County hoop teams close out 2016 with holiday tourney action.
The Gordon Lee Lady Trojans, who entered the Mountain Top Holiday Tournament at Fannin County High School this past week riding a twogame winning streak, were able to extend that streak to three games during their time in Blue Ridge before getting bounced twice by higher classification teams to close out the 2016 calendar year.
Gordon Lee girls 37, Coahulla Creek 25
The Lady Trojans held Coahulla Creek to single digits in all four quarters this past Wednesday and beat the Class AAA Lady Colts in the opening round.
Cohulla Creek led 6-4 after a low-scoring first quarter, but a Faith Alexander 3-pointer with 2:30 left in the first half capped a 7-0 Gordon Lee run and gave the Lady Trojans the lead for good.
The Navy-and-White led 15-11 at intermission and kept Coahulla Creek at bay for the rest of the afternoon, picking up their third victory of the year against the Lady Colts of Whitfield County.
Molly Thomison had a game-high 16 points for Gordon Lee, followed by Lexie Clark with six and Gracey Kruse with five.
Allie Young had 13 points and Lily Snyder 10 for Coahulla Creek.
Pickens girls 62, Gordon Lee 55
The Dragonettes went 24-of-35 from the free throw line, including making 15 of their 20 attempts in the fourth quarter, and rallied to beat the Lady Trojans on Day 2 of the tournament on Thursday.
Pickens took a 13-6 lead after the first period, but the Lady Trojans held their Class AAAA opponents to just six points in the second quarter to forge a 22-19 lead at intermission. They slightly added to the lead in the third, going up 37-32 as the fourth quarter began.
But the Dragonettes would score half of their 30 fourth-quarter points at the charity stripe in the final eight minutes, allowing them to seal the victory.
Myskenzie Weaver scored 17 for Pickens, while Ashley Nelson finished with 13.
Freshman Gracie O’Neal poured in a game-high and a careerhigh 19 for Gordon Lee. Abby Dalton and Thomison each scored eight, while Alexander added seven and Sam Belue six.
Fannin County girls 48, Gordon Lee 39
On Friday, the Lady Trojans led 24-17 at intermission, but were outscored 31-15 in the second half as they fell to the host Lady Rebels.
O’Neal had 14 points in the loss. Alexander finished with 11 and Thomison added seven as the Lady Trojans dropped to 5-7 on the season.
The Lady Trojans will set back to region play on Tuesday with a road games at North Cobb Christian in Marietta before heading to Mount ZionCarroll on Friday. They return home on Saturday to take on Bowdon.