Five seconds left in the game, the team is down by one point, and your sibling makes the game-winning basket while you are sitting on the bench.

Take that feeling and multiply it by six because that’s the number of siblings in the  girls’ basketball program.

The six sibling sisters include: Jessica Gillings, a junior on varsity, and her sister Amy Gillings, a freshman on JV; Sydney Tharp, a junior on varsity, and her sister Baleigh Tharp, a freshman on JV; Taylor Jones, a junior on varsity, and her sister Sarah Jones, a freshman on JV; Alexis Head, a junior on varsity, and her sister Justice Head, a freshman on JV; Meredith Smith and Morgan Smith, twin sophomores on varsity; and Marylou, a senior, and Brigid Kiley, a junior, both on varsity.

One thing all the sisters emphasized was that is was nice playing with their sister in the same program.

“I love playing with my sister,” Brigid Kiley said. “It is fun to share a sport with people who love it the same way I do. The fact that my sister is my best friend and I love hanging out with her makes the sport all the more better.”

Even though some of the girls are not on the same team, their older sisters help them out.
“It is cool that we play the same sport,” Sarah Jones said. “When our teams scrimmage at practice, she knows my strengths and weaknesses, so she pushes me. Having her there to help is the best part. She has been through this before, so she knows what to expect.”

The sisters don’t just push them; they build them up and make better players out of their younger siblings.

“Since Baleigh is a freshman, it is hard to watch her even though I wish I could,” Sydney Tharp said. “But since I am older, I can teach her things and help her apply them in the game and make her a better player.”