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Anniston, J’ville county’s only winners

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Lady Dawgs use strong defense to smash Mortimer Jordan; Jacksonville rolls past Crossville

By Al Muskewitz
East Alabama Sports Today

The Anniston girls basketball team took over the band aids and turned on the defense and rolled into the Class 5A Northeast Regional with a 55-22 win over Mortimer Jordan Monday night.

The Bulldogs (24-8) will play Madison County (23-8) in the regional semifinal 9 a.m. Monday at Jacksonville State.

Calhoun County had seven teams playing subregional games Monday. Jacksonville also won. Oxford, Saks, Alexandria, Piedmont and Pleasant Valley all lost.

Jacksonville defeated Crossville 72-32; Pleasant Valley fell to Ashville 65-41; Piedmont fell to Glencoe 44-35 after building an early lead; Saks fell to Hokes Bluff 54-34; Alexandria fell to Springville 55-41; and Oxford fell to Fort Payne 65-32.

All during the season the Bulldogs rallied around the Band-Aid under the left eye as a show of unity, but they ran out of the bandages in the run up to the game. Only Jemya Bullock and Raven Cooley had them.

Not to worry. The Bulldogs turned up their defense. They held the Blue Devils to 8-of-49 shooting, held them scoreless in the second quarter and scored 25 points off the turnovers they forced.

Miajah Bullock, saying she was more ready to play this game than any she could remember, led the defensive effort. Kiayana Bullock led the offense with 29 points and 16 rebounds; she had a double-double in the first half.

Anniston 55, Mortimer Jordan 22

MORTIMER JORDAN (15-11) — Bess Crane 1 0-0 3, Sarah Rickles 1 0-0 3, Alyssa King 1 0-0 3, Carmen Mixon 0 0-0 0, Nicole Goldsmith 1 0-0 2, Anna Boger 0 0-0 0, Kaylan Hines 1 0-0 3, Sarah Speigel 0 0-0 0, Skylar Bluemly 1 0-0 2, Natalie Johnsey 1 0-0 3, Shayna Mims 1 0-0 3, Haley Alexander 0 1-2 1. Totals 8 1-2 22.

ANNISTON (24-8) — Miajah Bullock 1 3-3 5, Raven Cooley 4 0-0 11, Carlina Welch 0 1-2 1, Davia Palmer 2 0-0 4, Diamond Culver 0 0-0 0, Takia Shears 1 0-2 2, Carsheuna Curry 1 1-2 3, Kiyana Bullock 12 5-7 29, J’Kyra Clemons 0 0-0 0, Mattie Logan 0 0-0 0, Jemya Bullock 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 10-16 55.

Mortimer Jordan 7 0 10 5 — 22
Anniston 10 16 17 12 — 55

3-point goals: Mortimer Jordan 5 (Crane, Rickles, Hines, Johnsey, Mims); Anniston 3 (Cooley 3). Total fouls: Mortimer Jordan 12, Anniston 7. Officials: Dixon, Warren, Baldwin.

Jacksonville 72, Crossville 32

JACKSONVILLE — The Golden Eagles held their visitors scoreless in the first quarter and rolled into the Northeast Regional.

They will play Oneonta Saturday at noon.

Angel Kidd led Jacksonville with 17 points. Dasia Kirksey had 13 points and 10 rebounds. Virginia Poe had 12 points.

The second-ranked Golden Eagles (24-4) concentrated on defending Crossville guards Tatem Jones and Cassie McDaniel and held them to nine points apiece.

Jacksonville 72, Crossville 32

CROSSVILLE (13-13) — Tatem Jones 3-5 1-3 9, Cassie McDaniel 1-7 6-8 9, Lily Hawkins 1-2 2-2 5, Haley Stephens 1-5 2-2 4, Emily Simpson 1-2 0-0 2, Macy Pointer 1-1 0-0 2, McKenzie Wilks 0-1 1-2 1, Iva Luther 0-3 0-1 0, Kaitlyn May 0-2 0-0 0, Keestan Bobo 0-7 0-0 0, Madison Hunt 0-0 0-0 0, Josie Hughes 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 8-35 12-18 32.

JACKSONVILLE (24-4) — Angel Kidd 6-7 2-2 17, Dasia Kirksey 5-7 3-4 13, Virginia Poe 4-9 2-2 12, Sierra Stone 3-4 0-0 6, Kyra Williams 3-8 0-2 6, Ataliya Morgan 1-7 2-2 5, Brandi Canady 2-4 0-0 4, Malieah Patterson 1-3 0-0 3, Nicole Goodson 1-3 0-0 2, Kelsey Ervin 1-1 0-0 2, Estiny Easley 1-2 0-0 2, Quenteeria Mooney 0-3 0-0 0, Aniyah Robinson 0-2 0-0 0, Darrien Martin 0-0 0-0 0, Tatiyana Thomas 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-60 10-14 72.

Crossville 0 13 8 11 — 32
Jacksonville 18 22 12 20 — 72

3-point goals: Crossville 4-14 (Jones 2-4, McDaniel 1-2, Hawkins 1-1, Luther 0-2, May 0-2, Bobo 0-3); Jacksonville 6-21 (Kidd 2-2, Poe 2-6, Williams 0-3, Morgan 1-3, Patterson 1-2, Easley 0-1, Mooney 0-3). Rebounds: Crossville 21 (Luther 4, Jones); Jacksonville 42 (Kirksey 10, Goodson 6). Total fouls: Crossville 12, Jacksonville 15.

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