Saturday's Central Georgia Scoreboard: Upson-Lee's 75-game winning streak is over
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Dodge County’s Europe Brown and head coach CaSandra Hamilton.
Dodge County 87, Telfair County 60
Europe Brown scored 27 to pass 1,000 for her career for Dodge County, which got 31 from Destanee Wright and 10 from Shauna Coley.
Mitchell County 50, Macon County 48
Southwest 58, Howard 24
Washington County 51, Greenbrier 34
Bear Brawl, Jones County
Wheeler County 60, Jeff Davis 41
Peach County 50, Houston County JV 43
Da’Nasia Shaw reeled off 29 points, plus five rebounds, steals, and blocks to lead Peach County. Kara Miller added 11 points. Marquai White led Houston County with eight points.
West Laurens 56, Bleckley County 46
Calmela Mack topped the Raiders with 23 points and three steals, while MaKayla Murray added 12 points and five boards. Markayla Jenkins led the Royals with 13 points and nine boards while Tesa Taylor had 10 points.
Championship, Warner Robins 49, Perry 48
State Bank Holiday Classic, Jones County
Crisp County 45, Twiggs County 37
Central 41, Westside 31, for fifth place
Courtnie Stephens had 12 points and six rebounds and Jada Jackson nine and seven plus four steals for Central, Brook Talton snagging 11 rebounds.
Jones County 67, Cedar Shoals 45
Championship, Northside 57, East Laurens 51
Boys
Discovery 75, Upson-Lee 57
The streak dies at 75 straight wins for Upson-Lee, coming in the Cleveland Stroud Basketball Classic at Rockdale to Class 7A Discovery. Hasahnn Reynolds scored 27 to lead the Titans and take tourney MVP honors. Travon Walker had 20 points and 14 rebounds, Zyrice Scott 15 points and six assists, and Jarrett Adderton 14 points and six rebounds. Upson-Lee led 24-11 after one and 35-26 at the half. Discovery stormed ahead to a 51-42 lead after three.
Dodge County 69, Telfair County 60
Chris Clark got 15 of his 20 on 3-pointers, the Indians getting 12 points from Tony Baldwin.
Greene County 71, Monticello 59
Howard 77, Southwest 71, OT
Macon County 65, Mitchell County 43
Starr’s Mill 61, Mary Persons 47
Bear Brawl, Jones County
Ware County 84, Twiggs County 76
Rutland 77, Perry 73
Jordan Stephens was tough for Rutland with 32 points and six rebounds, Jamarco Hughes adding 20 points. Rontrell Harrell’s 23 pints and six rebounds led Perry, while BJ Wright turned in a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds
Jeff Davis 82, West Laurens 77
Alex Demmons put up 27 points for the Raiders, who got 16 points from TyQuan Davis and 12 points and six boards from Tory Williams. The Raiders’ 27-16 fourth quarter wasn’t quite enough.
Houston County 68, Bleckley County 54
The Bears won their own tournament, although Bleckley County advanced to the final despite losing to Warner Robins, which had to withdraw because of a scheduling issue. Austin Sloan and Kobe Nelson had 10 points each for the Bears, while Nykeem Farrow had 20 points and four rebounds for Bleckley County.
State Bank Holiday Classic, Jones County
East Laurens 52, Griffin 26
Ware County 84, Twiggs County 76
Central 59, John Milledge 34
Championship, Jones County 70, Northside 49
Chavis Mathis went off for 16 points and 16 rebounds to go with two blocks and two steals as the hosts rolled. Jameson Bryant and Chuck Pitts had 10 points each - Bryant adding 10 rebounds and three assists - and Tre Dean and Bryson Wooten 10 each. Willie Northern’s 18 points topped Northside, which struggled to a seven-point fourth quarter as Jones County, which shot 24 of 42, pulled away.
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