Tuesday's hoops roundup: Lady Colonels and Tigers earn road wins, Woodland girls snap skid

The Cass girls and the Adairsville boys picked up basketball wins on the road Tuesday night while the Woodland girls collected their first win of the year hosting Temple. The Lady Colonels won at Heritage-Conyers 44-39 while the Adairsville boys won at Ringgold in Region 6-AAA action, 61-46. The Woodland girls went scoreless in the third quarter, but held on to edge Temple, 23-21. The Adairsville girls lost a nail-biter at Ringgold, 40-39, while the Cass boys lost at Heritage 65-56 and the Woodland boys were topped by visiting Temple 56-49.

ADAIRSVILLE BOYS 61, RINGGOLD 46

Outscoring Ringgold 15-7 in the third quarter and 31-14 in the second half lifted the Adairsville boys to a 15-point win on the road Tuesday night, 61-46.

T.J. Printup scored 22 points and Hayden Poarch poured in 20 to help lead the Adairsville offense. Zac Postell finished with seven points while Tre Winters and Kavi Harris added five points each.

Adairsville coach Alex Disbrow credited the second half defensive effort of his team for the come-from-behind victory. Cooper Sexton led Ringgold with 15 points. O’Reilly Matthews added 11 for the hosts who dropped to 2-4 on the season and 0-2 in Region 6-AAA. Adairsville (3-0, 2-0) entertains Sonoraville Saturday night.

RINGGOLD 40, ADAIRSVILLE GIRLS 39

The Adairsville Lady Tigers held leads at the end of each of the first three quarters Tuesday night at Ringgold, but couldn’t hold on in a 40-39 region loss.

Rachel Lopez, who knocked down three, 3-pointers in the fourth quarter, led Ringgold and all scorers in the game with 18 points. Addie Broome added eight for Ringgold (6-0, 2-0).

Lexie Childers paced Adairsville with 16 points. Haley Stiles and Ya’Torrean Hale followed with seven and five points, respectively.

Adairsville (4-2, 0-2) has a home region game with Sonoraville Saturday night.

CASS GIRLS 44, HERITAGE-CONYERS 39

The Cass Lady Colonels led at each quarter stop Tuesday night and held on down the stretch to defeat the Heritage Lady Eagles in Conyers, 44-39.

Claire Davis had 12 points for Cass. Mikaela Jackson scored nine. Keara McDaniel and Miya Winston followed with eight points each. Zion Hayes chipped in three. Amaya Ford and Haley Johnson added two points each.

Heritage (1-7) was led by Jaliya Weekes with 19 points and Morgan Snipes with 13.

Cass (6-1) plays at Riverwood in Atlanta next Monday night at 6 p.m.

HERITAGE-CONYERS 65, CASS BOYS 56

The Cass boys kept pace with Heritage Tuesday night, but couldn’t get over the hump in a 65-56 road loss.

The host Eagles led Cass 16-12 after one quarter; 32-26 at halftime; and 51-44 through three quarters in an eventual nine-point win in Conyers.

Heritage (7-1) was led by Jacob Wilkins with 22 points and Jalen Boston with 15.

Jelani Hames and Ethan McIntyre paced the Colonels with 15 and 13 points, respectively. Jackson Hale scored nine. Kaden Baldwin contributed seven while Sacovie White and Devin Henderson added six points each.

The Colonels (2-4) play at Douglas County Friday night and have a game Saturday afternoon at Tri-Cities High School against Paideia.

WOODLAND GIRLS 23, TEMPLE 21

The Woodland Lady Cats picked up their first win of the 2021-22 season Tuesday night at home holding off Temple, 23-21.

Woodland led 17-6 at halftime, but went scoreless in the third quarter allowing the visiting Tigers to pull within five at 17-12. Temple even took a brief lead in the fourth quarter, but Woodland recovered late for a two-point victory.

Abigail Taylor led Woodland with nine points. Dylynn Motes, Bailee Motes, and Megan Schultz added four points each for the Lady Cats.

Jayda Smith scored 16 points to lead the Tigers (2-3).

Woodland (1-6) plays at Bremen Friday night.

TEMPLE 56, WOODLAND BOYS 49

The visiting Temple Tigers put three players in double figures Tuesday night and remained unbeaten on the season with a 56-49 non-region win at Woodland.

Temple led 31-26 at the intermission and extended the lead to 43-33 by the end of the third quarter before holding on for a seven-point win.

Jikorian Boykin led Temple with 12 points followed by Shemar Wicker and Aman Jackson with 11 and 10 points, respectively.

Woodland was led by Diaz Garrett with 17 points. Brelace Williams scored 11. Jayden Hames pitched in eight points. Harlin Morris contributed six and Zyon Heath added five for the Wildcats.

Temple improved to 4-0 with the win.

Woodland (3-2) plays at Bremen Friday night.