A real crowdpleaser
- Updated: November 30, 2021
Boys roundup: Weaver rallies in fourth quarter to turn back JCA; Faith Christian comes back to beat Winterboro and more
MONDAY’S BOYS GAMES
Anniston 71, Munford 33
Faith Christian 59, Winterboro 46
Ragland 60, Ohatchee 27
Spring Garden 63, Cleburne County 29
Weaver 87, Jacksonville Christian 81
By Al Muskewitz
East Alabama Sports Today
WEAVER – Kohl Perry slid into the left corner down by the end of the Weaver bench, took a pass from Tristan Brown, who missed him the first time through, and buried a 3-pointer that hit nothing but net and brought the crowd to its feet.
That sound that came from across the floor let the junior guard know he had done something special.
Perry came up big from behind the arc and on the free throw line in the fourth quarter Monday night to help Weaver snap a two-game losing streak with an entertaining 87-81 win over Jacksonville Christian.
The left-hander’s fourth 3-pointer of the game snapped a 74-all tie with 3:47 to play and gave the Bearcats the lead for good. Then he helped put the game away with the first two of their three successful one-and-ones in the final 20 seconds.
But it couldn’t have happened without that 3 from the corner.
“The crowd kind of got into it,” Perry said. “That’s one of the moments you love. When the crowd gets like that, I guess we all have egos, you always love when the crowd gets into it.”
Weaver was coming off a tough overtime loss to Munford Friday and appeared to be headed on the same path Monday. The Bearcats trailed JCA by 10 with 1:30 to go in the third quarter after a 14-0 Thunder run and by eight early in the fourth quarter.
The big push started with a pair of buckets by Dawson Brooks and a putback by Jeffrey Miles off a missed free throw to get the Bearcats within a bucket.
A free throw by Brodie Clay made it 74-71. A 3-pointer by Brown tied the game with 4:06 to go, and then Kohl nailed his biggest 3 on the Bearcats’ next trip down.
“This is big for these boys’ confidence,” Weaver coach Beau Winn said. “Just to win a close one like that after the overtime loss to Munford, that was big. The boys just keep fighting. There ain’t no quit in them.”
“We just don’t panic,” Perry said. “That is our thing. We don’t give up. No matter how many times we mess up, we’re not going to give up.”
And when the Bearcats got going, the Thunder just didn’t have enough in the tank to keep up.
“The difference was we didn’t match their intensity,” JCA coach Tommy Miller said. “We are not yet a mentally tough team. I hope we’ll get there because we’re better already than we were a month ago, But we’ve got a long ways to go.”
Perry finished with 23 points and 10 assists, Brown had 18 points, Brooks 17 and Miles 16. Brown and Perry both hit four 3s. It took that kind of balanced effort to get past the Thunder, who had won two in a row.
JCA’s Ethan Fair led all scorers with 40 points, hitting eight 3-pointers for the second time in three games. He was 12-23 from the field, 8-of-16 from behind the arc. Tyler Doggrell had 18 points and seven assists. Together, they produced the 14-0 run that gave the Thunder its 64-54 lead in the third quarter.
“(Fair) just gave us fits,” Winn said. “We threw a lot of people at him; he was just hitting everything tonight.”
Weaver 87, Jacksonville Christian 81
JCA (2-2) –Emmanuel Kidd 1-3 0-0 3, Ethan Fair 12-23 8-13 40, Tyler Doggrell 8-18 1-1 18, Braxton Brown 0 0-0 0, Jordan Garner 1-3 0-0 2, Cameron Moses 3-9 2-4 10, Brodie Clay 2-8 4-8 8. Totals 27-64 15-27 81.
WEAVER (2-2) –Tristan Brown 6 2-2 18, Jeffrey Miles 8 0-1 16, Kohl Perry 6 7-7 23, Elijah Smith 0 0-0 0, Dawson Brooks 8 0-4 17, Buck McGregor 2 0-0 6, Zack Garner 1 1-1 3, Armane Burton 2 0-0 4, Brayden Character 0 0-0 0. Totals 33-58 10-15 87.
JCA 20 23 25 13 – 81
Weaver 18 22 21 26 – 87
3-point goals: JCA 12-28 (Kidd 1-2, Fair 8-16, Doggrell 1-2, Moses 2-6, Clay 0-1. Garner 0-1); Weaver 11 (Brown 4, Perry 4, Brooks, McGregor 2). Rebounds: JCA 33 (Fair 7, Moses 9). Total fouls: JCA 14, Weaver 17.
Faith Christian 59, Winterboro 46
ALPINE – Colton Pahman’s 3-pointer with 3:15 to play – his only bucket of the game – broke a tie game and Faith Christian never looked back.
The Lions scored only four points in the first quarter, but rallied to get within one by halftime, then came to life in the second half.
Ethan Richerzhagen scored 14 of his team-high 20 points in the second half. Thomas Curlee had nine of his 16 in the half, including 5-of-5 from the free throw line. And Jacques Prater had six of his 11 in the half.
Curlee also had 11 rebounds and three steals. Richerzhagen had nine rebounds and three steals
The Lions were 21 of 32 from the free throw line in the game, 11 of 16 in the second half.
Faith Christian 59, Winterboro 46
FAITH CHRISTIAN (3-4) –Ethan Richerzhagen 6-14 7-12 20, Thomas Curlee 5-15 6-8 16, Jacques Prater 2-9 5-8 11, Yoshua Arevalo 2-10 2-3 6, Colton Pahman 1-6 0-0 3, Demonde Bell 1-1 1-1 3, Brody Dodson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 17-55 21-32 59.
WINTERBORO (0-1) – Chance Dandridge 4 7-9 15. Jadion Swain 0 1-2 1, Brandon Hunter 3 0-1 6, Clegg 1 0-0 2, Merritt 2 1-2 6, Troy McKinney 0 0-2 0, Dawson Moseley 3 1-2 7, Headen 2 2-4 6, James 1 0-0 3. Totals 16-56 12-22 46.
Faith Christian 4 17 15 23 – 59
Winterboro 13 9 11 13 – 46
3-point goals: Faith 4-20 (Richerzhagen 1-3, Curlee 0-3, Prater 2-6, Arevalo 0-3, Pahman 1-5); Winterboro 2-13 (King, Merritt). Technical fouls: Richerzhagen, Headen. Fouled out: Arevalo, James, Clegg, McKinney. Total fouls: Faith 18, Winterboro 28.
Spring Garden 62, Cleburne County 39
SPRING GARDEN – Jacob Welsh scored all 12 of his points in the second half while Spring Garden held Cleburne County to 10 points to pull away from a game that was close at halftime. The win was Spring Garden coach Ricky Austin’s 198th in boys basketball.
Spring Garden 62, Cleburne County 39
CLEBURNE COUNTY –Brody Higgins 0 0-0 0, Grant Harcrow 0 0-2 0, Jackson Miller 0 0-0 0, Jaylon Groce 4 0-0 11, Ron Ervin 0 0-0 0, Rico Hughley 0 0-0 0, Dee Prothro 5 0-0 10, Daylean Brown 3 3-3 10, Kyler McGrinn 2 0-0 4, Greg Freeman 2 0-0 4. Totals 16 3-5 39.
SPRING GARDEN –John Welsh 1 5 0-0 11, Cooper Austin 2 4 5-6 14, Andrew Floyd 3 2 1-2 6, Chapel Pope 12 2 0-0 6, Chez Pope 24 1 0-0 2, Cam Welsh 32 5 1-2 11, Jacob Welsh 6 0-0 12. Totals 25 7-10 62.
Cleburne County 9 20 4 6 – 39
Spring Garden 15 17 16 14 – 62
3-point goals: Cleburne County 4 (Groce 3, Brown); Spring Garden 5 (Jo. Welsh, Austin, Floyd, Cp. Pope 2). Total fouls: Cleburne County 15, Spring Garden 8.
Ragland 60, Ohatchee 27
RAGLAND – The Purple Devils hit five 3-pointers in the first quarter to open a 23-5 lead that stretched to 39-7 at halftime. They held Ohatchee to 17 percent shooting from the floor. Jordan Turner led Ragland with 15 points and four others had at least eight. Kelbe Crook led Ohatchee with 11 points, eight rebounds and four steals.
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