Gordon Lee boys end week with region win
The Gordon Lee Trojans began last week with two tough losses, but bounced back to pick up a region victory on Friday.
B.E.S.T. Academy boys 59, Gordon Lee 40
The Eagles from Atlanta used a 25-7 second quarter spurt to help them claim a region win in Chickamauga last Tuesday.
Dawson Knight had 10 points for the Trojans. Will Carswell finished with eight points. Cayden Powell had seven. Logan Simerley and Anthony Sikes scored six points apiece, while Cooper Jackson rounded out the scoring with three points.
Ridgeland boys 53, Gordon Lee 42
The Trojans enjoyed a 28-19 advantage at inter
mission on Thursday, but the Panthers would get hot from the floor in the third quarter to take a 39-32 lead.
Gordon Lee would charge back in the final two minutes of the period. A 7-0 run, capped by a trey from Simerely with 13 seconds left on the clock, tied the game at 39 and set the stage for a frantic fourth. But three huge 3-pointers by the Panthers would keep the Trojans at arm’s-length before Ridgeland was able to put it away at the free throw line in the final minute of the game.
Simerley had a game-high 20 for Gordon Lee. Knight had 10 with a pair of threes and Carswell matched him with 10 points of his own. Powell added four points, followed by two by Hunter Holmes and one from Conner Whitman.
Gordon Lee boys 62, Mt. Zion 52
One night later and back
at home, the Trojans improved to 5-9 overall and 2-5 in 6-A with a solid win over the Eagles.
Gordon Lee bolted out to a 21-5 lead after one quarter and never gave it up. Simerley and Carswell combined for 19 of the 21 first-quarter points. Carswell would finish with a team-high 20 and Simerley ended the night with 13.
Knight’s 10 points included a pair of 3-pointers. Sam Fehr added seven points, while Holmes and Sikes both finished six. Sikes’ points came on a pair of threes.
Gordon Lee girls 61, Ridgeland 29
A 22-point first quarter set the tone in Thursday night’s opener and the Lady Trojans went on to post the non-region victory.
Emma McGraw burned the nets for 21 points, including five treys for Gordon Lee. Addison Sturdivant scored 12 points and Kaitlyn Wagoner and Riley Shirley added seven apiece. Sidney Gasaway and Sienna Norton each went for five, while two points each from Ashlyn Schmidt and Abigail Ashley filled out the scoring column.
Mt. Zion girls 43, Gordon Lee 22
The Lady Trojans fell behind 32-12 at intermission and dropped to 5-8 overall and 1-5 in 6-A with the loss.
Emma Phillips had 12 points with three 3-pointers, but was the only Gordon Lee player in double figures. Sturdivant had four points, followed by Wagoner with three, Ashley with two and Shirley with one.