within three points at the half.

The Blue Jays took the lead early in the third quarter and led 37-33, and Central never regained the lead.

Maggie Lawrence led CHS with 13 points.