Wednesday basketball
- Updated: December 21, 2022
Odom scores 30 to send Piedmont into Thursday’s Gaston Christmas Tournament final, Donoho bounces back in consolation bracket; Piedmont’s girls to play in third-place game
WEDNESDAY’S GAMES
Gaston Christmas Tournament
Girls Games
St. Clair County 51, Piedmont 36
Boys Games
Donoho 57, Southeastern 47
Piedmont 62, Gaston 48
Valley Head Invitational
Boys Games
Collinsville 37, Asbury 32
Susan Moore 60, Pleasant Valley 50
Skyline 64, Whitesburg 60
Sardis 70, Valley Head 47
By East Alabama Sports Today
GASTON – It took them a quarter to get going, but Alex Odam and the Piedmont Bulldogs got cranking over the final three quarters and pulled away from host Gaston 62-48 Wednesday to reach the finals of the Gaston Christmas Tournament.
Odam scored a game-high 30 points, with 27 coming over the final three quarters. The teams battled to an 11-11 tie in the first quarter, but Odam had eight in a 19-point second quarter that lifted the Bulldogs to a six-point halftime lead.
PIEDMONT – Alex Odam 14 2-3 30, Rollie Pinto 1 5-6 7, Ish Bethel 4 0-2 8, Luke Rhinehart 0 0-0 0, Trevor Pike 0 0-0 0, Chance Murphy 2 5-8 9, Rhett Alford 0 0-0 0, Cole Wilson 2 0-0 6. Totals 24 12-19 62.
GASTON – Brock Bagley 1 1-1 3, Layden Staton 0 0-0 0, Devon Green 3 0-1 6, Adonis Jones 0 0-0 0, Mica Merriman 8 5-5 25, Will Bagley 2 1-2 7, Kobe Harris 0 0-0 0, Easton Albert 1 0-0 3, Jakodie Bogle 2 0-0 4. Totals 17 7-9 48.
Piedmont 11 19 16 16 – 62
Gaston 11 13 17 7 – 48
3-point goals: Piedmont 2 (Wilson 2); Gaston 7 (Merriman 4, 13 Bagley 2, Albert). Total fouls: Piedmont 11, Gaston 13. Officials: Whiteside, Dupree, Hall.
DONOHO 57, SOUTHEASTERN 47: Drew Williamson and the Falcons made a quick turnaround out of a quick turnaround.
Less than 18 hours after a dismal showing against host Gaston, the Falcons more than doubled their offensive production. Williamson went for 35 points after being held to six the night before.
Williamson hit three 3-pointers in the first quarter and had 13 of the Falcons’ 15 points. He scored 19 points in the first half.
“Yesterday just felt like nothing could go down for me, but today was a lot better,” Williamson said. “I was able to make some shots early and that kept me confident throughout the whole game.”
As much as the Falcons enjoyed having their leading scorer come back around, they’d still like to get more players involved in the scoring. Jordan Cameron was the second leading scorer with seven points.
“We’ve still got to get other guys to put it in the hoop or we shouldn’t have to rely on Drew having to account for around 60-70 percent of offense each night,” Falcons coach Korielle Beavers said.
DONOHO 57, SOUTHEASTERN 47
DONOHO – Jordan Cameron 3 1-2 7, Jack Wallace 1 2-6 4, Isaiah Smith 2 1-1 5, Rich Goad 1 0-0 2, Drew Williamson 14 3-5 35, Sean Keel 0 0-2 0, Cash Worley 1 0-0 2, Hayes Farrell 1 0-2 2, James Benkwith 0 0-0 0. Totals 23 7-18 57.
SOUTHEASTERN – Kannon Hudson 1 0-0 2, Jackson McMillian 3 0-0 7, Rafael Nino 0 2-5 2, Cole Williams 5 1-2 13, Steven Wright 6 0-0 12, Jericho Pendleton 4 0-4 8, Jake Hill 1 1-3 3, Landon Davis 0 0-0 0, Adam Kenyon 0 0-1 0. Totals 20 4-15 47.
Donoho 15 11 18 13 – 57
Southeastern 8 13 8 18 – 47
3-point goals: Donoho 4 (Williamson 4); Southeastern 3 (McMillian, Williams 2). Total fouls: Donoho 19, Southeastern 16. Officials: Avery, Davis, Askew.
GIRLS GAME
ST. CLAIR COUNTY 51, PIEDMONT 36: The Lady Bulldogs got off to a slow start and never recovered, and were relegated to Thursday’s third-place game.
Piedmont’s Lele Ridley picked up two early fouls in the first three minutes and it put the Lady Bulldogs on their heels the rest of the game. Ridley still finished with a game-high 13 points, 11 rebounds and three blocked shots. St. Clair County’s Jayla Whitsey led all scorers with 22 points.
ST. CLAIR COUNTY — Jayla Whitsey 9 3-4 22, Ke’aira Hollingsworth 2 2-2 6, Gabriella Allison 5 2-2 13, Jaden Thomas 1 0-0 2, Sydne Pope 2 2-3 6, Haley Simmons 0 0-0 0, Tamya Knox 1 0-0 2, Lena Lameche 0 0-0 0, Kaylann Byers 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 9-11 51.
PIEDMONT – Armoni Perry 0 1-2 1, Ava Pope 3 1-2 10, Josie Young 0 0-0 0, Rylie Anne Holbrooks 0 0-0 0, Jaycee Glover 0 0-2 0, Lele Ridley 4 5-10 13, Cayla Brothers 3 0-1 6, Melanie Studdard 0 0-0 0, Carson Young 2 0-2 4, Gracie Naugher 1 0-0 2, Morgan Studdard 0 0-0 0. Totals 13-47 7-19 36.
St. Clair County 8 15 19 9 – 51
Piedmont 6 11 9 10 – 36
3-point goals: St. Clair County 2 (Whitsey, Allison); Piedmont 3 (Pope 3). Rebounds: Piedmont 29 (Ridley 11, Brothers 7). Fouled out: Byers. Total fouls: St. Clair County 17, Piedmont 14.
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