At the buzzer
- Updated: December 22, 2020
Odam’s layup with one second left lifts Piedmont over Moody in Gaston Christmas Classic; Oxford wins its area opener
Tuesday’s boys scores
Regular season
Lincoln 80, Munford 44
Oxford 63, Southside 37
Cherokee County Christmas Invitational
At Gaylesville H.S.
Cherokee County 63, Collinsville 54
Chattooga 81, Cedar Bluff 25
Sand Rock vs. Spring Garden
Gaston Christmas Classic
Piedmont 64, Moody 63
Southeastern 78, Gaston 74 (OT)
Springville 55, Scottsboro 50
Boaz 80, Ashville 45
By East Alabama Sports Today
GASTON – In one of the great mysteries of the season, the Piedmont basketball team hits a rough patch during its Christmas holiday schedule, but Tuesday the Bulldogs changed their fortunes in a most dramatic way.
Alex Odam hit a runner with less than one second remaining to give the Bulldogs a 64-63 win over Moody in the consolation bracket of the Gaston Christmas Classic. Odam scored 12 of his game-high 25 points in the fourth quarter. He also dished eight assists.
Odam hit a 3 to put the Bulldogs up 62-60, but Moody came back and converted a three-point play to go back up one with 10 seconds left. Omarion Foster got it in to Odam who drove the floor and put up his shot with three-tenths of a second to go.
“There was no play called,” Piedmont coach JoJo Odam said. “It was just him making a play at the end.”
Foster had nine points and nine rebounds. Luke Bussey had 10 points and nine rebounds. Jakari Foster had 11 points.
“We battled better, we played harder (than Monday’s loss to Springville),” Odam said. “We tried to tell them yesterday if we play harder good things happen. We made a lot of mental mistakes, but we were able to overcome it.”
Gaston Christmas Classic
Piedmont 64, Moody 63
PIEDMONT (4-3) – Alex Odam 10 3-4 25, Omarion Foster 4 0-2 9, Luke Bussey 4 0-2 10, Gavin Lawler 0 0-0 0, Jadon Calhoun 0 0-0 0, Jack Hayes 3 0-2 7, Coleman Reid 0 0-0 0, Cassius Fairs 0 0-0 0, Jakari Foster 5 0-1 11, Sean Smith 1 0-0 2. Totals 27 3-11 64.
MOODY – Landen Echols 1 0-0 2, Andrew Adams 4 0-0 10, Davion Dozier 0 1-2 1, Peyton Ingram 6 1-1 15, Ceione Reaves 8 5-9 23, Mason Trimm 2 3-4 8, Carson Dellashaw 1 0-0 2, Ethan Hopper 1 0-0 2. Totals 23 10-16 63.
Piedmont 14 17 15 18 – 64
Moody 17 15 9 22 – 63
3-point goals: Piedmont 7 (Odam 2, O. Foster, Bussey 2, Hayes, J. Foster); Moody 7 (Adams 2, Ingram 2, Reaves 2, Trimm). Total fouls: Piedmont 15, Moody 16. Officials: Avery, Morris, McKinney.
Regular season
Oxford 63, Southside 37
SOUTHSIDE – Rylan Houck scored 28 points and the bench contributed 17 points as the Yellow Jackets won their area opener.
“This was a great team win,” Oxford coach Joel VanMeter said. “The bench was great.”
It was the Jackets’ third straight win since coming back from contact tracing quarantine.
Oxford 63, Southside 37
OXFORD (11-2) – Avelon Bush 2 0-0 5, Cordell Chatman 2 1-2 6, Rylan Houck 11 5-5 28, Peyton Watts 2 0-0 6, Mike McGraw 1 0-0 2, Roc Taylor 1 0-0 2, Bakari Dailey 1 0-1 2, Justin Moore 3 2-2 8, Josh Johnson 1 0-0 2, Josh Patton 0 0-0 0, Jarek Burroughs 0 0-0 0, Zurrell Garrett 1 0-0 2, Aaron McFarland 0 0-0 0. Totals 25 8-10 63.
SOUTHSIDE – Michael Rich 2 6-6 10, Owen Westcott 1 0-1 3, Hunter Sitz 0 0-1 0, Taylor Carr 5 3-4 14, Spencer Sharpe 0 0-0 0, Conner Bearden 2 0-0 5, Isaac Barnard 1 0-0 2, William Shirley 1 1-2 3. Totals 12 10-14 37.
Oxford 18 15 16 14 – 63
Southside 7 14 6 10 – 37
3-point goals: Oxford 5 (Bush, Chatman, Houck, Watts 2); Southside 3 (Westcott, Carr, Bearden). Total fouls: Oxford 18, Southside 14. Officials: Battles, Smith, Graves.
Lincoln 80, Munford 44
LINCOLN – The Bears “got the band back together” after being sidelines and didn’t miss a beat. Brian Garrett scored 23 points, Jai Turner had 15 and Camare Hampton had 10 to lead the victory.
Garrett scored 15 points in the first half as the Bears opened a 38-28 halftime lead. Garrett, Hampton and Tanner spread it around in the third quarter as they stretched the lead to 27.
Lincoln 80, Munford 44
MUNFORD – Jaquan Anderson 4 2-4 10, Rashard Russell 5 3-5 13, Jay Tuck 2 1-4 5, Ron Ervin 0 0-1 0, Connor Morgan 2 0-1 5, Demetrius Norwood 2 0-0 4, Kyler Gibson 0 0-0 0, Dwight Moore 3 1-1 7, Daniel Beckman 0 0-0 0. Totals 18 7-16 44.
LINCOLN – Brian Garrett 10 2-3 23, Korry Davis 3 0-0 6, Chris Curry 1 0-0 2, Camare Hampton 5 0-0 10, Siete Garrett 0 1-2 1, Jai Tanner 7 0-0 15, J.R. Proctor 3 0-0 7, J.D. Davis 3 0-0 6, Tripp Ward 0 0-0 0, Tre Hines 2 2-2 6, Jayden Woods 2 0-2 4. Totals 36 5-9 80.
Munford 9 19 6 10 – 44
Lincoln 15 23 23 19 – 80
3-point goals: Munford 1 (Morgan); Lincoln 3 (B. Garrett, Tanner, Proctor). Total fouls: Munford 13, Lincoln 17. Officials: Evans, Gamble, Wall.
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