Lady Jackets ‘fantastic’
- Updated: November 30, 2016
Girls roundup: Oxford gets solid play all over the court in beating Childersburg; Weaver, Cleburne County pick up wins, PV falls
By Brant Locklier
For East Alabama Sports Today
OXFORD — Anna Bolton’s 14 points and solid play all over the court helped the Oxford Lady Jackets defeat Childersburg 61-43 Tuesday night at the Oxford Sports Arena.
“Anna played her tail off tonight,” said Oxford coach Melissa Bennett. ”She got us going there in the second quarter and it was good to see the outside shots falling tonight. It is only our third game of the season and I thought we were fantastic tonight.”
Quick starts to the first and second quarters propelled the Lady Jackets to a 28-17 halftime lead. A pair of 3s from Tremeria Britt got the Jackets off to a 9-2 start and Bolton hit a pair of 3s and a two-point bucket from Bolton fueled a 10-2 run to start the second quarter.
Childersburg was unable to come any closer than nine points the rest of the way.
Bolton was 6-for-6 from the free throw line in the second half and Makayla Kidd scored 12 of her 18 points in the second half for the Lady Jackets (2-1).
Kaylee Sanders came off the bench and ripped down a few rebounds in the second quarter that jump-started the Yellow Jacket board play against the taller Tigers.
Sanders finished with five rebounds in the game. Quameria Britt had boards, while Bolton and Justyce Smith had four each.
“We are going to be smaller than almost everyone we play,” said Bennett, who is in her first year as the Lady Jackets’ coach. “Kaylee is called ‘Kay Killer’ in practice. She is very aggressive and plays hard.
“They were a very physical team, but we would not change the way we played and we were able to get the win without having to change what we wanted to do.”
Oxford 61, Childersburg 43
OXFORD (2-1) – Anna Bolton 3 6-6 14, Makayla Kidd 7 3-8 18, Halaya Harmon 1 2-2 4, Makayla Lowery 1 0-1 2, Acacia Kidd 0 0-0 0, Tremeria Britt 6 2-4 16, Quameria Britt 2 1-2 5, Amaia Whitfield 0 0-0 0, Justyce Smith 1 0-0 2, Kaylyn Hendrix 0 0-0 0. Totals 21 14-23 61.
CHILDERSBURG – Yamaree Gaddis 5 3-8 13, Jailah Swain 4 0-0 8, Destiny Williams 2 1-2 5, Malliyah Wallace 1 3-3 5, KeAsia McKinney 0 1-2 1, Abriana Wills 4 1-1 11, Shakira Young 0 0-0 0, Nastazhia McKenzie 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 9-16 43.
Childersburg 9 8 19 7 — 43
Oxford 12 16 17 16 — 61
3-point goals: Childersburg 2 (Willis 2); Oxford 5 (Bolton 2, T. Britt 2, M. Kidd).
OTHER GIRLS GAMES
Cleburne County 65, Woodland 11
Hokes Bluff 57, Pleasant Valley 46
Sacred Heart 66, Faith Christian 41
Saks 74, Clay Central 60
Weaver 59, Lincoln 40
Weaver 59, Lincoln 40
LINCOLN – Katelynn Harmon 0 0-2 0, Carlee Mullinax 4 4-5 12, Amaz Carmichael 1 1-4 3, Halimah Bin-yamin 3 0-0 6, Jayla Brown 0 0-0 0, Jayla Morris 6 1-3 13, Hannah Carmichael 2 1-2 5, Taylor Conway 0 1-2 1. Totals 16 8-18 40.
WEAVER (2-2) – Caleigh Cortez 7 2-10 16, Tayanna Perry 2 1-2 5, Rayne Beck 3 3-7 9, Emily Reed 4 1-2 9, Amira Carter 2 1-2 5, Mariah Thompson 3 4-11 10, Abby Gaines 2 0-1 5. Totals 23 12-35 59.
Lincoln 8 12 11 9 — 40
Weaver 6 11 16 26 — 59
3-point goals: Weaver 1 (Gaines). Fouled out: A. Carmichael, Conway. Total fouls: Lincoln 25, Weaver 19. Officials: Battles, Miller. Notes: Cortez scored all of her points in the second half.
Cleburne County 65, Woodland 11
WOODLAND – Katie Hill 1 1-1 3, Lacey Prince 0 0-0 0, Jaycee Lovvorn 2 2-4 6, Becca Robertson 0 0-0 0, Erica Stewart 1 0-3 2, Logan Shelton 0 0-0 0, Kaycee Dukus 0 0-0 0, Alt Ware 0 0-5 0, Kaitlyn Smith 0 0-0 0. Totals 4 3-13 11.
CLEBURNE COUNTY – Shawntavia Boyd 6 2-3 16, Olivia McDaniel 0 0-2 0, Erykah Ware 2 0-0 4, Chelsea Parker 7 3-4 17, Lauren Brown 3 0-2 6, Kiara Akles 3 0-1 6, Haven Freeman 1 0-0 2, Abby Lee 0 0-0 0, Alex Casey 6 1-4 14, Tatiana Ervin 0 0-0 0. Totals 28 6-16 65.
Woodland 4 0 4 3 — 11
Cleburne County 21 25 13 6 — 65
3-point goals: Cleburne County 3 (Boyd 2, Casey). Fouled out: Prince, Lovvorn. Total fouls: Woodland 17, Cleburne County 15. Officials: Burroughs, Kadle, Kelley. Notes: Parker had 15 of her points in the first half and Boyd scored 11 of hers in the second quarter.
Hokes Bluff 57, Pleasant Valley 46
PLEASANT VALLEY – Kara Perry 2 3-4 7, Lindsey Pritchett 1 0-0 3, Mac Parris 5 0-0 12, Atleigh Brannon 1 11-12 13, Kaylee Lawler 0 0-0 0, Taylor Barthel 0 0-0 0, Mikala Simpson 4 2-4 11, Courtney Upton 0 0-0 0. Totals 13 16-20 46.
HOKES BLUFF – Haley Simpson 0 0-0 0, Gracie West 2 2-3 7, Sydney Ball 2 1-1 6, Amanda Noah 2 0-0 4, Margaret Wetzel 1 0-0 2, Logan Black 0 6-8 6, Tylynn Register 4 1-2 10, Kelsee Otwell 0 0-0 0, Kendall Johnson 10 2-3 22. Totals 21 12-17 57.
Pleasant Valley 8 10 16 12 — 46
Hokes Bluff 14 10 14 19 — 57
3-point goals: PV 4 (Pritchett, Parris 2, Simpson); Hokes Bluff 3 (West, Ball, Register). Total fouls: PV 14, Hokes Bluff 15. Notes: The Lady Raiders cut their deficit to two in the third quarter. Brannon hit her first 11 free throws.
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