GHSA basketball: Thursday's tournament results (updated with details)
Region and region finish accompany each team. Records are based on what's reported by teams to Maxpreps. Class A seedings are listed.
Teams/coaches should send game information to centralgasports@gmail.com as soon as details are finalized, and postgame stats and info to that address within 30 minutes of conclusion.
Second Round
BOYS
Class 5A
R1 1 Warner Robins 99, R4 3 Eagle's Landing 82
Jacolbey Owens went off for fully one-third of his team's points, while Nelson Phillips adding 23 and Jaydon Norman 15. The Demons led 51-25 at halftime.
Class 4A
R2 1 Upson-Lee 52, R4 2 Salem 44
Salem came in ready to play and controlled most of the first quarter before the Knights got moving in the second quarter, and held off a fourth-quarter rally sparked by 3-pointers. The Knights won their 60th straight and improved to 28-0, behind 17 points from Tye Fagan and 12 from Travon Walker.
R3 1 Baldwin 60, R1 2 Americus-Sumter 59
The Braves led for only 17 seconds, but they were important - and late - seconds, Baldwin advancing with Charles Ubah's late 3-pointer. The hosts trailed by 11 after three quarters and stormed back.
Class AAA
R4 1 Central 62 R2 2 Long County 49
R4 2 Westside 75, R1 4 Crisp County 64
Class AA
R2 3 Vidalia 52, R3 1 Washington County 46
Vidalia led 12-5 after one, 19-18 at halftime and 32-25 after three on the road in what was mostly about a three-possession margin game.
R1 1 Thomasville 72, R3 2 Dublin 60
Thomasville kept the talented Irish in check from the start, an 11-2 first-quarter run putting the Bulldogs in some control. They led 19-15 after one, but extended that to 41-28 at halftime, and 56=42 after three. Dublin did get within 52-48 in the final three-plus minutes.
R5 2 Jordan 71, R8 4 Monticello 67
Monticello was mighty close to a four-seed in the quarters, leading 22-13 after one and 35-29 at halftime.
Class A-Private
7/Greenforest 58, 10/Stratford 56
Class A Public
7/Macon County 66, 10/Terrell County 66
3/Wilkinson County 74, 19/Drew Charter 53
8/Woodville-Tompkins 62, 9/GMC 51
Malik Foston had 20 for GMC, which trailed 45-36 after three quarters and only 31-28 at the half, thanks to a 30-foot buzzer-beater.
2/Central-Talbotton 57, 15/Dooly County 31
GIRLS
Class 6A
R4 1 Lovejoy 52, R1 3 Northside 23
Class 4A
R4 1 Henry County 82, R2 2 Upson-Lee 61
R1 1 Carver-Columbus 84, R3 2 Baldwin 65
Class 3A
R4 1 Peach County 53, R2 2 Pierce County 42
The Trojans got 19 points from Da'Nasia Shaw, 10 in the fourth quarter. Deja Holland added 14 for Peach County, which held Pierce County to 3 first-quarter points. The Trojans will await a coin toss to determine the site of its next game, with Franklin County.
R2 1 Tattnall County 54, R4 2 Central 45
Central had the great start, Tattnall County the great finishing, overcoming a 14-0 start by the Chargers.
Class AA
R3 1 Dodge County 73, R1 2 Early County 65
Destinee Wright turned in a major performance with 28 points, 20.4 percent of the Indians' points. Europe Brown added 18, Zannesia Mitchell 14 and LaShauna Coley.
R1 1 Fitzgerald 68, R3 2 Washington County 65
R8 3 Rabun County 63, R5 1 Lamar County 43
The good news was that Tomiyah Alford cracked 1,000 points for her career. The bad news was that the Trojans' season came to an end against a quality team ranked in two of the state's three polls.
Class A-Private
4/Stratford 56, 13/Landmark Christian 41
3/Calvary Day 64, 19/Tattnall 36
Class A-Public
8/Bowdon 48, 9/GMC 37
7/Wilcox County 54, 10/Macon County 45
2/Terrell County 47, 15/Taylor County 45