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Weekend in review
THE MADISON COUNTY (GA) JOURNAL. THURSDAY. JANUARY 15, 2009 — PAGE 3B
Slow start dooms Raiders against Jaguars
By Ben Munro
ben@mainstreetnews.com
ATHENS — Madison County
overcame a tumultuous start
Friday against Cedar Shoals but
couldn’t complete the comeback
in a 65-53 loss.
The Raiders trailed 17-0 just
3:12 into the contest, watching the
Jaguars’ Casey Arnold score 12
points in that short span.
Arnold finished with 30 points.
Patrick McCrary led Madison
County 18 points, but was held
to just two in the second half as
the Raiders suffered their first
subregion loss.
Reterrium Davis added 14
points for Madison County.
The Raiders fought back admi
rably from their ice-cold start,
cutting Cedar Shoals’ lead to just
27-23 with 2:20 in the first half.
But that’s as close as they would
come.
Madison County shot 50 per
cent from two-point range but
went just 2-of-16 from the three-
point line. The Jaguars hit six
three’s, but five of them came in
the first half.
Cedar Shoals built a double
digit lead by halftime and led
by 15 heading into the fourth
quarter.
Madison County held a glim
mer of hope late, pulling within
nine points of Cedar Shoals with
2:37 left.
However, the Raiders went the
next 1:23 without a basket.
Lady Raiders plaqued by turnovers in OT loss
By Ben Munro
ben@mainstreetnews.com
The Lady Raiders took an early
misstep in their quest for a subre
gion championship.
Cedar Shoals stunned Madison
County, 61-53, in overtime Friday
in Athens to hand the Lady
Raiders a surprising first loss in
divisional play.
The Lady Jaguars, who were
coming off a 19-point loss to
Winder-Barrow, forced 32 turn
overs and outscored Madison
County 11-3 in overtime to earn
the upset.
It was a frustrating loss for the
Lady Raiders, who had lost four
of their last eight games at that
point.
Courtney Freeman did her part,
scoring 17 of Madison County's
24 points in the first half. She
finished with 30 points, but man
aged just one in the overtime
period.
Kayla Freeman threw in 13, but
the rest of the team added just 10
points.
Madison County led by 10
points at one point in the sec
ond half, but the game settled
into a seesaw affair in the fourth
quarter.
After three lead changes in the
final period, Madison County tied
the game late at 50-50. But Cedar
Shoals held the Lady Raiders off
the scoreboard for the final 2:08
in regulation to force overtime.
Cedar Shoals then hit 9-of-12
attempts from the free throw line
in the extra period to put away the
Lady Raiders.
Madison County managed just
five points combined in the last
6:08 of the game.
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attempts and 8-of-18 shots from two-point range in
the first half. Winder-Barrow led 33-18 at the break.
“They just shot lights out,” Crouse said. “We seem
to give people a lot of shooting confidence lately.”
Crouse pulled his starters in the third quarter
with his team down by 21 points, and the Madison
County subs caught fire. The Raiders rallied to
within five points of Winder-Barrow in the fourth
quarter, but the Bulldoggs outscored them 12-5
down the stretch.
“They played really hard,” Crouse said. ‘They
did a good job, but they just ran out of steam. And
Winder is a really good team.”
Senior Ben Morris led Madison County's second
half charge, drilling six straight three-point attempts
in a 19-point performance.
“Ben Morris had a great game,” Crouse said.
Seth Fleming added 10 points, but leading scorer
Patrick McCrary was held to just eight.
Madison County came into the game following a
65-53 loss to Cedar Shoals Friday. Crouse said his
group fought hard against the Jaguars, but didn’t
see that same fire against the Bulldoggs.
“Our kids battled all the way through the entire
Cedar game; we didn’t have that tonight (Tuesday),”
Crouse said.
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Cedar Shoals.
‘Trydra was a big spark tonight
(Tuesday) ... We had kind of
pressed upon her that we really
wanted her to start stepping up her
game here in the subregion now,"
Lampe said.
Freshman Sam LaZear also
added valuable minutes in her
first extended start on the varsity.
LaZear played tough defense, did
well on the boards and even hit a
three-pointer, according to Lampe.
It's been a strange year in the
subregion to this point.
This same Winder-Barrow outfit
that Madison County beat by 16
points drilled Cedar Shoals by 19
points last week. And, of course,
Cedar Shoals then turned around
and upset the Lady Raiders this
past Friday in Athens.
Go figure?
"It’s all a matter of effort and
attitude,” Lampe said.
The coach said he hopes his
team has learned its lesson as it
moves on. “We told the girls that
our destiny is still in our hands
even though we lost the game to
Cedar,” Lampe said. "If we play
hard the rest of the year, we’ll see
where we wind up in the region.”
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