Streak stopper
- Updated: January 18, 2020
Boys roundup: Westbrook Christian ends Sacred Heart’s long area winning streak in OT; Talladega tops Oxford in OT, Wellborn edges Weaver
Friday’s boys scores
Alexandria 67, Clay Central 46
Anniston 84, Cleburne County 41
Jacksonville 60, White Plains 48
Talladega 77, Oxford 71 (OT)
Wellborn 59, Weaver 53
Westbrook Christian 50, Sacred Heart 48 (OT)
Winterboro 57, Ragland 53
ASD at Atlanta Area SD
Ranburne at Horseshoe Bend
Sylacauga at Munford
Victory Christian at Faith Christian
Calhoun County Tournament
At Jacksonville State
Ohatchee 76, Donoho 56
Cherokee County Tournament
At Gadsden State-Centre
Spring Garden 76, Cedar Bluff 33
Sand Rock 58, Cherokee County 43
Etowah County Tournament
At Southside
Championship: Southside 59, Sardis 58
Randolph County Tournament
At Handley HS, Roanoke
Wadley 47, Woodland 29
By East Alabama Sports Today
ANNISTON – Brandon Foster’s bucket with 10 seconds left in overtime gave Westbrook Christian the lead after it rallied from 12 down in the fourth quarter to force extra time and the Warriors stunned Sacred Heart 50-48 to end the Cardinals’ area winning streak that dates back to 2013.
Sacred Heart had won 62 games in a row against Class 1A or 2A area opponents since losing to Ragland three times in 2012-13. The Cardinals won four straight state championships and played in six straight Final Fours since that last area loss.
The result drops the two teams into a tie for first place in Class 2A Area X at 5-1 and a coin flip will be held Tuesday at Sacred Heart to determine the top seed and host for the upcoming area tournament.
Former Alexandria standout Joe Tucker led the Warriors (13-9) with 19 points, including the game-tying 3-pointer with second left in regulation. Andrew Lockridge had six points, seven assists and three steals. Foster had four points.
The Warriors trailed 40-28 after three quarters, but Tucker led the comeback with eight points in the fourth quarter. Lockridge had five in the quarter.
The Cardinals had at least two chances to get the tying points after Foster’s go-ahead basket, but after missing at the free throw line with four-tenths of a second remaining, they were unable to a get shot off.
Sacred Heart’s Aaron Moore led all scorers with 24 points. He had Sacred Heart’s only points in the fourth quarter and overtime (eight total). Taishun Hall added 12 for the Cardinals.
“I didn’t want to make this game too big for our guys,” Westbrook coach Matt Cody said. “Because at the end of the day you’re playing for a coin flip to see who hosts the area tournament – that’s huge, don’t get me wrong – but this is just another basketball game for us right now. We’ve got a lot of games left. Don’t make this game too big.
“Obviously, yes, the coin flip now would be tremendously huge for us to win and host the area tournament. I don’t think Westbrook has hosted the area tournament in probably four or five years … Hats off to Sacred Heart, those guys play really, really hard. I’m looking forward to maybe playing them again, see what happens in the area tournament and go from there.”
Westbrook Christian 50, Sacred Heart 48 (OT)
WESTBROOK – Andrew Lockridge 2 2-3 6, James Martin 2 0-0 6, Brandon Foster 2 0-0 4, Joseph Gilchrist 0 4-5 4, Joe Tucker 7 3-7 19, Bryce Wood 1 2-3 4, John Phillips 2 1-3 5, Grayson Wright 1 0-2 2. Totals 17 12-23 50.
SACRED HEART – Taishun Hall 5 0-0 12, Jarek Burroughs 2 0-0 5, Jack Miller 0 1-6 1, Allen Marshall 0 0-2 0, Javen Croft 1 0-0 2, Aaron Moore 12 0-2 24, Delroy Francis 2 0-0 4. Totals 22 1-10 48.
Westbrook 14 9 5 16 6 – 50
Sacred Heart 15 10 15 4 4 – 48
3-point goals: Westbrook 4 (Martin 2, Tucker 2); Sacred Heart 3 (Hall 2, Burroughs). Technical fouls: Marshall. Fouled out: Burroughs. Total fouls: Westbrook 13, Sacred Heart 19. Officials: Roberts, Askew, Oden.
Talladega 77, Oxford 71 (OT)
TALLADEGA – Nigel Scales caught a full-court pass from D’Corian Wilson to tie the game with 10 seconds left in regulation, then Talladega outscored the Yellow Jackets 11-5 in overtime to win.
Wilson led the Tigers with 20 points, eight rebounds and eight assists. Arron Green had 17, Kobe Simmons 14 and Rontavious Barclay 10. Green and Scales each scored four in extra time.
Mont McClendon led Oxford with 16 points, going 7-for-10 from the free throw line in the fourth quarter and overtime. Zondrick Garrett had 12 points and now has 1,189 points for his Oxford career. Rock Taylor (11) and Kobe Warren (10) also scored in double figures for the Jackets.
Talladega 77, Oxford 71 (OT)
OXFORD – Cordell Chatman 0 1-2 1, Zondrick Garrett 6 0-2 12, Rylan Houck 3 0-0 6, Mont McClendon 3 7-10 16, Kobe Warren 1 7-13 10, Roc Taylor 4 3-6 11, Justin Moore 6 3-4 15, Milas Jcakson 0 0-0 0. Totals 23 21-37 71.
TALLADEGA – Nigel Scales 1 4-0-7, Jay Spratling 2 0-0 4, Arron Green 8 1-2 17, Michael McGregory 1 0-1 2, Rontavious Barclay 4 2-4 10, D’Corian Wilson 7 4-9 20; Raderius Montgomery 1 0-0 2, Kobe Simmons 7 0-0 14, Keontae Funderburg 1 0-0 2. Totals 32 11-23 77.
Oxford 14 17 19 16 5 – 71
Talladega 16 16 21 13 11 – 77
3-point goals: Oxford 4 (McClendon 3, Warren); Talladega 2 (D. Wilson 2).
Technical fouls: Barclay, Thomas. Fouled out: Barclay.Total fouls: Oxford 19, Talladega 27. Officials: Robinson, Warner, Baker.
Wellborn 59, Weaver 53
WEAVER – K.V. Wesley scored 23 points, including seven in the fourth quarter, as Wellborn rallied from four down with a 19-point fourth quarter to beat the Bearcats. Rob Broom (11) and Chris Lloyd (9) had five points each in the quarter for the Panthers.
Wellborn also was 9-for-9 at the foul line, including 5-for-5 in the fourth quarter.
“We’ve been getting more competitive every game,” Wellborn coach Jordy Houston said. “We finally finished one.”
Freshmen Armane Burton and Tristian Brown led Weaver with 19 and 13 points, respective. Burton and Brown have averaged 15.0 and 13.3 in three games this week.
Wellborn 59, Weaver 53
WELLBORN – KV Wesley 8 7-7 23, Chris Lloyd 3 2-2 9, Rob Broom 4 0-0 11, Ethan Tidwell 3 0-0 6, Kameron Johnson 4 0-0 8, Tae Traylor 0 0-0 0. Totals 22 9-9 59.
WEAVER – Brendyn Knight 1 2-6 4, Kohl Perrry 1 0-2 2, Buck McGregor 0 0-0 0, Jackson Williams 1 0-0 2, Kyle Knight 4 1-1 9, Armane Burton 7 3-3 19, Tristian Brown 6 0-0 13, Joey Bolan 1 2-2 4. Totals 21 8-4 53.
Wellborn 10 15 15 19 – 59
Weaver 10 12 22 9 – 53
3-point goals: Wellborn 4 (Lloyd, Brown 3); Weaver 3 (Burton 2, Brown). Total fouls: Wellborn 15, Weaver 14. Officials: Brown, Wethington, McKinney.
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