Buzzer beater
- Updated: December 11, 2017
Girls roundup: Parris’ 3-pointer from beyond mid-court propels Pleasant Valley; Piedmont sharp at foul line; Anniston, Jacksonville win; Oxford falls
Piedmont’s Kaitlin Ridley (20) drives to the basket against Saks. Chances are she got fouled on the play; she was 16 of 23 from the line for the game. On the cover, Sydney Prater (32) draws contact driving to the basket. (Photo by B.J. Franklin/GungHo Photos)
MONDAY’S RESULTS
Anniston 66, Spring Garden 60
Jacksonville 47, Ohatchee 27
Piedmont 70, Saks 43
Pell City 47, Oxford 41
Pleasant Valley 50, Wellborn 47
By East Alabama Sports Today
JACKSONVILLE – When Mac Parris let the shot go she didn’t think it had enough to get there, but judging from the reaction of the crowd she had plenty.
Parris hit a shot at the buzzer from just behind the far side of the center circle and gave Pleasant Valley a 50-47 victory over Wellborn Monday night.
It was the longest shot Parris can remember hitting in a game and the first time she ever hit a game-winner at the buzzer.
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“Honestly I thought I air-balled it,” Parris said. “When it went in everybody jumped out of their seats. I started walking off looking for overtime, but when I saw I made it I started jumping up and down.”
PV led by four with two minutes left, but Wellborn rallied to tie it at 47 with less than five seconds to play on two more Vanessa Carter baskets. The Lady Raiders rolled the ball into Parris for a final shot and without much time to think about it she picked it up and let it fly.
Parris hit three 3-pointers in the game and finished with nine points. Emma Hood led the Lady Raiders with 25 points. Carter led all scorers with 28 points.
Piedmont 70, Saks 43: All that extra work the Lady Bulldogs have been putting in on their free throw shooting paid off. They went 36 for 53 from the line, making more free throws against the Lady Wildcats than they had in their first four games combined (35-of-71).
“We have been focusing on that at practice,” Piedmont coach Terrace Ridley said. “We do like eight-minute conditioning drills and after those eight minutes we go to the free throw line. We play it like it’s a fourth-quarter ballgame.
“I told these girls in the long run free throws are going to win ball games for us. We’ve got to be better free throw shooters than we’ve been in the past.”
Kaitlin Ridley went 16-of-23, singularly making more in this game than the Lady Bulldogs had made in any previous game this year as a team. Kayley Kirk and Sydney Prater were a combined 16-of-21.
Before the Lady Bulldogs began their march to the free throw line they fell behind 7-0. But then they scored the next 20 points in a run that carried into the second quarter to take control of the game. They hit 10 free throws in that run and later scored nine straight points from the line.
“I think it was the fact some of them hadn’t picked up a ball since Thursday with the weather being bad,” Ridley said. “But I knew once we got into that rhythm and they realized we’ve been playing good basketball and we’ve got to settle down and get back to that they did. Kaitlin finally said this is not us let’s get back in the game.”
Ridley led all scorers with 22 points. Prater had 20 and Kirk finished with 17.
Anniston 66, Spring Garden 60: The Lady Bulldogs hit 14 of 16 free throws in the fourth quarter to hold off Spring Garden. Amoriya Dudley was 7 for 8 from the line in the fourth quarter and finished with 10 points. Toniah Foster led Anniston with 18 points. Spring Garden’s Tyonna Rogers led all scorers with 19 points.
Jacksonville 47, Ohatchee 27: Kayla Broom and Kyra Williams combined for 25 points in three quarters to offset a a big night by Ohatchee’s Tori Vice. Vice led all scorers with 20 points.
MONDAY’S GIRLS BOX SCORES
Piedmont 70, Saks 43
PIEDMONT (3-2) – Kayley Kirk 4 7-9 17, Kaitlyn Ridley 3 16-23 22, Pinky Nation 2 3-8 8, Camron Logan 0 0-0 0, Cassidy Jackson 1 0-0 2, Aliyah Teague 0 0-0 0, Sydney Prater 5 9-12 20, Kiara Jackson 0 1-2 1. Totals 15 36-54 70.
SAKS (1-5) – Amya Carlisle 2 1-1 5, Takeidra Borden 3 3-5 10, Teana Edwards 2 1-3 5, Deja Almon 0 0-0 0, Stefanie Christopher 0 2-4 2, Miracle Dennard 5 3-4 15, DeAvian Stewart 1 1-4 4, Miracle Bass 0 0-0 0, Destini Elston 1 0-0 2. Totals 14 11-21 43.
Piedmont 16 20 20 14 — 70
Saks 7 17 12 7 — 43
3-point goals: Piedmont 4 (Kirk 2, Nation, Prater); Saks 4 (Borden, Dennard 2, Stewart). Technical fouls: Saks (admin). Fouled out: Carlisle, Edwards, Bass. Total fouls: Piedmont 18, Saks 34. Officials: Stringer, Lemon, Askew.
Pleasant Valley 50, Wellborn 47
WELLBORN – Taliyah Kirby 0 0-0 0, Vanessa Carter 14 0-2 28, Anaya Lowe 1 1-4 3, Itiania Weatherly 4 0-2 8, McKenzie Raines 0 0-0 0, Katessa Carter 1 0-2 2, Ckoie Adkison 0 0-0 0, Kristyne Haisch 0 0-0 0, Markeisha Jones 3 0-0 6. Totals 23 1-8 47.
PLEASANT VALLEY – Lindsey Pritchett 0 0-0 0, Mac Parris 3 0-0 9, Rylee Haynes 0 0-0 0, Alyssa Cash 2 0-0 4, Chandler Dorsett 1 0-0 2, Emma Hood 9 7-10 25, Karmyn Sparks 3 0-0 6, Brooke Perry 2 0-0 4. Totals 20 7-10 50.
Wellborn 10 12 12 13 — 47
Pleasant Valley 14 10 17 9 — 50
3-point goals: PV 3 (Parris 3). Total fouls: Wellborn 9, PV 12. Officials: Hollingsworth, Evans, Battles.
Jacksonville 47, Ohatchee 27
OHATCHEE – Tori Vice 8-16 0-2 20, Kourtney Shuler 1-3 2-2 4, Gracyn Snow 1-1 1-2 3, Marli Hanks 0-0 0-1 0, Rachel Dunaway 0-0 0-2 0, Jazmine Adams 0-2 0-0 0, Gracie George 0-0 0-0 0, Reagan Snow 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 10-23 3-9 27 27.
JACKSONVILLE – Kayla Broom 5-8 2-4 13, Kyra Williams 5-12 2-2 12, Essence Hutchinson 4-6 0-0 9, Aniya Jefferson 4-6 0-0 8, Patience Carr 0-1 2-4 2, TiAsia Williams 1-3 0-0 2, Elizabeth Poe 0-2 1-2 1, Brenna Stone 0-1 0-0 0, Malijah Goggins 0-1 0-1 0, Amia Montgomery 0-1 0-0 0, Lydia Crow 0-0 0-0 0, Destoni Edwards 0-0 0-0 0, Idea Gray 0-0 0-0 0, Maddie Hall 0-0 0-0 0, Sarah Quinn 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 19-41 7-13 47.
Ohatchee 8 7 3 11 — 27
Jacksonville 11 22 14 0 — 47
3-point goals: Ohatchee 4-10 (Vice 4-9, Adams 0-1); Jacksonville 2-6 (Broom 1-3, K. Williams 0-2, Hutchinson 1-1). Rebounds: Ohatchee 19 (Hanks 4); Jacksonville 28 (Poe 6, Jefferson 5). Total fouls: Ohatchee 11, Jacksonville 16. Officials: Oden, Evans, Douthitt.
Anniston 66, Spring Garden 60
SPRING GARDEN – Katie Williams 0 0-0 0, Macy Reedy 4 0-0 12, Kerstin Bryant 2 1-2 6, Kristin Tierce 0 0-0 0, Payton McGinnis 4 3-3 13, Tyonna Rogers 7 5-5 19, Chloe Jarrett 2 1-2 5, Madison Jennings 1 2-2 5. Totals 20 12-14 60.
ANNISTON – Allasha Dudley 3 5-6 12, Anna Garrett 2 0-0 4, Ladajah Williams 0 0-0 0, Amoriya Dudley 1 8-12 10, Jordyn Johnson 0 2-3 2, Montiega Clemons 2 2-4 6, Tekyia Jackson 5 4-6 14, Toniah Foster 9 0-0 18. Totals 22 21-31 66.
Spring Garden 9 10 18 23 — 60
Anniston 11 14 19 22 — 66
3-point goals: Spring Garden 8 (Reedy 4, Bryant, McGinnis 2, Jennings); Anniston 1 (Al. Dudley). Fouled out: Jennings, Rogers, Clemons. Total fouls: Spring Garden 23, Anniston 14.
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