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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL BRAWL From page iB with a 17-3 Warner Robins lead. Wilkerson was doing everything in an early 7-0 run from blocking a shot in transition to assisting Tiandra Billings’ fast-break hoop to nailing a 3-point shot. Wilkerson had two treys in the period and anoth er assist on an inbound to Derakia Brown. Though the Demonette’s shooting went down, she was still causing trouble on defense with another transi tion block and a steal where she passed off to Billings on the run. Billings, who had nine points total, canned a long in the closing sec onds of the half, sending her team into halftime up 25-14. Hawkinsville, with that state-title experience, wouldn’t stay too far down. The Lady Devils scored four baskets in the third quarter off of turnovers and was trailing by four, 34-30, at 1:30. It was Kyanne Holland of Warner Robins cutting underneath the basket and converting a pass from up top by Antoinette Howell that ended the quarter at 36-31. That was the sec ond high-low connection between the two in the third. The Demonettes con trolled the fourth period 12-6 as Shanerika Parks scored on a second shot and Danielle Gazaway stole an inbound and got the ball to Wilkerson for two. HIRAM BOYS 64, HOUSTON COUNTY 50 It’s another year that the Houston County High boys basketball team will not be winning its own holiday tournament. Jody Dean’s young Bear squad trailed the Hiram Hornets from Paulding County the entire contest, Hiram pulling away on a 19-9 edge in the third quarter. Geo Stotts led the Bears with nine points, seven coming in the fourth quar ter. Forward Jalani Phillips had seven, six coming in the first half. Hiram had five points off of Houston turnovers and hit three long jumpers in a first quarter run that had them up 21-8 at 3:47. The Bears made a push behind two blocks and two short jumpers from Brandon Davey and a Rico Anderson 3-pointer off a Buddy Bivins steal. Hiram hit a 3 from a cor ner at the 25-second mark arid took a 25-18 edge into the second period. With Marquis Perine tak ing in a turnover for two, the Bears got as close as four in the second period. But Houston couldn’t take advantage of four offensive rebounds, and the Hornets put four on the board off takeaways. Brandon Scott, though, came back with a pass to Jarrid Nunn, who was alone at the basket, and points off a steal. Hiram’s lead at the half was nine, 35-26. Houston, in the third, would give up a second shot from the foul line and a turnover basket within sec onds of each other to fall down 42-28. Roger Stanton of Houston had both a 3- pointer and assist to Davey off an offensive rebound, but Hiram still led by 19, 54- 35, after the quarter. LADY BEARS 51, HIRAM 24 Tonia Williams, Houston County’s all-state candi date, turned over top scor ing honors for one night to sophomore and fellow for ward Kourtney Thomas. Behind Thomas’ 17 points (most of which came from Williams assists), the Lady Bears pulled away from Demon Kenny Fluellen goes up for a rebound. ENI/Gary Harmon the Hiram Lady Hornets to start 1-0 in the Bear Brawl round robin format. Williams finished with 12 points as she sat out most of the second quarter with two personal fouls. Junior forward Alexis Hewitt had eight points. It was no size advantage for Sid Baxley’s Houston club against Hiram, and Williams picked up her first foul on the first possession for the visitors. That didn’t stop Williams from finding Thomas open on the weak side, in the high-low set twice and in transition, all in the first quarter. She also had two steals, one leading to a score for freshman reserve Jayde Sparks. Hiram, shooting only 1- for-8 at the foul line, went into the second quarter down 16-3. At 6:27, Williams had foul No. 2 and sat on Baxley’s bench the rest of the half. Starter Janesa Johnson was also benched with two fouls. Hiram pulled to within nine, 21-12, at the half, all five Houston points in the quar ter coming from Thomas. The Lady Hornets had it down to six in the third quarter as they opened the half with a patient 3-point er. The Lady Bears missed five inside opportunities before finally cashing in a Thomas steal at 1:42. Thomas knocked, the ball away a second time and got a pass back from Farrah Lewis to put Houston up 30-20 after the third. Williams had three more assists in the fourth, mak ing a long outlet to Hewitt, finding Ashlee Burkett underneath and passing into Hewitt on the post. She had two steals and scored on a Johnson inbound. 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