Friday hoops roundup: Cass girls finish the regular season with a 23-0 record
The 3rd-ranked Cass girls and the 10th-ranked Cass boys closed out the 2020-21 regular season with easy wins at Woodland Friday night while the Adairsville girls upset Rockmart in their regular season finale’, 55-53.
CASS GIRLS 67, WOODLAND 35
Londaisha Smith scored 14 points while Claire Davis and Ariana Hames added 10 each in the Lady Colonels win Friday night at Woodland. Mikaela Jackson and Gracie Elkins contributed nine and eight points respectively for Cass.
The victory by the Lady Colonels completed an undefeated regular season.
Cass led 13-11 after one quarter; 29-21 at halftime; and 48-27 through three quarters.
Jordan Thompson led Woodland with 13 points. Abigail Taylor scored nine for the Lady Cats.
Woodland (2-19, 1-9) will open the Region 7-AAAAA Tournament Monday at 4 p.m. against Calhoun at Cartersville. Cass (23-0, 10-0) receives an opening round bye and will play Wednesday night at 7 p.m. against Monday night’s Cartersville/Blessed Trinity winner.
CASS BOYS 72, WOODLAND 37
The Colonels spread the scoring around Friday night in a 35-point win at Woodland.
C.J. Pipkin led the way with 14 points for Cass. Braxton Benham scored 12 and Zaylan Chaney finished with eight points. Jelani Hames contributed eight. Andrew Glaze and Zay Jackson added six points each.
Cass raced to a 27-6 lead in the first quarter and was never threatened. The Colonels led 47-16 at halftime and 63-29 after three quarters.
K.J. Rogers scored 15 points for Woodland. Tyler Thurman added six.
Woodland (3-21, 0-10) opens the Region 7-AAAAA Tournament Monday evening at 5:30 p.m. against Calhoun. Cass (18-6, 8-2) is the top seed in the region tournament, receives an opening round bye, and will face the winner of Monday night’s matchup between Blessed Trinity and Cartersville at the Storm Center.
ADAIRSVILLE GIRLS 55, ROCKMART 53
The Adairsville girls pulled off one of the bigger upsets of the Region 6-AAA season Friday night when they closed out their regular season slate with a 55-53 win over visiting Rockmart.
Rockmart, which will be the 3-seed in the Region 6-AAA Tournament, held leads of 20-16 after one quarter; 27-25 at the intermission; and 40-38 after three quarters. It was the Lady Tigers that outscored the Lady Jackets 17-13 in the fourth quarter, however, to escape with a region win.
The win by Adairsville keeps them out of the Saturday play-in round at the region tournament. The Lady Tigers will open the post-season against Murray County Monday night at 6 p.m.
In Friday night’s win, Haley Stiles led the Adairsville scoring column with 17 points. YaTorrean Hale scored 10 points. Autumn Henderson chipped in with nine. Lexie Childers totaled eight and Hannah Hollingsworth added eight for the Lady Tigers.
Keyarah Berry led Rockmart with 23 points. Megan Little scored 19 for the Yellow Jackets (16-7, 12-4) Adairsville heads into the post-season with a 7-18 overall record after finishing 4-12 in Region 6-AAA.
ROCKMART 59, ADAIRSVILLE BOYS 57
The Adairsville boys made a late run at visiting Rockmart Friday night, but couldn’t overcome an 11-point deficit heading into the final eight minutes in a narrow 59-57 loss.
T.J. Printup, Jr. scored 31 points for the Tigers.
Damian Horton led the Yellow Jackets (6-15, 4-12) with 18 points.
Adairsville (10-13, 4-12) will begin the Region 6-AAA Tournament Saturday against Ringgold in a 7:30 p.m. start at Sonoraville.
MOUNT PARAN CHRISTIAN 58, EXCEL CHRISTIAN BOYS 43
The Excel Christian boys fell behind 10-0 to start the game Friday night and cut the Mount Paran lead to five in the fourth quarter, but failed to convert on some opportunities down the stretch in a 58-43 loss to close out the season.
The Eagles trailed 18-12 after one quarter; 32-24 at halftime; and 44-35 heading into the fourth quarter.
Rashard Doyal led Excel with 12 points. Kalil Holley scored 10. Blake Bailey finished with nine points. Jakaden Barkley totaled seven and Elijah Payne added five in the loss.
Excel Christian finished the season with a 9-15 record.
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