Gordon Lee teams host Christmas tournament
The Gordon Lee Lady Trojans came up short in a fourth-quarter rally on Thursday night, but earned a wire-to-wire victory 24 hours later to finish 1-1 at their own Christmas Tournament last week.
Heritage girls 40, Gordon Lee 33
The Lady Generals were up 11 to end the first quarter and built a 14-point cushion at halftime, but the Navyand-white would fight their way back into the game in the fourth quarter.
A 3-pointer by Emma Phillips with 2:26 to play cut the gap down to 34-31. Then, after two Heritage free throws, Addison Sturdivant came up with a steal at mid-court and drove in for a lay-up to make the score 36-33 with 1:11 to go.
However, Gordon Lee would get no closer as Heritage hit a basket with 46 seconds to play and added two free throws with less than 20 seconds to go.
Emma Phillips led the way with eight points and Addison Sturdivant went for seven. Emma Mcgraw and Emma Langston each had six points on a pair of 3-pointers. Ashlyn Schmidt scored three points, followed by Kaitlyn Wagoner with two and Macy Sharp with one.
Gordon Lee girls 71, Ridgeland 27
On Friday, Gordon Lee put three players in double figures for the Lady Trojans, led by 18 from Phillips. Sturdivant added 11 points and Riley Shirley finished with 10.
Mcgraw and Wagoner had eight points each, followed by seven from Schmidt, six from Sharp and three from
Sidney Gasaway.
Oakwood girls 45, Gordon Lee 43
The Lady Trojans opened last week with a tough overtime loss to the Lady Eagles at OCA.
Mcgraw had a game-high 19 for the Lady Trojans (33), followed by Sharp with 10. Sturdivant scored four, Schmidt and Shirley added three each and two points apiece by Phillips and Gasaway filled out the scoresheet.
There was no boys’ varsity game.
Heritage boys 58, Gordon Lee 27
The Trojans trailed 25-15 at intermission on Thursday, but gave up a sizeable run between the third and fourth quarters and were not able to get back in the game.
Will Carswell had a team- high 11 points for Gordon Lee (2-2). Logan Simerley scored eight points. Sam Fehr
and Dawson Knight both had three and Hunter Holmes rounded out the scoring with two.
Gordon Lee’s scheduled game with Ridgeland on Friday had to be cancelled. The Trojans and Lady Trojans are slated to host Southeast Whitfield in a varsity doubleheader on Dec. 29.