GHSA basketball: Wednesday's playoff scoreboard, with schedule/next game

GHSA

WEDNESDAY

Girls

Class 5A

Griffin 69, Jones County 48

Veterans 49, Statesboro 47

Class 4A

Luella 62, Baldwin 60, OT
          Baldwin led 32-20 at halftime and 39-31 entering the fourth quarter, but Luella stormed back to force overtime at 51-51. The visitors (24-5) trailed 60-58 with about a half-minute and turned that into a lead 20 seconds later to pull off the stunner at Baldwin (21-7).

Class AA

Josey 65, Dodge County 60
          The visitors from Region 4 pulled off a stunner and opened up the bracket a little. The Indians (25-3)  got 27 from Europe Brown and 19 from Destanee Wright, plus 10 from LaShauna Coley for 56 of their points.

Class A Public

Central Talbotton 61, GMC 58
          GMC trailed by eight at the half and five after three, but couldn’t get over the hump at home, ending the season at 19-3 while Central improved to 18-7.

Wheeler County 68, Dooly County 46

Class A Private

Stratford 43, Prince Avenue 40

GHSA SECOND ROUND

Records according to GHSA website as of 1:30 p.m. Monday, or updated after game

GIRLS
CLASS 5A
Veterans (25-4, R1/2) 49, Statesboro (25-4, R2/1) 47; next: Veterans at Buford (R8/1, beat Carrollton 62-32)
Griffin (21-7, R3/1) 69, Jones County (22-7, R4/2) 48

CLASS 4A
Luella (24-5, R4/2) 62, Baldwin (21-7, R3/1) 60, OT

CLASS 3A
Central (14-13, R4/2) at Beach (23-4, R3/1, 60-23 winner over Brantley County), Thursday, 5 p.m.
Peach County (20-5, R4/3) at Tattnall County (23-5, R2/1, 60-24 winner over SE Bulloch), Thursday, 6 p.m.
Rutland (19-9, R4/4) at Pierce County (14-13, R2/2, 62-35 winner over Islands), Thursday, 6 p.m.

CLASS AA
Josey (22-7, R4/2) 65, Dodge County (25-3, R3/1) 60
Model (20-7, R7/3) 67, Lamar County (25-3, R5/1) 57

CLASS A
Public
No. 10 Central Talbotton (18-7) 61, No. 7 GMC (19-3) 58
No. 5 Wheeler (22-5) 68, No. 12 Dooly County (19-7) 46

Private
No. 4 Stratford (27-1) 43, No. 13 Prince Avenue (17-12) 40; next: No. 5 Calvary Day (beat Tallulah Falls 68-45)

BOYS
CLASS 6A
Heritage-Conyers (15-12, R3/3, 71-64 winner over Richmond Hill) at Houston County (17-9, R1/1) , Thursday, 6 p.m.

CLASS 5A
Starr’s Mill (14-13, R3/3, 48-47 winner over Statesboro) at Warner Robins (22-6 R1/1), Thursday, 6 p.m.

CLASS 4A
Americus-Sumter (23-4, R1/2, 72-50 winner over Salem) at Upson-Lee (25-1, R2/1), Thursday, 6 p.m.
Howard (16-11, R2/2) at Carver-Columbus (21-5, R1/1, 79-64 winner over Druid Hills), Thursday, 7 p.m.

CLASS 3A
Westside (23-6, R4/2) at Windsor Forest (22-5, R3/1, 71-62 winner over Long County), Thursday, 6:30 p.m.

CLASS AA
Hephzibah (16-10, R4/2, 70-53 winner over Berrien) at Northeast (22-5, R3/1), Thursday, 7 p.m., at Southwest
Washington County (20-7, R3/2) at Laney (21-8, R4/1, 57-47 winner over Brooks County), Thursday, 6 p.m.

CLASS A
Public
No. 12 Clinch County (18-8, 53-52 winner over No. 21 Schley County) at No. 5 Wilkinson County
No. 10 Montgomery County (19-8, 56-48 winner over Gordon Lee) at No. 7 Hancock Central (21-6)
No. 15 Dooly County (18-8) at No. 2 Treutlen (27-1, bye), Thursday, 6 p.m.
No. 11 Macon County (18-7) at No. 6 Wilcox County (21-3, bye)