VARSITY
BOYS ST. JAMES (13-2, 5-0) 73, Handley 62
Score by quarters: HAN
11 20
9 22 62
STJ
18 13 22
20 73
STJ Scorers:
Nelson 25, Roberts 13, Ward 13, Mills 11, Kirkland 8, Welch 3
HAN Scorers: Stegall 18, Lewis 12, Hughley
11, Hendricks 5, Adamson 4, Davis 4, Lyons 4, Owensby 4
STJ 3 Pointers: Mills
2, Nelson 1
FT (team): 16 of 20 (80.0%)
Taylor Nelson broke open a close game midway through
the third quarter with a three point play and later
brought the crowd to their feet with a breakaway dunk as the Trojans finished
the home half of their area play
undefeated with an 11 point victory over the visiting Handley Tigers. The
Trojans held an early 18-11 lead, but
Terrence Stegall scored all 9 of his first half points early in the second
quarter and Handley led by as many as 4.
The Trojans battled back with a Chris Roberts basket just before the halftime
buzzer to tie the score at 31. The
Tigers led 38-37 midway through the third quarter, but the Trojans outscored
the Tigers 16-2 the rest of the way
and held a comfortable lead for the remainder of the game. Nelson scored
10 in the first half and 15 in the second
half, including 6 for 7 at the free throw line, where the Trojans shined
this night, missing only 4 of 20 attempts.
VARSITY
GIRLS ST. JAMES (12-4, 3-2) 57, Handley 43
Score by quarters: HAN
5 9 10
19 43
STJ
8 12 24
13 57
STJ Scorers:
Barnes 12, Kloess 10, Richards 10, Adams 7, Bright 6, Ce. Cowart 6,
Freeman 3, Ca. Cowart 2, Smith 1
HAN Scorers: Harrison 10, Heflin 10, Williams
9, Nolan 8, Paige 2, Shears 2, Walford 2
STJ 3 Pointers: Barnes (2),
Richards (2), Freeman (1) FT (team): 12 of 18 (66.7%)
St. James scored the final four points of the first half in the last few
seconds, breaking open a slow paced game, and
Hillary Barnes and Elizabeth Richards each started the second half with a
pair of three pointers as the Lady Trojans
defeated the Lady Tigers by 14. Handley never led in the game, but
was as close as 16-14 with 2 minutes remaining
in the half before Laura Beth Freeman drilled her three pointer, and Katie
Smith added a freethrow after time had
expired in the second quarter. Only once more did Handley get as close
as 4 points, at 26-22, but the Trojans went
on a scoring tear at the end of the third quarter, an 18-2 run including
old-time three point plays by Lauren Kloess and
Carrie Adams. The Lday Tigers could never close the gap to fewer than
13 in the final quarter.