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SUNDAY, JANUARY 29,2012
FROM 2B
Central
"We really started taking it to them,’’
Kane said. “We started hitting a lot of
shots and getting really aggressive defen¬
sively."
Richards poured in 13 points and
snared nine rebounds. Dani Majkowski
paced Johns Creek with 18 points on
eight field goals and a 2-for-6 night from
the foul stripe.
The Lady Bulldogs rebounded from a
lackluster 43-38 loss at Chattahoochee
Tuesday. They sat in fifth place in the
region standings, two games behind both
Sequoyah and Lambert.
Central traveled to Sequoyah Saturday
(results unavailable as of press time) and
closes out the regular season schedule
against South Forsyth Tuesday and
Lambert Friday.
A consistent threat underneath the bas¬
kets from the Dawgs’ two posts could be
an integral difference moving forw ard.
“It’s definitely a mindset they have to
have," Martin said. “You have to be fear¬
less, and you have to have a desire for the
ball."
It was there Friday at home, but it
came against one of the smallest lineups
Central will see all season; the Lady
Gladiators’ starters average a height of 5
feet, 5 inches. Dabbs and Kane both
stand at least 5 inches taller than that.
“Coach and 1 had a talk before the
game and he just told me we’ve got to be
more aggressive in the post," Kane said.
“We have to be thinking that night in and
night out. The plan is to keep doing what
we did tonight, and know we can no mat¬
ter who we're playing.”
Dabbs’ six points and four rebounds
didn’t jump off the stat sheet, but her
positioning on both ends let her clear out
on rebounds and alter several shots. The
senior said she and Kane, a sophomore,
always have to be on the same page.
“1 think we work really well together,"
Dabbs said. “Good communication, good
chemistry. Really our whole team has a
good chemistry, so her and 1 are not only
working well with each other, but within
what the rest of the team is doing.”
Johns Creek nipped at the Dawgs’
heels for a half. Majkowski drilled four
shots in the first quarter as the Gladiators
took an 11-9 lead into the second. Allie
Buchalski, the visitors’ top player, hit a
couple buckets in the second but left
early in the third w ith an ankle injury and
didn’t return.
“That really took the wind out of their
sails," Martin said.
Central’s home date with county rival
South is set for 6 p.m. Tuesday.
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FROM 1B
South: Turnovers plague War
a free throw by Chris Taylor
put Chattahoochee back on
top.
Taylor later came up with a
steal that led to a basket which
cushioned the lead to 49-46
with 1:20 remaining. South
also committed an unforced
turnover on an inbound pass
while trailing 50-46 with 34
seconds on the clock.
“We had our chances,”
Dankosky said, "and I think
the guys are finally seeing
the type of effort it takes
from the starting buzzer to
the ending buzzer that it
takes to compete.
“The guys can go home
knowing they were real close
to upsetting one of the best
teams in the state.”
South was scheduled to
face Northwest Whitfield on
Saturday in Tunnel Hill
(result not available) before a
7:30 p.m. Tuesday meeting
with Forsyth Central at the
D.B. Carroll Complex.
Chattahoochee (girls) 39,
South Forsyth 34 (OT)
South Forsyth’s girls had
plenty of chances to get their
first win of 2012 on Friday,
but turnovers allowed
Chattahoochee to escape with
an overtime victory at the
Eagles’ Nest.
The Lady War Eagles
turned the ball over 32 times,
including the first three pos
sessions of overtime, com
pared to only 13 turnovers by
the Lady Cougars. More than
half of South’s turnovers (17)
were unforced.
South has dropped 10 con
secutive games since defeat
ing Class A Hapevilie Charter
in the Lanier Christmas
Tournament on Dec. 30.
“You can’t give any team
that many additional opportu
nities to score and expect to
be competitive," South coach
Keith Gravitt said.
“I’ll just be honest, I can’t
believe it was as close as it
was when you consider those
stats.”
In spite of their difficulties
holding onto the ball, the
Lady War Eagles (5-16 over
all, 1-10 Region 7-A AAA)
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South Forsyth's Kristie Mason puts up a shot in the
paint against Chattahoochee on Friday at the Eagles'
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led by as many as seven
points in the first half and did
not trail until the closing see¬
onds of the third quarter,
With 1.5 seconds left in the
first period, Chattahoochee
(8-12, 5-6) attempted to
throw an inbound pass the
length of the court, but the
ball sailed out of bounds
without ever touching a play
er. That gave the Lady War
Eagles an inbound opportuni
ty from the same spot, and
Kristie Mason (game-high 12
points) made the most of it by
hitting a jump hook at the
buzzer to put South on top
11 -6.
The Lady War Eagles kept
the momentum by scoring the
first two baskets of the sec
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18-13 advantage into half-
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Chattahoochee opened the
second half on a 6-1 run to
cut the deficit to a single
point, but the Lady Cougars
didn’t take their first lead
until a 3-pointer by Erin
Morrow (12 points) put them
on top 24-21 with 34 sec¬
onds remaining in the third
period.
The Lady War Eagles tied
the game 30-30 when Mason
was fouled while converting a
fast break layup with 1:31 left
in regulation, but she wasn’t
able to make the ensuing free
throw.
South tried to play for the
final shot after taking a time¬
out with 12.4 seconds left, but
Morrow stole the ball and
passed to Sara Kinkellar, who
missed a short jump shot at
3B
the buzzer.
South turned the ball over
on the first three possessions
of the overtime period, and
Chattahoochee turned two of
those mistakes into baskets
for a 34-30 lead.
The Lady War Eagles twice
cut the gap to two points,
both times courtesy of Ally
Welch (11 points).
Welch rebounded a miss by
Mason and dropped in a bas¬
ket that cut the gap to 36-34
with 32.8 seconds on the
clock, but those proved to be
South's final points of the
game.
Morrow hit two free throws
to extend the Lady Cougars'
lead back to four points with
30.2 seconds remaining.
A 3-point attempt by
Mason was partially blocked
on South’s next possesion,
and Chattahoochee ran the
clock down to 9.5 seconds
before Kinkelaar drew a foul.
Kinkelaar missed the front
end of a one-and-one, but
South's last hope vanished
when Brooke Heilman
missed a jumper and Morrow
grabbed the rebound, drawing
a token foul with 0.6 seconds
on the clock.
Turnovers weren’t the
only area of frustration for
Gravitt after the game.
Though South won the over¬
all rebounding battle 34-30,
the coach was disappointed
that the Lady Cougars were
able to grab 18 offensive
boards.
“1 can’t fault the girls for
their effort, every single one
of their uniforms is soaking
wet, but as we told the team
before the game, ‘we’ve got
to control the things we can
control,”’ he said.
“We can control whether
we box out and we can con¬
trol uncontested turnovers ...
and those were the areas we
just weren’t quite up to
snuff.”
South was scheduled to
face Northwest Whitfield on
Saturday in Tunnel Hill
(result not available) before a
6 p.m. Tuesday meeting with
Forsyth Central at the D.B.
Carroll Complex.