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timeout after the points, but only
one second remained.
"You have to give both teams
credit for battling back," said Vick
ers. "It showed a lot of character for
both squads."
After trading baskets, the Perry
women mounted their first come
back of the night, starting when Ar
ica Askew put back and offensive
board. Fendley's basket with 6:12
remaining the first half gave Perry
their last lead of the game.
Over the last minute-and-a-half
in the first half and the first three
minutes of the third quarter, the
Trojans went on a 13-2 run. The
run was culminated by Rosalyn
Smith, giving the Trojans a 34-22
lead.
However, four points by Leggett
and two each by Jada Releford and
Rickeriva Jackson brought the Pan
thers to within six at the end of the
third, 37-31.
The Panthers continued their
comeback in the fourth, climbing
slowly back in the game. When
Sherika Hill hit the front end of a
two point shot with 3:40 left in the
game, the Panthers were back to
within two, 41-39.
However, the Trojans went on a
12-4 run over the next two minutes
to put the game away.
The Panthers will open the re
gional tournament at Perry,
Wednesday. Probable first round
opponent is Jones County.
Panthers, from sa
of motivated, and they start coming
a little easier."
Moments later, after a Peach
bucket, it was Wimberly's turn,
hitting a baseline three. Less than a
minute later, Wimberly did it again,
giving Perry a comfortable 10-point
lead with 4:10 left and holding
surging Peach County at bay.
Wimberly finished with a game
high 20 points.
"You can't say that we filled it
up or burned it up," Thomas said.
"But [the three-pointers] were very
timely. They made a big difference
in the game."
While the three-pointers may
have provided the spark, Perry's
overall play was sharp. The smaller
Panthers refused to be intimidated
by Peach’s physical style of play
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not, we are. Anytime one of the
Westfield teams doesn't make it to
the state, it's a disappointment.
"We expect to be there, a lot of
people expect us to be there and I
expect us to be there."
After knocking off the Bulldogs
just five days prior, Westfield
struggled for much of the first half.
Walton took an 18-10 lead midway
through the second quarter and
seemed to be opening a bit of a
working margin.
"I think nerves had a lot to do
with [the first half performance]”
Campbell said. "To beat George
Walton twice in the last two weeks,
we knew they were both close
games. And we knew we were
going to have to shoot the ball well
to beat them. We just had a few too
many turnovers, and we missed a
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Perry's Angela Leggett (with ball) launches a jump shot.
and actually attacked the Trojans
inside.
Forward Tarvish Felton did a lot
of the damage along with center
Boris King. King helped Perry take
and early five-point lead with eight
first quarter points and finished up
with 16. Felton helped clean the
boards with 13 points, many
coming on second chance baskets.
He also brought the Perry side of
the house down, with an
electrifying transition dunk in the
first quarter.
Perry was also able to put a
handle on leading Peach scorer
Calvin Slaughter. Slaughter only
scored two in the first quarter and
finished with 10, well below his
21-point average.
"We play hard," Thomas said.
lot of easy shots."
But the Hornets rallied in the
next two minutes, getting three
straight three-point opportunities.
Center Jennifer Smith, who had a
team-high 21 points, pulled
Westfield to within 18-14 after a
turn-around in the lane.
Moments later, Thompson
penetrated into the paint and scored
two plus the foul. With the made
free throw, the Hornets trailed only
20-17.
On the next Westfield
possession, Smith again found
herself open and converted despite
getting hacked. The made free throw
tied the game at 20-20.
But maybe a sign of times to
come for Westfield was the end of
the first half. After the Hornets'
Leslie Davis missed the front end of
"When you're not as physical, you
try to compensate in some fashion.
We try to front down low and get
some help from the back side.”
The Panthers led by as many as
13 in the second quarter and looked
to be in complete control,
especially after lighting-fast point
guard Jacquez Green committed his
fourth foul midway through the
second quarto- for Peach.
But Trojans coach Dudley
Eubanks left Green in the game and
it proved beneficial. Green didn't
foul out and he score a game-high
20 for Peach.
Perry really gave itself a boost at
the free-throw line, where it
converted 20-25 charity tosses on
the evening.
a one-and-one, Joines took the
rebound and travelled the length of
the floor for an easy layup as time
expired.
The basket resulted in two
points for George Walton and a 24-
22 lead heading to the locker room.
Maybe not such a huge bucket at
the time, but when reviewing the
final score, it might have been the
difference.
The second half was all see-saw,
with the biggest margin grabbed by
either team being three points.
Westfield seemed a little frustrated
and disorganized by Walton's zone
defense but still drained enough
shots to stay close.
In fact, the Hornets put together
a very solid shooting half,
converting on 14-28 shots from the
floor, while the Bulldogs could
manage to make only 9-24.
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Hornets beat Monroe again
By PHIL CLARK
Special to tho HHJ
MACON When Jim Massey
came to Westfield to coach boys
basketball this year, he knew one
team in the region well.
Massey knew the Monroe
Academy Mustangs from four years
as an assistant to head coach Jerry
Kosater. He also knew the
Mustangs would be a tough
challenge every time the teams met.
He was right
Two regular season wins over
Monroe (86-77 and 79-71) were
academic as the two squared off in
the GISA Region 2-AAA
tournament Thursday night at
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With both assured a berth in the
state playoffs next week, they were
playing for seeds in the state meet.
They were also playing for the right
to meet Athens Christian in the
region championship.
All that made the third meeting
of the year between Westfield and
Monroe an important one. And the
Westfield looked to be in good
position late, leading 44-41 after
Smith converted down low on the
blocks with 3:22 left in regulation.
The Hornets even got the ball back
after a missed Joines shot
However, after chewing up over
a minute of the clock in a delayed
offense, Thompson fouled after
going after a missed shot. Sara Few
managed to make both free throws
to make it a one-point game again.
That set the stage for Walton's
wining stretch drive.
Whitikar scored 10 for the
Bulldogs despite having four fouls
for much of the fourth quarter.
Christy Gouge also pumped in 10.
For Westfield, Thompson had 14
in her last game in a Hornet
uniform. Freshman Mary Katherine
Walker added eight, while senior
Jeanna Bishop scored four.
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Hornets' 72-62 win didn't come
easy, though it looked that way
until the fourth quarter.
Westfield eased to a 17-13 first
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points each from Lon Talton and
Jake Walls, then turned it up a
notch in the second quarter. The
Hornets put 23 points on the board
while their aggressive defense and
superior rebounding held Monroe to
just eight second quarter points.
The 40-21 halftime lead was
built around Talton's nine second
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backboards by Walls, Brian Nash,
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sparring match as both teams tried
to take the momentum. Monroe
held its own in the third and
matched the Hornets' 14 points.
Westfield still led by 19 after three
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quarters, but Massey warned his
team at the quarter break, "these
guys won't roll over. They won't
quit. We have to go out and finish
them off.”
Massey proved to be prophetic
as the Mustangs tried desperately to
rally and opened the fourth with a
7-1 run to cut the lead to 13 at 55-
42.
Monroe was doing all this
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who missed most of the last half
and all of the fourth quarter with a
recurring back problem.
Monroe scored 27 points in the
fourth, outscoring the Hornets 22-4
from the floor.
The Hornets converted 14-22
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including four each by Walls and
sophomore guard Matt Shepley.
Westfield got balanced scoring
from Talton with 18, Walls with
14, and Brian Nash and John
Shipley scored 11 off the bench.
Michael Walton led Monroe
with 20 while, Bunn scored just
eight points.
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