Much needed win
- Updated: January 31, 2017
Girls roundup: Weaver hadn’t won since making its run to the Calhoun County Tournament semifinals; Piedmont’s Brazier hits seven 3s
Weaver’s Emily Reed scored all nine of her points in the first quarter to help the Lady Bearcats get off to a fast start. (All photos by B.J. Franklin/GungHo Photos)
Tuesday’s games
Alexandria 30, St. Clair County 24
x-Ashville 49, Ohatchee 21
x-Hokes Bluff 47, White Plains 15
Jacksonville Christian 69, GSD 58
x-Piedmont 63, Westbrook Christian 25
Ranburne 54, Faith Christian 30
Talladega 72, Oxford 53
x-Weaver 58, Saks 32
Wellborn 70, Donoho 53
x-box score included
By East Alabama Sports Today
WEAVER – The Weaver girls basketball team needed a win in a bad way.
The Lady Bearcats hadn’t won since their emotional run to the Calhoun County Tournament semifinals. It was almost if they expended so much energy in that drive there was nothing left.
Four games had passed without the taste of success, but they got back on the winning track Tuesday, jumping on Saks early and cruising to a 58-32 victory.
“We needed this win,” Weaver coach Gary Atchley said. “We just didn’t have any fire. I think they thought they had arrived.
“Being a young basketball team, being we hadn’t been anywhere, making a run like that took a lot out of us. It took three or four hard practices to try to beat in their head that we’ve got to get back to where we need to be. I think we played well tonight.”
Weaver was all over the Lady Wildcats early with a hard press. It help the Lady Bearcats open a 17-3 first-quarter lead and it was just a matter of what they were going to do with it.
Emily Reed scored all nine of her points in the first quarter. Rayne Beck, who is just getting back into form after taking a hard fall last week, led Weaver in scoring with 17 points.
Takeidra Borden led Saks with 15 points. Miracle Dennard had 13 on the strength of four 3-pointers.
Weaver’s Rayne Beck stays close to Saks’ Miracle Dennard. Denied hit four 3-pointers in the game.
TUESDAY’S GIRLS BOX SCORES
Weaver 58, Saks 32
SAKS – Izzy Shaver 1 0-2 2, Amya Carlise 0 0-1 0, Takeidra Borden 4 6-7 15, Amari Nealy 0 0-0 0, Summer Baxter 0 0-0 0, Miracle Dennard 4 1-2 13, Madison Tate 1 0-0 2, Alexis Petty 0 0-2 0. Totals 10 7-14 32.
WEAVER – Caleigh Cortez 3 5-8 11, Tayanna Perry 2 0-2 4, Rayne Beck 6 5-10 17, Emily Reed 4 1-1 9, Anna Howell 0 0-0 0, Amira Carter 5 0-0 10, Hannah Roberts 0 0-0 0, Mariah Thompson 0 1-2 1, Abby Gaines 2 0-0 6, K. Hindsman 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 12-21 58.
Saks 3 7 9 13 — 32
Weaver 17 17 12 12 — 58
3-point goals: Saks 5 (Burden, Dennard 4); Weaver 2 (Gaines 2). Fouled out: Carlise. Total fouls: Saks 18, Weaver 18. Officials: Phillips, Stubbs, Kyner.
Hokes Bluff 47, White Plains 15
HOKES BLUFF – Gracie West 2 4-5 9, Sydney Ball 2 3-4 9, Amanda Noah 2 2-2 7, Margaret Wetzel 0 0-2 0, Logan Black 1 0-0 3, Tylynn Register 1 1-2 3, Kelsee Otwell 3 0-5 7, Kendall Johnson 4 1-2 9. Totals 15 11-22 47.
WHITE PLAINS – Rian Chandler 0 0-0 0, Hanna Dyar 0 0-0 0, Hannah Barno 0 0-0 0, Landry Bussey 0 0-0 0, Chasity Nelson 2 0-0 5, Ary Rosario 0 0-0 0, Grey Young 0 0-0 0, Shelby Wood 1 2-2 4, Bethani Newbold 0 0-0 0, Jocelyn Harris 1 4-4 6, Lilly Ponder 0 0-0 0, Patience Carr 0 0-0 0. Totals 4 6-6 15.
Hokes Bluff 15 11 13 8 — 47
White Plains 4 2 5 4 — 15
3-point goals: Hokes Bluff 6 (West, Ball 2, Noah, Black, Otwell); White Plains 1 (Nelson). Total fouls: Hokes Bluff 12, White Plains 15.
Ashville 49, Ohatchee 38
OHATCHEE – Ashley Phillips 0 0-1 0, Tori Vice 0 0-0 0, Ally McCoy 3 1-1 8, Kourtney Shuler 10 1-2 26, Marli Hanks 0 1-2 1, Maggie Phillips 1 0-0 2, Reagan Snow 0 0-0 0, Kacie Cooper 0 1-2 1. Totals 14 4-8 38.
ASHVILLE – Savanna Hale 1 0-0 3, Erika Williams 2 0-2 5, Riley Wilbanks 2 0-2 4, Francis Landaverde 4 1-3 10, Lexi Beatty 1 0-0 2, Tabitha Martin 4 1-3 9, Hannah Lauderdale 7 0-2 16. Totals 21 2-12 49.
Ohatchee 14 7 6 11 — 38
Ashville 9 16 12 12 — 49
3-point goals: Ohatchee 6 (McCoy, Shuler 5). Ashville 5 (Hale, Williams, Landaverde, Lauderdale 2). Total fouls: Ohatchee 11, Ashville 12
Piedmont 63, Westbrook Christian 25
WESTBROOK CHRISTIAN – McKenna Beard 0 0-2 0, Maci Beecham 0 3-4 3, Hilary Tran 0 0-0 0, Autumn Ingle 2 2-2 7, Kendall Sharp 3 0-0 6, Gracie Norris 0 0-0 0, Kirsi Gupta 0 0-0 0, Kenzi Saunders 2 0-0 5, Tochi Osuji 2 0-0 4. Totals 9 5-8 25.
PIEDMONT – Jakieya Mitchell 1 0-0 2, Lauren Pruitt 0 0-0 0, Mikayla Murphy 0 0-0 0, Breanna Brazier 10 0-0 27, Belle Benner 0 0-0 0, Kaitley Ridley 5 0-0 10, Lulu Jackson 3 0-0 8, Camron Logan 0 0-0 0, Cassidy Jackson 0 0-0 0, Aliyah Teague 0 0-0 0, Sydney Prater 2 2-5 7, Ashlin Smith 1 0-2 3, Rebecca Smart 3 0-1 6, Kiara Jackson 0 0-0 0. Totals 26 2-8 63.
Westbrook 4 7 9 5 — 25
Piedmont 15 23 17 8 — 63
3-point goals: Westbrook 2 (Ingle, Saunders); Piedmont 9 (Smith, Prater, Brazier 7). Total fouls: Westbrook 7, Piedmont 5.
Takeidra Borden (4) fires up a jumper in the first half Tuesday night. Borden was Saks’ leading scorer with 15 points.
On the cover: Weaver’s Rayne Beck (10) tries to work the ball through Saks’ defense. To see more B.J. Franklin photos from the Saks-Weaver game, visit www.bjfranklin.smugmug.com
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