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THE MADISON COUNTY (GA) JOURNAL. THURSDAY. DECEMBER 17. 2009 — PAGE 3B Lauren Smith drives the baseline in Madison County’s vic tory Saturday over Franklin County. Ben Munro/staff Girls’ basketball.. • continued from page IB contrast from Saturday’s win over Franklin County. Included in the team's checklist for each game is to sprint down the floor, box out and crash the offensive boards, none of which happened Tuesday, Lampe said. “I told them we were 0-for-3 tonight (Tuesday),” Lampe said. Easy baskets were another issue. The coach said Loganville beat his team down the court too many times. ‘‘How many uncontested lay-ups?” Lampe said. Lampe said his group has to start put ting together strong performances back-to- back rather than continue this helter-skelter trend. ‘‘You don’t want to be a fickle team,” Lampe said. The good thing, Lampe said, is that his squad has the entire Christmas break to get back on track. That includes an appearance in the Deep South Classic Dec. 28-30. Because once subregion play starts in January, Madison County won’t be able to afford many off nights. ‘‘We better be ready to roll come subre gion," Lampe said. •Madison Co. 56, Franklin Co. 29 (Dec. 12): Facing Class AAA's no. 1 team, Madison County held Franklin County to season-low offensive totals in a 56-29 domination of its border rivals Saturday in Carnesville. The Lady Raiders limited the Lady Lions — who scored 96 points earlier this year in a win over Brookwood — to just one basket in the first quarter and eight points in the first half to earn a big non-region victory. “The girls’ defense really stepped up," coach Dan Lampe said. “It was defense first and defense led to our offense.” Madison County got a big offensive boost from Shantydra Arnold who scored a season-high 20 points. The senior guard hit 4-of-4 from behind the three-point arc. “If we can just do that on a night-to- night basis,” Lampe said of the three-point shooting. Kayla Freeman added 12 points. Madison County led 14-2 after one quar ter and 27-5 with less than two minutes left in the first half. Franklin County cut the Lady Raiders’ lead to 32-18 in the third quarter but Madison County answered with a 14-1 run, sparked by a put-back by Freeman and a three-pointer from Arnold which put the Lady Raiders back up by 20. •Madison Co. 55, Rockdale Co. 45 (Dec. 11): The Lady Raiders picked up another victory against a Region 8-AAAA South foe, beating Rockdale County 55-45 in Conyers Friday. “They are much improved,” coach Dan Lampe said of Rockdale County. “They have a new coach and some new players.” Three different Madison County play ers reached double figures as the Lady Raiders, who led 27-13 at the half, stayed undefeated in region play. Madison County built a sizable second half lead but watched Rockdale County claw its way back. “We had Rockdale County down 17-20 midway through the third quarter, and we let them slowly edge back into it,” Lampe said. Shantyrda Arnold scored 14 points, fol lowed by Kayla Freeman (12) and Lauren Smith (10). Loganville 64, Madison Co. 47 (Dec. 15) LHS 26 14 11 13 — 64 MCHS 6 11 8 22 — 47 Scorers: Smith 16, Freeman 13, Coberly 8, Arnold 6, Chappell 2, Sorrells 2 MCHS 56, Franklin Co. 29 (Dec. 12) MCHS 14 13 19 10 — 56 FCHS 2 6 11 10 — 29 Scorers: Arnold 20, Freeman 12, Glaze 7, Smith 6, LaZear 6, Fleming 3, Coberly 2 MCHS 55, Rockdale Co. 45 (Dec. 11) MCHS 14 13 11 17 — 55 RCHS 9 4 13 19 — 45 Scorers: Arnold 14, Freeman 12, Smith 10, LaZear 9, Whieldon 4, Chappell 4, Glaze 2 Subscribe to The Madison County Journal by calling 706-795-2567 Boys’ basketball... continued from page IB “Yeah, 8-2 feels good; to play good tonight (Tuesday) feels even better," Crouse said. “We've had some games we've won but we didn’t play well. But we played well tonight and it showed on the scoreboard.” •Madison Co. 59, Franklin Co. 49 (Dec. 12): Trae Burton scored a career-high 21 points Saturday as Madison County knocked off Franklin County 59A9 in Carnesville. With five minutes left in the game. Burton, a 6'3" sophomore, grabbed an outlet pass from Patrick McCrary and threw down a dunk to give Madison County an insurmountable 47-33 lead as the Red Raiders beat the rival Lions. “We know he’s capable of scoring,” Crouse said of Burton. “We’re very confident that that is something he can do.” Burton — who also had nine boards — was 7-of-9 from two- point range, which Crouse called “unbelievable," Crouse said. McCrary added 12 points. As far the overall effort, Crouse pointed to his team's shooting per centages from two-point range (60 percent) and the three-point line (36 percent) as well as its assist total (19). “All of those things are really positive for us," Crouse said. Madison County, which out- rebounded Franklin County 39-22, collected 30 defensive rebounds and allowed just seven offensive boards. Franklin County hit three three-pointers in the first 9:30 of the game to take a 19-12 second quarter lead, but Madison County raided. Bradley Raines drilled a three- pointer late in the second quarter against the Lions' zone defense to give the Red Raiders a 24-21 lead. Madison County never trailed again. “We didn’t start well, but we finished well,” Crouse said. “And our defense picked up as the night went on.” •Rockdale Co. 62, Madison Co. 50: Twenty-five points and 13 rebounds from Bradley Raines weren’t enough to lead Madison County to an upset victory over Rockdale County Saturday in a 62-50 loss in Conyers. Raines went 8-of-9 from the free throw line in the losing cause. “He shooting the ball very well from the free throw line ... that’s his best shot right now,” Crouse said. Madison County, however, turned the ball over 25 times and only had seven assists. As a result, Madison County only attempted 29 shots to Rockdale County’s 55. “Why? We turned it over and they got 20 offensive boards," Crouse said. Patrick McCrary added 15 points for the Red Raiders, who trailed by just three points with three minutes to go. “I’m very proud of how hard our guys played,” Crouse said. “We came out with a lot of energy and played great defense.” MCHS 75, Loganville 47 (Dec. 15) LHS 16 13 8 10 — 47 MCHS 27 16 28 4 — 75 Scorers: P. McCrary 18, Burton 15, McGuire 14, Raines 13, Maxwell 6, Butler 4, Parrish 3, T. McCrary 2 MCHS 59, Franklin Co. 49 (Dec. 12) MCHS 9 15 15 20 — 59 FCHS 16 5 8 20 — 49 Scorers: Burton 21, McCrary 12, Maxwell 9, Raines 8, McGuire 7, Thomas 2 Rockdale Co. 62, MCHS 50 (Dec. 11) MCHS 9 13 17 11 — 50 RCHS 13 19 12 18 — 62 Scorers: Raines 25, McCrary 15, Maxwell 4, McGuire 3, Thomas 2, Burton 1 Stan Maxwell scores against Franklin County. 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