Lady Colonels top Titans to reach region championship game
The Cass girls have split four games this season with Blessed Trinity, but the Lady Colonels win Wednesday night in the Region 7-AAAAA semifinals at Calhoun High School was arguably the most important.
Cass defeated Blessed Trinity back in December at the Adairsville Christmas Tournament, but lost the two regular season region games with the Lady Titans.
Wednesday night, Cass outlasted Blessed Trinity in a low-scoring affair, 38-32.
“We missed a lot of free throws,” said Cass head coach Burt Jackson following the win. “but this was our best defensive effort of the year. Maura Ryan scored 25 points against us at our place. We held her to no points tonight.”
The teams were tied 9-9 after one quarter with Cass taking a 21-13 advantage to the halftime locker room. The Titans narrowed the margin to 26-25 by the end of the third quarter but Cass held on down the stretch of the final period for a six-point win.
The victory sends Cass (23-4) to Friday’s region championship game at 7 p.m. against Hiram.
Hiram defeated Calhoun in Wednesday’s other girls semifinal.
Blessed Trinity and Calhoun will square off Friday at 4 p.m. for third place.
Miya Winston led Cass with 15 points in Wednesday’s win. Claire Davis finished with nine points and 14 rebounds. Justice Bennett contributed eight points and five boards while Haley Johnson added six points and 10 rebounds.
Christa Lair led Blessed Trinity (13-13) with eight points. Riley Fleck added seven.
The Cass win also secures a first round home game when the Class AAAAA State Tournament begins next Tuesday. As region finalists, the Lady Colonels will be either a No. 1-seed or a No. 2-seed.
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