Brazier’s bucket buoys Bulldogs
- Updated: February 7, 2017
Boys roundup: Senior’s layup as time expires lifts Piedmont over Pleasant Valley and into area title game, subregion tournament
By East Alabama Sports Today
GLENCOE – Austin Brazier made a layup from the right side of the lane as time was expiring to give Piedmont a 42-41 victory over Pleasant Valley and help the Bulldogs avoid perhaps the biggest upset of the early rounds of area tournament play.
The Raiders had won only one game all season – and that came last week – but they gave the Bulldogs (14-14) all they could handle.
Piedmont put its game-winning play in motion after Lee Stanley’s steal with 24 seconds left. The Bulldogs worked the ball around and A.J. Fairs missed a 3-pointer from the top of the key, but he corralled the deep rebound and got it to Brazier who was momentarily alone on the right side.
PV’s Josh Faucett came over to defend, but Brazier got him up in the air and laid it in off the glass before the horn sounded.
Brazier finished with 14 points, five in the fourth quarter. Easton Kirk had 10 and Taylor Hayes had eight. Faucett led PV with 18 points.
The Bulldogs will play Glencoe at 7 p.m. Friday for the Class 3A Area 10 tournament championship. They already have earned a spot in the Class 3A subregion tournament, against either Weaver or Wellborn.
Clay Central 61, Lincoln 47
LINEVILLE – Davyn Flenord scored 14 of his game-high 17 points in the second half as the 10th-ranked Volunteers (22-3) pulled away for their 16th straight victory.
The Vols will now host Talladega Thursday at 7 p.m. for the area championship.
Flenord and Joe Bullock scored seven points apiece in the third quarter as the Vols stretched their four-point halftime lead to double digits entering the fourth quarter.
Bullock finished with 15 points. Camerun Peoples threw in 12 points.
Talladega 103, Cleburne County 51
LINEVILLE – Jae-Lyn Russ had 18 points and 15 rebounds to lead the Tigers into the Class 5A Area 10 tournament championship game. Ashton Duncan also had 18 points and Fred Dickerson had 16 points and eight assists.
Chaztin Tanner highlighted a 32-point second quarter with three straight 3-pointers; he finished with 15 points.
TUESDAY BOYS BOX SCORES
Class 3A Area 10
Piedmont 42, Pleasant Valley 41
PLEASANT VALLEY – Riley Vernon 2 0-0 6, Caden Turner 1 0-0 2, Reid Hightower 5 0-1 12, Jeremiah Hardy 0 0-0 0, Josh Faucett 7 3-6 18, Nic Smith 0 0-0 0, Ethan Johnson 0 0-0 0, Drew Bonds 1 0-0 3, Jordan Lambert 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 3-8 41.
PIEDMONT (14-14) — A.J. Fairs 1 0-0 3, Cardavion Myers 0 0-0 0, Taylor Hayes 2 3-4 8, Easton Kirk 4 0-0 10, Carl Myers 2 0-0 4, Lee Stanley 0 1-2 1, Austin Brazier 5 4-5 14, Weston Kirk 0 2-4 2, T.J. Fairs 0 0-0 0, Kaedon Jenkins 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 10-15 42.
Pleasant Valley 7 10 17 7 — 41
Piedmont 15 9 5 13 — 42
3-point goals: PV 6 (Vernon 2, Hightower 2, Faucett, Bonds); Piedmont 4 (A. Fairs, Hayes, E. Kirk 2). Total fouls: PV 13, Piedmont 15. Officials: Parks, Thompson, Gamble.
Class 5A Area 10
Talladega 103, Cleburne County 51
CLEBURNE COUNTY – Brock Swafford 0 0-0 0, Stashun Henson 1 1-2 3, Isavia Brown 4 0-0 10, Avery Gentry 1 2-2 4, John Robinson 0 0-0 0, Caleb Brown 6 2-4 17, Will Morrow 0 2-2 2, Reese Morrison 1 0-0 2, A.J. Brown 2 1-2 5, Chad Brown 2 2-4 6 Parker Freeman 1 0-0 2. Totals 18 10-16 51.
TALLADEGA – Fred Dickerson 7 0-0 16, Chance Beavers 2 0-0 4, Chaztin Tanner 6 0-0 15, Tyrese Scales 3 0-0 6, Jarvius McKenzie 0 1-2 1, Ashton Duncan 8 9-0 18, Jay Patterson 1 0-0 2, Chrishawn Willaims 5 0-0 12, TraShundez Bolden 1 0-0 2, Robert Houston 0 1-2 1, Jamonta Twymon 3 0-0 8, Jae-Lyn Russ 8 4-4 10.
Cleburne County 15 8 13 15 — 51
Talladega 23 32 24 24 — 103
3-point goals: Cleburne Co. 5 (Cal. Brown 3, I. Brown 2); Talladega 11 (Dickerson 2, Tanner 3, Duncan 2, Williams 2, Twymon 2). Total fouls: Cleburne Co. 6; Talladega 13.
Clay Central 61, Lincoln 47
LINCOLN – L.J. Carmichael 6 3-6 17, Donte Rivers 4 0-2 9, Chris Prince 2 2-2 8, Cody Williams 0 0-0 0, Brikael Truss 0 0-0 0, Earl Wells 1 2-4 4, Shamar Hampton 0 0-0 0, Patrick Gaddis 3 0-0 9, Malik Weed 0 0-0 0. Totals 16 7-14 47.
CLAY CENTRAL – Davyn Flenord 7 1-2 17, Cole Burns 0 0-0 0, Ben Street 3 0-0 6, Jamal Williamson 2 0-0 4, Camerun Peoples 5 2-2 12, Shamari Simmons 1 0-0 2, Quan McKinney 1 2-6 4, LaShawn Simmons 0 1-2 1, Joe Bullock 6 2-4 15. Totals 25 8-16 61.
Lincoln 8 15 12 12 — 47
Clay Central 15 12 19 15 — 61
3-point goals: Lincoln 8 (Carmichael 2, Rivers, Prince 2, Gaddis 3); Clay Central 3 (Flenord 2, Bullock). Total fouls: Lincoln 14, Clay Central 12. Officials: Harrell, Boyd, Ingram.
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