Dymond shines for Wellborn girls

By EASportsToday.com
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Updated: December 5, 2014

ROUNDUP: Includes Jacksonville, Anniston girls; Wellborn-Donoho boys

By Brant Locklier
For East Alabama Sports Today

The Wellborn girls basketball team celebrated a “Dymond jubilee” Thursday night as Dymond Miles scored 23 points and led the Panthers to a 39-30 win over scrappy Donoho.

The home-standing Falcons were looking for their first win and would not go away. It was like playing basketball in a blackberry patch the way the Falcons scratched and clawed and dove after every pass and shot.

“Donoho played their tails off; you’ve got take your hats off to them as they played well,” Wellborn coach Stephen Gay said. “We did not play very well. We have to shoot the ball better and rebound better than we did tonight.”

Every time the Panthers (3-2) would try to pull away, the Falcons (0-3) would counter with a run to get back in it. Miles pumped in nine first-quarter points that included a 3-pointer. The Panthers led 17-10 at the half, but had to earn it as Donoho was all over the court playing scrappy defense.

Carrie Mullinax had five points in a 7-0 Wellborn run that pushed the lead to 31-18 early in the fourth quarter.

Donoho rallied with an 8-0 to draw within five with three minutes to play, but Dynasty Miles hit two buckets down the stretch to put the game in the win column for Wellborn. Miles finished with six points.

Woodfin led Donoho with 12 points. Heathcock added eight.

Jacksonville 99, Weaver 22

JACKSONVILLE – The Golden Eagles came within 25 seconds and a three-seconds violation from hitting triple digits.

Jacksonville opened a 32-0 first-quarter lead and settled in to work on things for the future. None of their 15 players played more than 14 minutes and 14 scored.

Dasia Kirksey and Kyra Williams led the Golden Eagles with 16 points each. Kirksey also grabbed eight rebounds. Kelsey Ervin had seven rebounds. Angel Kidd had seven assists and six of Jacksonville’s 32 steals.

Keara Scott had seven points, nine rebounds and four blocked shots for Weaver.

Anniston 61, St. Clair County 28

Anniston played the kind of defense coach Eddie Bullock preaches Thursday night and held St. Clair County to only nine points in the first half.

Miajah Bullock led all scorers with 13 points

BOYS
Wellborn 52 Donoho 35

Jordan Montgomery hit his first four 3-point attempts and added two other field goals to spark the Panthers to an early lead they maintained throughout the game.

Montgomery scored 16 of his game-high 18 points in the first half as Wellborn opened a 29-19 halftime lead. Donoho led a couple of times early, but the Panthers defense clamped down and allowed only two field goals in the second quarter.

Wellborn didn’t lose anything defensively in the break. The Panthers returned for the second half and held Donoho to five field goals the rest of the game. It helped them build their biggest lead 46-28.

Donoho’s Justin Foster was in foul trouble most of the game and had only 11 points.

In addition to Montgomery, Wellborn got 12 points from Corri Tignor and eight from Alquinarious Parker. Robert Clausen led Donoho with 10.

GIRLS BOX SCORES

Anniston 61, St. Clair County 28

ST. CLAIR COUNTY – Kylee Harrell 1 0-0 2, Madi Horton 0 1-2 1, Nadia Bishop 0 0-0 0, Erica Smith0 0-0 0, Nigiel Bishop 0 0-0 0, Alexis Ousley 0 0-0 0, Mackenzie Wells 4 0-0 12, Hannah Spurgeon 0 0-0 0, Gillian Perry 3 1-2 7, Kaitlyn Griffin 0 0-2 0, Kyla Robinette 3 0-2 6. Totals 11 2-6 28.

ANNISTON – Miajah Bullock 5 3-6 13, Raven Cooley 3 0-0 6, Corlina Welch 1 0-2 2, Davia Palmer 2 2-2 6, Takia Shears 3 0-0 6, Amorgia Dudley 0 0-0 0, Montiega Clemons 1 0-0 2, Casteuna Curry 3 0-1 6, Alice James 1 1-2 3, Kiyana Bullock 4 0-0 8, J;Kyra Clemson 0 3-4 3, Jenya Bullock 1 2-4 4. Totals 24 11-21 61.

St. Clair Count 4 5 12 7 — 28
Anniston 19 16 17 9 — 61

3-point goals: St. Clair County 4 (Wells 4); Anniston 2 (Cooley 2). Total fouls St. Clair County 19, Anniston 3, Fojuled Out: Harrell.

Jacksonville 99, Weaver 22

WEAVER – Keara Scott 3-9 0-1 7, Cameron Logan 2-4 0-0 6, Mariah Thompson 2-6 1-2 5, Emily Reed 1-4 0-0 2, Morgan Wigley 1-1 0-0 2, Tayanna Perry 0-2 0-0 0, Ciara Hardy 0-1 0-0. Totals 9-27 1-3 22.

JACKSONVILLE – Dasia Kirksey 7-8 0-0 16, Kyra Williams 7-11 0-2 16, Virginia Poe 4-9 0-0 10, Aniyah Robinson 4-6 2-2 10, Angel Kidd 3-6 2-2 9, Darrien Martin 3-8 1-2 7, Ataliya Morgan 2-5 1-4 6, Sierra Stone 3-5 0-0 6, Brandi Canady 2-5 0-0 4, Quenteeria Mooney 1-4 2-2 4, Nicole Goodson 2-7 0-0 4, Tatiyana Thomas 1-3 1-2 3, Malieah Patterson 1-6 0-0 2, Destiny Easley 1-4 0-0 2, Kelsey Ervin 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 41-87 9-16 99.

Weaver 0 12 7 3 — 22
Jacksonville 32 23 29 15 — 99

3-point goals: Weaver 3-9 (Scott 1-2, Logan 2-4, Thompson 0-1, Reed 0-1, Hardy 0-1); Jacksonville 8-19 (Kirksey 2-2, Williams 2-4, Poe 2-4, Kidd 1-2, Martin 0-1, Morgan 1-3, Mooney 0-1, Thomas 0-1, Easley 0-1). Rebounds: Weaver 19 (Scott 9); Jacksonville 48 (Kirksey 8, Ervin 7). Total fouls: Weaver 10, Jacksonville 4. Fouled out: Perry.

Welllborn 39, Donoho 30

Wellborn 10 7 10 12 — 39
Donoho 6 4 8 12 — 30

3-point goals: Wellborn 1 (Scott)

BOYS BOX SCORE

Wellborn 52, Donoho 35

WELLBORN – Alquinarious Parker 2 4-6 8, Kevin Mixon 1 1-1 3, Corri Tignor 6 0-0 12, Nathan Broom 0 0-0 0, Landon Machristie 1 0-0 2, Jordan Montgomery 6 2-2 18, Dontavious Miller 2 0-0 4, Quandarious Moore 0 0-0 0, Ashton Hanson 0 0-0 0, Blake Hanson 1 3-4 5. Totals 19 10-13 52.

DONOHO – Dylan Dunaway 0 0-0 0, Garrett Steed 1 0-0 2, Ross Svensen 0 0-0 0, Schuyler Buckner 0 0-2 0, Tucker Sedmack 0 0-1 0, Ross Hagan 1 2-2 4, Axis Heathcock 1 1-2 3, Robert Clausen 4 2-3 10, Parker Morgan 1 0-3 1, Mateo Ibrahim 1 0-0 2, Wilson Ressilo 0 1-2 1, Justin Foster 4 2-8 10. Totals 13 8-23 35.

Wellborn 17 12 8 15 — 52
Donoho 12 7 6 10 — 35

3-point goals: Wellborn 5 (Montgomery 4, Miller); Donoho 1 (Foster). Total fouls: Wellborn 18, Donoho 13

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