Friday’s girls games
- Updated: December 3, 2021
Among the highlights, JCA’s Grace goes for 21/26; Bigs power Oxford in second half; Haynes’ fast start, Gannaway’s best game leads PV; Cleburne County wakes up against White Plains
FRIDAY’S GAMES
Cleburne County 37, White Plains 30
Coosa Christian 48, Donoho 12
Geraldine 53, Glencoe 49
Jacksonville Christian 50, Wellborn 20
Ohatchee at Hokes Bluff
Oxford 72, Springville 45
Pleasant Valley 67, Gaston 24
Weaver 41, Ashville 35
Westbrook Christian 74, Faith Christian 37
OXFORD 72, SPRINGVILLE 45: The Lady Jackets turned up the pressure in the second half and pulled away from a close game.
The ramp-up allowed the Lady Jackets to outscore their visitors 45-21 in the second half. Leah Taylor scored all 10 of her points in the half, Lauren Ellard had six of her 11 and Xai Whitfield had 12 of her game-high 19 with two of her three 3-pointers. Justice Woods also scored in double figures for Oxford (11).
“Our post players carried some things over from practice that we had been working on, so that was good,” Oxford coach Melissa Bennett said.
Oxford 72, Springville 45
SPRINGVILLE – Audrey Talton 0 0-0 0, Bella Gray 1 3-4 5, Makalya Kyser 3 2-2 8, Abbie Talton 4 0-2 9, Bekah Hargroce 0 0-0 0, Farrah Hawkins 3 1-2 7, Ana DeLaPena 0 0-0 0, Ava Vaughn 0 0-0 0, Abby Byrd 3 0-0 6, Olivia Carroll 0 0-0 0, Bella Bullington 5 0-2 10. Totals 19 6-12 45.
OXFORD – Justice Woods 5 1-1 11, Xai Whitfield 7 2-2 19, Lauren Ellard 3 4-5 11, LaMya McGrue 4 0-0 8, KaLeah Taylor 4 1-2 10, JaMea Gaston 3 0-0 7, Keziah Mickler 0 0-0 0, Shaniya Calloway 0 0-0 0, Kaylen Kenney 0 0-0 0, Mikiya Wilson 1 0-0 2, Jaslyn Montgomery 2 0-0 4. Totals 29 8-10 72.
Springville 10 14 10 11 – 45
Oxford 13 14 22 23 – 72
3-point goals: Springville 1 (Ab. Talton); Oxford 6 (Whitfield 3, Ellard, Taylor, Mickler). Total fouls: Springville 7, Oxford 13.
PLEASANT VALLEY 67, GASTON 24: After barely escaping with a victory the night before against Ashville, the Lady Raiders got off to a fast start in Gaston. Rylee Haynes got off to the fastest start, scoring 14 of her 20 points in the first quarter.
PV will be looking for players to step up their roles with injured Macey Roper expected to miss considerable time and put three players in double figures against the Lady Bulldogs. Rebekah Gannaway played her best game of the season since transferring from Jacksonville, scoring 14 points, and Lily Henry had 15 with three 3-pointers.
Pleasant Valley 67, Gaston 24
PLEASANT VALLEY – Lily Henry 5 2-2 15, Rylee Haynes 9 1-2 20, Rebekah Gannaway 6 2-4 14, Marlie Wright 1 0-0 3, Kianna Hester 2 0-0 5, Gracie Hood 3 0-2 7, Anna Worthy 1 0-1 2, Samantha Preston 0 1-2 1, Abby Parris 0 0-0 0. Totals 27 6-13 67.
GASTON – Nicole Finley 1 0-0 2, Avah Horne 1 0-0 2, Traci Jones 5 1-6 11, Emma Parker 1 0-0 2, Lily Lewis 0 0-0 0, Olivia Lowrey 0 0-0 0, Bella Holland 0 0-0 0, Ivy Dupree 2 2-3 7, Shelby Waters 0 0-0 0, Tori Kouliho 0 1-2 1. Totals 10 4-11 24.
Pleasant Valley 22 15 19 11 – 67
Gaston 3 4 13 4 – 24
3-point goals: PV 7 (Henry 3, Haynes, Wright, Hester, Hood). Total fouls: PV 11, Gaston 13.
CLEBURNE COUNTY 37, WHITE PLAINS 37: After a slow start, the Lady Tigers woke up in the second quarter and pulled away in the second half. Brooklyn McDaniel was held scoreless in the first quarter, but had seven in the second quarter as the Lady Tigers pulled within one at halftime then scored 11 of her 18 points in the second half. Angel Bozarth led White Plains with 14 points.
Cleburne County 37, White Plains 30
WHITE PLAINS – Callyn Martin 2 0-0 5, Hallie Williams 1 0-0 3, Camden Wilson 1 3-4 5, Adriana Sotelo 1 0-0 3, Angel Bozarth 5 2-2 14. Totals 10 5-6 30.
CLEBURNE COUNTY – Faith Brown 3 3-4 9, Karley Boyd 0 0-0 0, Jacy Littleton 2 0-1 4, Hailey Price 1 1-1 3, Brooklyn McDaniel 5 6-7 18, Libby Altman 1 0-0 3. Totals 12 10-13 37.
White Plains 10 5 7 8 – 30
Cleburne County 3 11 10 13 – 37
3-point goals: White Plains 5 (Martin, Williams, Sotelo, Bozarth 2); Cleburne County 3 (McDaniel 2, Altman). Fouled out: Wilson. Total fouls: White Plains 11, Cleburne County 7. Officials: Smith, Railey, Alexis.
COOSA CHRISTIAN 48, DONOHO 12: Ranyiah Dupree scored 13 points and Natalie Delp had 10 to lead the Lady Conquerors.
Coosa Christian 48, Donoho 12
DONOHO – Rory Parks 1 0-0 2, Gracie Perry 0 0-0 0, Anna Grace Jones 2 0-0 5, Maddie Sanders 0 0-0 0, Ryals Jones 2 1-2 5, Claire Payne 0 0-0 0. Totals 5 1-2 12.
COOSA CHRISTIAN – Catie O’Bryant 1 0-0 2, Caitlyn Cates 4 1-4 9, Erin Snow1 4-10 6, Malaina Ellen 0 0-2 0, Ranyiah Dupree 5 1-5 13, Kate England 1 0-0 2, Evelyn Nowak 0 0-1 0, Kailah East 1 1-4 3, AJ Holman 1 0-0 3, Natalie Delp 5 0-0 10. Totals 19 7-26 48.
Donoho 0 5 7 0 – 12
Coosa Christian 13 13 18 4 – 48
3-point goals: Donoho 1 (AG Jones); Coosa Christian 3 (Dupree 2, Holman). Fouled out: R. Jones. Total fouls: Donoho 18, Coosa Christian 15.
JCA 50, WELLBORN 20: Kara Grace scored 21 points and pulled down 26 rebounds as the Lady Thunder won its second straight to even its record at 3-3. Erin Prater added 10 points and six boards to the winning effort, while Addy Lee, recently called up to the varsity, had seven points and six steals.
WESTBROOK 74, FAITH CHRISTIAN 37: Ally Folsom hit 5-of-9 field goal attempts and had 16 points for Faith. She also grabbed a team-high nine rebounds. Ari Arevalo and Serenity Pate combined for 17 points and nine rebounds for the Lady Lions.
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