Getting payback
- Updated: December 1, 2021
Girls roundup: Oxford turns away Spring Garden, avenges last week’s loss on Champions title game; Alexandria comes alive in second half to turn aside Jacksonville and more
TUESDAY’S GIRLS GAMES
Alexandria 48, Jacksonville 31
Cherokee County 45, White Plains 42
Faith Christian 56, Coosa Christian 28
Glencoe 63, Pleasant Valley 48
Oxford 64, Spring Garden 58
By East Alabama Sports Today
OXFORD – The last time Oxford and Spring Garden saw each other on the basketball floor it was in the Champions Girls Thanksgiving Classic title game and Spring Garden rallied from an early deficit to win crown.
Oxford coach Melissa Bennett was real interested to see how her team would react in the rematch Tuesday night and this time the Lady Jackets flipped the script.
Lean Taylor scored 23 points, 15 in the second half, and Justice Woods (12) and Xai Whitfield (11) also scored in double figures as the Lady Jackets rallied from a five-point halftime deficit to win 64-58.
“We finished more around the basket and shot well from the free throw line late,” Bennett said. “Leah was money to close it out.”
Taylor was 7-for-8 from the free throw line the fourth quarter.
Spring Garden hit seven of its 10 3-pointers in the first half to open a 34-29 lead, but Oxford held the Lady Panthers to only two field goals in the third quarter and six baskets in the second half.
Oxford 64, Spring Garden 58
SPRING GARDEN – Ace Austin 5 3-4 15, Abbie Woods 0 1-4 1, Bri Boles 1 0-0 3, Kayley Kirk 5 2-4 15, Sarah Kate McKay 0 0-0 0, Libby Brown 2 0-0 5, Neely Welsh 5 4-8 16, Abbey Steward 1 0-0 3. Totals 19 10-20 58.
OXFORD – Justice Woods 5 1-6 12, Xai Whitfield 4 3-4 11, Lauren Ellard 1 0-0 2, Mya McGrue 4 0-0 8, Leah Taylor 7 7-8 23, JaMea Gaston 3 0-0 8, Keziah Mickler 0 0-0 0, Kaylen Kenney 0 0-0 0, Mikiya Wilson 0 0-0 0. Totals 24 11-18 64.
Spring Garden 24 10 8 16 – 58
Oxford 13 16 17 18 – 64
3-point goals: Spring Garden 10 (Austin 2, Boles, Kirk 3, Brown, Welsh 2, Steward); Oxford 5 (Woods, Taylor 2, Gaston 2). Fouled out: Boles, McGrue. Total fouls: Spring Garden 17, Oxford 17. Officials: Smith, Warren.
Alexandria 48, Jacksonville 31
After a listless first half that looked like they didn’t want to be there, the Lady Cubs turned up the intensity in the second half and won going away.
The Lady Cubs trailed by five at halftime after hitting only three field goals – all 3-pointers – in the first half. But they opened the second half of a 16-3 run, eventually outscoring the Lady Golden Eagles 23-8 in the third quarter and 35-13 in the second half.
“The difference was the intensity,” Alexandria coach Craig Kiker said. “We really didn’t look like we wanted to play (in the first half). I got mad at them and challenged them to pick up the intensity.”
Ashley Phillips, who had only three free throws at halftime, had eight straight points and 10 overall in Lady Cubs’ second-half start. She finished with a game-high 18 points, nine rebounds and seven steals for the game.
Jacksonville, a young team still trying to find itself, had a lot go right in the first half. The Lady Golden Eagles slowed the tempo, hit shots and rebounded whenever Alexandria missed, opening leads of 10-1 and 18-8.
The only field goals the Lady Cubs managed in the half were a pair of 3-pointers by Jill Cockrell and one by Jordyn Walker. Jacksonville started losing its magic, though, when point guard Ashley Grant left the game with an ankle injury.
Alexandria 48, Jacksonville 31
JACKSONVILLE – Amarie Curry 5-14 3-6 13, Halaina Lozano 1-3 2-4 5, DeAsia Prothro 1-7 1-2 3, Mya Swain 1-2 0-0 3, Ashley Grant 1-2 0-0 3, Alexis Phillips 1-2 0-0 2, MiArah Hardy 1-1 0-0 2, Rachel Sanders 0-2 0-0 0, Kiara LaCount 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 11-34 6-12 31.
ALEXANDRIA – Ashley Phillips 6-14 6-7 18, Jordyn Walker 4-9 1-6 12, Chloe Gattis 3-7 0-0 7, Jill Cockrell 2-15 0-0 6, Kailey Dickerson 1-1 0-0 3, Kirsten Heathcock 1-3 0-0 2, Charlee Parris 0-4 0-0 0, Pressley Slaton 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 17-53 7-13 48.
Jacksonville 10 8 8 5 – 31
Alexandria 5 8 23 12 – 48
3-point goals: Jacksonville 3-10 (Curry 0-2, Lozano 1-2, Swain 1-2, Grant 1-1, Phillips 0-1, Sanders 0-2); Alexandria 7-31 (Phillips 0-2, Walker 3-7, Gattis 1-2, Cockrell 2-15, Dickerson 1-1, Heathcock 0-1, Parris 0-3). Rebounds: Jacksonville 39 (Curry 12, Prothro 13); Alexandria 32 (Phillips 9). Total fouls: Jacksonville 17, Alexandria 15. Officials: Boone, Childs, Montgomery.
Faith Christian 56, Coosa Christian 28
GADSDEN – The Lady Lions enjoyed one of the best nights of the young season offensively, shooting nearly 50 percent from the floor and doubling-up the Lady Conquerors.
Ally Folsom (18), Megan Ford (17) and Ari Arevalo (11) all scored in double figures for Faith. Arevalo also had 10 rebounds and three blocked shots. Folsom had six boards, two steals and a block.
Faith pulled away from a close game with a big second quarter. Arevalo and Ford combined for 11 points in the 18-4 run.
Faith Christian 56, Coosa Christian 28
FAITH CHRISTIAN – Ally Folsom 6-11 5-7 18, Megan Ford 7-14 2-3 17, Arianna Arevalo 5-7 1-2 11, Joelle Tillery 2-6 0-0 6, Jana Harrison 1-1 0-2 2, Serenity Pate 1-2 0-0 2, Anna Strautman 0-5 0-0 0, Gabrielle Price 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-46 8-4 56.
COOSA CHRISTIAN – Catie O’Bryant 0 0-1 0, Caitlin Cates 3 0-0 9, Erin Snow 3 3-8 10, Malaina Ellen 0 0-0 0, Ranyiah Dupree 1 2-5 4, Katherine England 0 0-0 0, AJ Holman 0 0-0 0, Ally Pruitt 0 0-0 0, Evelyn Nowak 1 0-1 3, Natalie Delp 0 0-0 0, Kailah East 0 2-4 2. Totals 8-52 7-14 28.
Faith 14 18 8 16 – 56
Coosa 11 4 9 4 – 28
3-point goals: Faith 4-14 (Folsom 1-2, Ford 1-4, Tillery 2-6, Pate 0-1, Strautman 0-1); Coosa 5-31 (Cates 3, Snow, Nowak). Total fouls: Faith 16, Coosa 11.
Cherokee County 45, White Plains 42
Mary Hayes scored eight of her 15 points and Ella Garmany had seven of her nine in the second half as the Lady Warriors rallied to win. Callyn Martin hit three of her four 3-pointers in the first half to help White Plains build a 25-20 halftime lead.
Cherokee County 45, White Plains 42
CHEROKEE COUNTY – Mary Hayes 5 3-3 15, Audrey Green 4 0-2 9, Audrey Haygood 0 0-0 0, Emily Allen 1 4-6 6, Carson Coley 1 1-2 4, Ella Garmany 4 1-2 9, Grayson Tucker 1 0-0 2. Totals 16 9-15 45.
WHITE PLAINS – Callyn Martin 4 0-0 12, Hallie Williams 2 1-2 6, Camden Wilson 4 5-9 13, Adriana Sotelo 0 0-0 0, Angel Bozarth 4 1-2 11. Totals 14 7-13 42.
Cherokee County 9 11 15 10 – 45
White Plains 12 13 7 10 – 42
3-point goals: Cherokee County 4 (Hayes 2, Green, Coley); White Plains 7 (Ca. Martin 4, Williams, Bozarth 2). Total fouls: Cherokee County 12, White Plains 14.
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