Gordon Lee takes C-Town Showdown against OCA
The Gordon Lee Trojans and Lady Trojans briefly stepped out of Region 6-A play Monday night to host neighboring Oakwood Christian, who made the very short drive from the opposite end of Chickamauga.
GORDON LEE GIRLS 56, OAKWOOD 30
The Lady Trojans played solid defense all night long and took the crosstown battle going away.
The visitors trailed by eight points in the first quarter, but a late three by Oakwood’s
Anslee Tucker sliced Gordon Lee’s lead down to 14-9 as the first quarter came to a close.
However, the Lady Trojans would get 3-pointers from Emma McGraw, Seanna Norton and Riley Shirley in the first 2:15 of the second to open up an 11-point lead and they would outscore OCA 9-4 over the remainder of the period.
Six of those final nine points came from freshman Tenslee Wilson, who finished with a game-high 13 points and five steals.
Up 32-16 to begin the second half, the Lady Trojans got back-to-back steals that led to four quick points in the lane and Wilson would add a long jumper to push the lead to 20.
Wilson knocked down a 3-pointer at the 4:30 mark to give Gordon Lee a 24-point advantage going into the final quarter and they maintained at least a 20-point cushion for the rest of the game as many of the Lady Trojans’ reserves and younger players finished it out.
McGraw, Shirley and Kaitlyn Wagoner all had seven points apiece for Gordon Lee (13-10). Charlsie McElhaney, Emma Phillips and Dallas Wagoner each scored four. Gracie Helton matched Norton with three points, while Madilyn
Bailey added one.
Mana Gilchrist led all scorers with 14 points for Oakwood (10-5). Avery Green had eight points, including a pair of 3-pointers. Cheyenne Simpson finished with five and Tucker rounded out the scoring with three.
GORDON LEE BOYS 58, OAKWOOD 22
Neither team scored for nearly the first three minutes of the nightcap until Robert Henson broke the ice for the Trojans with a 3-pointer with 5:07 left in the quarter.
SHOWDOWN, B2