Anniston focused on defense
- Updated: December 3, 2014
Girls roundup: Included are Piedmont, Faith Christian, Oxford, Ohatchee
By East Alabama Sports Today
ALEXANDRIA – Raven Cooley led three Anniston scorers in double figures with 20 points, but the element of the game Bulldogs coach Eddie Bullock wanted to talk about after the game Tuesday night was defense.
See, the Bulldogs weren’t particularly sharp on offense even though they handled Alexandria 63-24, but Bullock has long been of the mindset that good defense can get a team through any slow offensive day.
“Our concentration is on defense,” Bullock said. “We put a lot of emphasis on playing man-to-man defense and trying to get our press right for later on, so that’s what we’re working on. We can score points; I’ve got four girls who can shoot it really well, but they get caught up and shoot 3-pointers. That’s what happened to us in the first half instead of concentrating on defense.
“My point of emphasis is trying to get them mentally ready to play defense every game, because if we shoot the ball like that against good teams we’ll get beat, so the point of emphasis is you’ve got to play defense every night.”
The defense the Bulldogs did play Tuesday night forced Alexandria into 21 turnovers and held the Valley Cubs out of double digits in every quarter.
In addition to Cooley, Kiyana Bullock scored 14 and Miajah Bullock scored 12.
Kaityn Brown led Alexandria with 13 points. She did most of her scoring from the free throw line, where she was nine of 15 for the game.
Piedmont 50, White Plains 38
PIEDMONT — Riesha Thompson led three Piedmont scorers in double figures with 13 points. Bre Green scored half of her 10 points in the first quarter when the Bulldogs opened a 13-4 lead. Breanna Brazier had 11 points.
Shelby Wood led White Plains with 12 points.
Faith Christian 49, Wellborn 24
Madison Stephens scored 12 of her 21 points in the first half as Faith cruised to victory. The game was tight early, but Stephens scored eight in the second quarter as the Lions pulled away.
Dymond Myles led Wellborn with 14 points.
Southside 39, Oxford 32
GADSDEN — The Lady Jackets led all the way until midway through the fourth quarter. Eight different players scored for Oxford, led by Tremeria Britt’s eight. Winter Taylor added 5 points. Southside’s Lindsey Hindsman led all scorers with 16 points.
Ohatchee 44, Lincoln 9
OHATCHEE – Morgan Lee scored 19 points and Faith Walker added seven as the Lady Indians swamped undermanned Lincoln. The Golden Bears were coming off a close to Weaver the day before.
GIRLS BOXSCORES
Anniston 63, Alexandria 24
ANNISTON (2-2) – Miajah Bullock 6 0-0 12, Raven Cooley 9 0-1 20, Viera Edmonson 1 0-0 3, Daria Palmer 1 2-2 4, Tana Sears 0 0-0 0, Curry Carsheuna 2 0-0 4, Alice James 2 0-0 4, Kiyana Bullock 7 0-2 14, J’Kyra Clemons 0 0-2 0, Logan Mattie 0 0-0 0, Jemya Bullock 1 0-0 2. Totals 29 2-7 63.
ALEXANDRIA (0-2) – Jaycee Cooper 0 0-0 0, Kaitlyn Brown 2 9-15 13, Lexi Pressley 0 0-0 0, Shelby Lowry 1 4-5 6, Tamera Prince 0 0-2 0, Molly Parker 0 0-0 0, Timberlyn Sherbutt 1 3-6 5. Totals 4 16-28 24.
Anniston 17 11 19 16 — 63
Alexandria 9 5 5 5 — 24
3-point goals: Anniston 3 (Cooley 2, Edmonson). Total fouls: Anniston 18, Alexandria 12
Faith Christian 49, Wellborn 24
FAITH CHRISTIAN – Emily Sills 2 0-0 4, Madison Stephens 9 2-3 21, Mikela Huie 0 0-0 0, Cornelia Simpson 2 1-4 5, Regan Crosby 3 0-0 6, Elizabeth McCullough 0 0-0 0, Logan Boyd 2 0-0 4, Jaz Groce 3 3-5 9. Totals 21 6-12 49.
WELLBORN – Dymond Myles 7 0-0 14, Anaya Lowe 0 0-0 0, Lori Welch 0 0-0 0, Carlee Mullinax 1 1-2 3, Valencia White 2 0-0 4, Caitlin Gamble 0 0-0 0, Dynasty Myles 1 0-0 2, Chelsea Hubbard 0 1-2 1. Totals 11 2-4 24.
Faith Christian 15 12 11 11 — 49
Wellborn 9 4 8 3 — 24
3-point goals: Faith Christian 1 (Stephens). Total fouls: Faith Christian 7, Wellborn 13.
Piedmont 50, White Plains 38
WHITE PLAINS – Rian Chandler 1 0-0 2, Hannah Barno 3 0-0 7, Korie Burgess 0 0-2 0, Chasity Nelson 1 0-0 3, Amber Greenwood 4 1-3 9, Shelby Wood 4 3-8 12, Landry Bussey 1 3-4 5, Mary Clare Young 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 7-17 38.
PIEDMONT – Paige Gowens 1 1-2 4, Sydney Prater 0 0-0 0, Samirra Braswell 1 0-0 2, Breanna Brazier 4 2-3 11, Bre Green 2 5-8 10, Keshauna Jones 0 1-2 1, Riesha Thompson 5 1-2 13, Lulu Jackson 0 1-4 1, Carlie Flowers 3 2-2 8, Erin Ray 0 0-0 0, Kaitlyn Ridley 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 13-23 50.
White Plains 4 5 12 17 — 38
Piedmont 13 6 14 17 — 50
3-point goals: White Plains 3 (Barno, Nelson, Wood); Piedmont 5 (Gowens, Brazier, Green, Thompson 2).
Total fouls: Piedmont 16, White Plains 21.
Other scores
Munford 55, Saks 45
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