Jackets hit the road for roundball, Sports
The first week of the season hasn’t been easy for the Rockmart Lady Jackets, but they came out of it with a pair of road wins and a loss, and get to host their frist game this week.
Rockmart’s first game of the season pitted the Rockmart girls’ against Region 7-AA foe Coosa in a contest that had both teams working to stay in step with the other.
But a comeback bid by the host Lady Eagles was cut short in the final three minutes of the game and Rockmart took a 64-56 win to begin its 2017-18 schedule.
Coosa went into halftime down 34-19 and trailed by as many as 17 early in the second half. The Lady Eagles pushed their perimeter game, however and hit three 3-pointers in the third period.
Keyarah Berry led the Lady Jackets with 22 points and went 3-of-4 at the line early in the fourth period as Coosa got some timely baskets to go on a 10-2 run.
Carah Arrant completed backto-back 3-point plays after getting fouled on consecutive layups during the stretch that pulled the Lady Eagles within four of the visitors, 49-45.
Rockmart (2-1) kept the pressure on and Coosa’s Taylor Roberts hit two free throws and added a layup before Emma Reynolds hit a 3 with 2:59 left and cut the Lady Jackets’ lead to 54-52.
Rockmart’s Mollie Little was quick to answer as she made a 3 of her own and Cambree Stanley added another as part of a 10-2 Lady Jacket run that secured them the win.
After Berry, Rockmart got 13 points from Stanley and 10 from Madison Davis, including a pair of 3-pointers. The week ending trip to Bowdon to face the Lady Red Devils didn’t go quite as planned for the Lady Jackets.
They started with a 7-2 run in the opening quarter and kept an early lead, but then couldn’t stop a late drive by Bowdon to tie, then they opened the quarter with a quick play to take the lead and kept it for the rest of the contest, getting a 20- point lead on the Lady Jackets by half and finishing the road contest with a 66-49 victory on the night.
Rockmart got over the loss quick with another weekend road trip to face the Lady Tigers at Adairsville, grabbing up a 56-29 win to end their three game stretch on the road.
On Tuesday, Rockmart was set to open their first night at home against the Lady Indians from Chattooga, followed by road trips again on Friday to Pepperell and on Saturday at rival Cedartown.