Monday basketball
- Updated: December 7, 2020
Munford boys pull away in fourth quarter, Handley’s girls edge Cleburne County in OT and more
Monday’s boys games
Handley 68, Cleburne County 34
Munford 65, Ohatchee 35
Monday’s girls games
Handley 80, Cleburne County 77 (OT)
Hokes Bluff 63, Coosa Christian 29
By East Alabama Sports Today
MUNFORD – For three quarters Ohatchee and Munford were locked in a tight game Monday night, but everything changed in the fourth.
Ohatchee went cold from the field and line and Munford went on a 28-2 tear to pull away for a 65-35 victory.
Connor Morgan had a big game for Munford, hitting six 3-pointers and scoring 25 points. He hit four 3s in the second half. Rashard Russell (15) and Jay Tuck (12) also scored in double figures for the Lions.
“We played with much better effort and intensity in the fourth, and the last couple minutes of the third,” Munford coach Michael Easley said.
Trey Pesnell led Ohatchee with 23 points. He scored the Indians’ only points of the fourth quarter.
Munford 65, Ohatchee 35
OHATCHEE – Noah Fuller 0 0-2 0, Jakob Buckelew 0 4-4 4, Trey Pesnell 8 5-9 23, Justin Powell 1 1-2 3, Konnor Baswell 1 1-4 3, Brock England 0 0-2 0, Aiden Simpson 1 0-0 2, Dalton Maye 0 0-0 0. Totals 11 11-23 35.
MUNFORD – Jaquan Anderson 3 1-2 7, Dwight Moore 1 1-4 3, Rashard Russell 6 3-4 15, Jay Tuck 5 0-0 12, Ron Ervin 1 0-0 3, Connor Morgan 9 1-2 25, Demetrius Norwood 0 0-0 0, Alex Petty 0 0-0 0, Tanner Smith 0 0-0 0, Kyler Gibson 0 0-0 0. Totals 25 6-12 65.
Ohatchee 15 10 8 2 – 35
Munford 17 9 11 28 – 65
3-point goals: Ohatchee 2 (Pesnell 2); Munford 9 (Tuck 2, Ervin, Morgan 6). Fouled out: England. Total fouls: Ohatchee 14, Munford 16. Officials: Strong, Murphy, Jackson.
Handley 68, Cleburne County 34
HEFLIN – Graham Martin scored all 14 of his points in the first half and Josh Smith had nine of his 11 in the first two quarters to help Handley open a big halftime lead. Rico Jordan led Cleburne County with 11 points, going 7-of-9 from the free throw line, and Kyle Downey hit both of the Tigers’ 3-pointers on the way to 10 points.
Handley 68, Cleburne County 34
HANDLEY (3-2) – Ian Mosley 1 3-5 5, Christian Jones 1 0-0 2, Graham Martin 5 2-2 14, Daquavious Lawrence 3 0-1 7, Jalen Herren 2 0-0 4, Jaquavius Robinson 2 2-2 6, Maurice Cameron 1 3-4 5, Josh Smith 4 2-2 11, Dekerion Nunn 1 0-0 2, Dylan Brooks 3 0-0 6, Tydrick Treadway 3 0-0 6. Totals 26 12-16 68.
CLEBURNE COUNTY – Rico Jordan 2 7-9 11, Ben Casey 2 1-1 5, Brody Higgins 1 0-0 2, Kyle Downey 3 2-3 10, Manney Rollins 0 0-0 0, Grant Harcrow 0 0-1 0, Trey Brown 1 2-2 4, Dee Prothro 1 0-1 2. Totals 10 12-17 34.
Handley 20 20 14 14 – 68
Cleburne County 10 8 7 9 – 34
3-point goals: Handley 4 (Martin 2, Lawrence, Smith); Cleburne County 2 (Downey 2). Total fouls: Handley 16, Cleburne County 15.
Girls games
Handley edges Heflin in OT
HEFLIN – Cleburne County coach Todd Gable told his team before sending it onto the floor its area opener against Handley the game would come down to three things – turnovers, rebounds and free throws.
All three played a factor as Handley rallied from a big early deficit, tied the game at the end of regulation and edged the homestanding Lady Tigers in overtime 80-77.
Cleburne County struggled boxing out in the game and it played a factor in the way Gable played it at the end of regulation. It had three players foul out in the final two minutes of regulation and overtime and Handley went 23-of-35 at the line (with Grace Rittenhouse going 14-for-14) while Cleburne County was 20-of-28. And it made a couple costly mistakes down the stretch.
Gable’s team jumped out to a 19-6 lead in the first quarter behind 11 points from Haley Price, but Handley rallied behind Teanna Watts and Grace Rittenhouse and were back in the game by halftime.
“I was proud of the way we jumped on them,” Gable said. “Having seen some of their other games I knew that barrage was coming. I kept telling the girlls it was like a fight. We hit them early and they came back and hit us.”
Cleburne County was still leading when Handley called time out with 10 seconds left. Gable stressed not wanting to give up a game-tying 3 to Rittenhouse and even thought of fouling to keep Handley from even getting the shot, but knowing his team’s trouble boxing out in the game scuttled that idea. Ariana Kyles corralled a loose ball inside the arc, stepped back and hit the tying shot.
Handley’s top scorers – Rittenhouse (32), Takeriauna Mosley (16) and Kyles (14) – combined for 11 of their team’s 12 points in overtime. Brooklyn McDaniel scored all nine of Cleburne County’s overtime points.
McDaniel finished with 29 points, 11 rebounds and three steals. Price had 22 and freshman Faith Brown had 20, but fouled out in the fourth quarter.
“We let one slip away right here,” Gamble said. “But I told them I think the way y’all performed, we got on their radar because I didn’t think we were. It proved we could play with teams like that.”
Handley 80, Cleburne County 77
HANDLEY – Ariana Kyles 6 1-2 14, Jamiya Heard 0 3-4 3, Tiana Nolan 1 0-2 4, Teanna Watts 2 3-4 7, Grace Rittenhouse 9 14-14 32, Takeriauna Mosley 7 0-2 16, Emelia Askew 0 0-3 0, Jayla Trammell 0 1-2 1, Shaniah Allen 2 1-2 5. Totals 27 23-35 80.
CLEBURNE COUNTY – Faith Brown 7 6-6 20, Jacy Littleton 0 0-0 0, Haley Price 7 6-11 22, Micah Pentecost 1 0-0 2, Brooklyn McDaniel 9 8-11 29, Haven Freeman 2 0-0 4, Libby Altman 0 0-0 0. Totals 26 20-28 77.
Handley 6 19 18 25 12 – 80
Cleburne County 19 9 18 22 9 – 77
3-point goals: Handley 3 (Kyles, Mosley 2); Cleburne County 5 (Price 2, McDaniel 3). Fouled out: Askew, Brown, Freeman, Pentecost. Total fouls: Handley 18, Cleburne County 24.
Hokes Bluff 63, Coosa Christian 29
HOKES BLUFF – The Lady Eagles finally had all their players back and they put together a complete game.
Kileigh Blackwell scored nine of her points in the second quarter and all 12 of her points in the first half as the Lady Eagles opened a 32-16 halftime lead. Bella Millirons led Coosa Christian with 18 points.
Hokes Bluff 63, Coosa Christian 29
COOSA CHRISTIAN – Bella Millirons 6 5-11 18, Chloe Davidson 1 4-6 7, Caitlin Cates 0 0-0 0, Erin Snow 0 0-2 0, Cayden Jones 0 0-0 0, Emma Justus 0 0-0 0, Kailah East 0 0-0 0, Gemma Littlejohn 2 0-0 4. Totals 9 9-19 29.
HOKES BLUFF – Charly Robinson 1 0-0 3, Mady Wolfe 2 2-3 7, Maddie Smith 4 1-2 10, Reece Hawks 1 1-2 3, Halle Davenports 2 1-4 7, Ava Dodd 0 0-0 0, Bailee Latronico 3 2-2 8, Haley Kate Wellingham 2 1-2 5, Kileigh Blackwell 4 3-5 12, Raleigh Colvard 0 0-0 0, Chloe Rule 4 0-0 8. Totals 23 11-20 63.
Coosa Christian 7 9 9 4 – 29
Hokes Bluff 12 20 11 20 – 63
3-point goals: Coosa 2 (Millirons, Davidson); Hokes Bluff 6 (Robinson, Wolfe, Smith, Davenport 2, K. Blackwell). Total fouls: Coosa 17, Hokes Bluff 19. Officials: Phillips, Zawaki, Elsworth.
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