Tuesday's Central Georgia high school basketball scoreboard: Upson-Lee rolls, Westside's Moore hurt, Central's Clowers does work
By Michael A. Lough
The Sports Report
centralgasports@gmail.com
Upson-Lee's boys had little trouble in getting their 51st win, rolling past Perry, and Central's Jada Clowers had a triple-double in the girls win over Westside.
But Westside boys standout Khavon Moore was reportedly taken to the hospital after the Seminoles' win over Central with a leg injury. He tweeted at 10:43 p.m.: pray for me".
TUESDAY'S SCORES
Girls
Baldwin 61, Cross Creek 43
Brentwood 54, Piedmont 32
Central 52, Westside 48
Jada Clowers turned in the rare triple-double, leading Central with 13 points, 14 rebounds and 11 blocks. Tyleia Williams had 18 points and 4 steals, JeNya Wilder 13 points and 5 steals, and ReNesha Goolsby added 11 points for the Chargers.
Central Talbotton 56, Macon County 47
Central Georgia 35, Ballard Christian 23
Coffee 57, Northside 46
Dodge County 68, Southwest 46
The trio of Zanessia Mitchell (26), Europe Brown (23) and Destanee Wright (13) was more than enough for Dodge County.
Greenville 82, Hawkinsville 19
Greene County 48, GMC 43
Lake Oconee 50, Hancock Central 43
Jones County 62, Ola 35
Manchester 62, Crawford County 34
Marion County 75, Dooly County 39
Northeast 49, Bleckley County 31
Peach County 50, Kendrick 33
Perry 61, Upson-Lee 44
Putnam County 65, Social Circle 41
Stratford 60, Twiggs County 39
Tattnall 51, FPD 34
I'anna Slaughter led Tattnall with 28 points while Allie Gordon added 12 and Ivey Whetsel 10. Molly Lee's 12 points topped FPD.
Taylor County 38, Brookstone 31
Veterans 44, Houston County 38
Washington County 72, East Laurens 52
The Golden Hawks (15-3/8-0) matched the Falcons with just three players: Nijeria Jordan had 26 points and 7 rebounds, Destinee Ellison had 17 points with Nikayona Warthen and Miracle Parker getting 11 points each.
West Laurens 50, Howard 43
Wilkinson County 32, Mount de Sales 26
Boys
Baldwin 67, Cross Creek 55
The Braves got 21 points from Brenden Robertson, 14 from Rodney Walker and 11 from Torez Hicks.
Calvary Christian 66, CFCA 51
Central Georgia 49, Ballard Christian 42
Citizens Christian 75, Twiggs Acad. 53
Coffee 74, Northside 43
Dodge County 63, Southwest 51
Nick Cummings took care of nearly half of the Indians' scoring with a 30-point night. DeMarcus Caines added 19 and Chris Clark 10.
FPD 46, Tattnall 44
FPD thought it took control with a 19-10 second-quarter advantage, but Tattnall won the third quarter 12-3, so the Vikings needed a Jordan Jones bucket with three seconds left for the win. Lance Franklin of Tattnall led all scorers with 19 points, while Henry Middlebrooks topped FPD with 16 points.
GMC 60, Greene County 53
Hancock Central 83, Lake Oconoee 31
Houston County 61, Veterans 45
Kendrick 64, Peach County 63
Jones County 93, Ola 48
Macon County 53, Central Talbotton 46
Manchester 83, Crawford County 51
Marion County 80, Dooly County 73
Northeast 61, Bleckley County 54
Putnam County 64, Social Circle 62
Stratford 68, Twiggs County 49
Stratford marched out to a 19-9 lead and cruised from there with a strong second half.
Upson-Lee 78, Perry 42
The Knights won their 51 in a row, and did so in front of Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney, on hand to check out Upson-Lee forward Travon Walker, a high-level defensive lineman in the fall.
Washington County 58, East Laurens 46
Curtis Brown led the Golden Hawks with 17 points, while Jawan Dukes had 10 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks.
West Laurens 66, Howard 57
Westfield 48, John Milledge 46
PPD
Harris County at Warner Robins
Spalding at Mary Persons
Lamar County at Jordan
MONDAY'S SCORES
Girls
Mitchell County 46, Hawkinsville 21
Washington County 53, Evans 43
Sophomore Destinee Ellison scored 25 to help Washington County improve to 14-3. Nijeria Jordan added 14 points and 8 rebounds.
Boys
Holy Spirit Prep 74, Westside 64
Newton 80, Warner Robins 65
A top-10 Class 7A program knocked off a top-10 5A program at Morehouse.
Northside 69, Carver 62
Stratford 72, Kendrick 62
Devin Buts led the Eagles with 25 points as Stratford held off a comeback spearheaded by Tyler Brooks' 33 points.