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, N)O p.m.
C-Teom Wrestling
(vs. Henderson Middle)
p.m.
Varg Wrestling
[vs. Jackson/Rutland)
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JV Basketball
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C-Team Girls Basketballl
gyr0n Mid e)
6:00 Ira.
C-Team boys Basketball
[vs. Byron M lle)
6:00 pan.
Girls Basketball
Per )
p.m.
Varsity Ba~ Basketball
Perry)
By Rkt'm Dunnmls
forsyth@mymcr.net
The Mary Persons boys basketball team
dropped a pair of heartbreakers over the
weekend to fall to 6-14 with two weeks left
in the regular season.
MP fell 68-65 at non-region rival Jackson
on Saturday one night after losing 78-73 at
home to region foe Spalding on Friday.
The Bulldogs (1-5 in Region 2-AAAA) fell
behind &0 to the Jaguars on Friday after Spald-
ing point guard Josh Reddick drained a pair of
long-range bombs to open the game. MP didn't
take its first lead until Desmond Williams made
a fast-break layup with 3:15 left in the first quar-
ter to take a 14-13 advantage. The Bulldogs then
led for most of the remainder of the first quarter
until Reddick, who had 13 first-quarter points,
banked in a 30-footer with four seconds left in
the initial period to take a 23-21 Spalding lead.
However, MP reclaimed the lead less than a
minute into the second period on a pair of free
throws by Brandon Hogan, and a Ty Bouie
layup midway through the quarter eventually
staked MP to its largest lead yet at 34-29. How-
ever, Spalding would crawl back into the game
late in the first half and a free throw by Kaleb
Brooks tied the game at 38-all at halftime.
MP would take a six-point lead at 48-42 on
back-to-back Maurice Shannon three-pointers
with five minutes left in the third quarter. The
Bulldogs would eventually take their largest lead
of eight at 52-44 moments later on a Lamont
Jones transition layup. But MP's momentum
was short-lived as Spalding's Desmond McGill
scored 12 straight points to end the third quar-
ter, induding a pair of comer three-pointers,
to put the Jaguars in front 56-52 through three
quarters.
McGfll, who led all scorers with 29 points,
then added another bucket on a transition
layup to open the fourthquarter before MP's
Dre Zellner stopped Spalding's 14-0 run with
a putback layup. Zellner's layup then started
an 8-2 MP spurt, capped by a pair of W'flliams
layups to tie the game at 60-aU. However, McGfll
then made back-to-back layups to put Spalding
in front 64-60 with 3:43 left in the game. MP cut
the lead back to two before Reddick canned a
long two-point jumper to put Spalding in front
66-62. Four straight po'mts by Brooks on a pair
of free throws, and a bank shot, respectively, gave
the Jaguars a 70-62 lead. And the Jaguars would
eventually stretch their advantage to 10 before MP's
Maurice Shannon hit a three-pointer to pull MP
to within seven at 72-65. After two Spalding free
throws, Shannon hit another comer three-pointer
to get MP back to within six at 74-68 with 38
seconds left. However, the Bulldogs still trailed by
eight after a layup by Spalding's Dearius Cobb with
eight seconds left, and a Williams buzzer-beater
three-pointer only cut MP's final losing margin to
five.
Williams led MP with 22 points. He was joined
Senior Desmond Williams (right) led MP in scoring with 22 points against Spalding, but his counterpart,
Spalding's Desmond McGill (left), got the better of the matchup with a game-high 29 points, including
14 straight during a game-deciding Jags' run. (Phato/Kim Holderfield)
in double figures by teammate Shannon with 18.
Meanwhile for Spalding, McGiU was joined in
double figures by Reddick, who scored 22.
MP head coach Greg Nix said Spalding's 14-0
run that took the Jaguars from down eight midway
through the third quarter to leading by six early in
the fourth quarter was largely the result of cold-
shooting by his Dogs' squad.
"It seemed like there for a little while we couldn't
make a shot," NIX said. "Maybe our shot selection
wasn't very good during that time too. But we had
open shots. We had inside-out shots. We just didn't
make them. Then they're (Jaguars) hitting a banked
three in the first half. They hit some threes that
were 28 to 30 feet out. I told them (MP players) in
the locker room that they're (Jaguars) better than
their record. I saw it on film. They've got good size,
and that kind of gives us a little trouble"
Three nights earlier, on Tuesday, Jan. 15, MP
recorded its first Region 2-AAAA victory of the
season in a 78-57 home rout of Howard.
The Huskies surged out to a 9-2 lead less than
two minutes into the game, capped by a comer trey
by Howard's Collin Tarver. The Bulldogs trailed by
as many as nine at 14- 5 before reserve guard J.T.
Hartage dropped a floater to start a 9-2 MP run
that pulled the Dogs back to within two at 16-14.
MP tied the contest for the first time at 21-apiece
See BASKETBALL Page 2B
Final wrestling
home match to
be held Wed.
The MP varsity and JV
wrestling squads will host
their final home meet of
the season on Wednes-
day against Jackson and
Rutland. Also, the Monroe
County Middle School
wrestling team will wrap
up its home slate with a
match against Hender-
son Middle at 5 p.m. on
Wednesday. (Photo/Randy
Newsome)
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By Richard Dumas
forsyth@mymcr:net
The Mary Persons girls basketball
squad dropped to 0-19 (0-6 in Region
2-AAAA) with a 67-19 home loss to
Spalding on Friday.
The defending state champion Lady
Jaguars seized a 34-2 lead through
one quarter and never looked back
en mute to the 48-point win. Spald-
ing scored the game's first 22 points
before MP's initial basket came on an
offensive rebound putback by Khadee-
jah Bradiey with 2:40 left in the first
quarter. Spalding's Amaya Jester and
Corriana Evans each scored 12 points
in the first period.
The Lady Jaguars would then open
the second quarter on a 17-0 run to
take a 51-2 lead before MP's Victoria
Vining connected on a midrange
jumper to puU the Lady Dogs to
within 51-4 with 2:46 left in the first
half Although the Spalding starters
exited for good late in the first half, the
Lady Jaguars maintained a 52-4 half-
time lead. Kierstyn Milner, who scored
a game-high 17 points, and Jester and
Evans, who each scored 16, combined
for 49 of Spalding's 52 first-half points.
With MP's starters facing the Spald-
ing bench, the Lady Dogs outscored
the Lady Jags 12-6 in the third quarter
with MP's Taylor Butfmgton scoring
all 10 ofher points in the period. How-
ever, the Jaguars' reserves outpointed
MP's backups 9-3 in the fourth quarter
for the 48-point final margin.
Three nights earlier, on Tuesday, Jan.
15, MP played its most competitive
region game to date, falling at home to
Howard 48-33.
A Buffmgton three-pointer with
eight seconds left in the first quarter
pulled MP to within three at 10-7
through one period. However, the
Huskies responded with a 10-0 rim
to open the second quarter, which
included a right dbow triple by How-
ard's Chasidy Coleman, to put Howard
in front 20-7. MP finally scored its first
points of the second quarter with 2:14
left in the first half when Khadeejah
Bradley made a fast-break layup. Four
straight MP free throws cut MP's defi-
cit to seven at 20-13, but the Huskies
would eventually take a 23-13 halftime
lead on a fadeaway jumper from the
foul line by Alyn OvelL
Howard then ,soored Lhe~;~i~.~ ~
points of the second half, capped by
a three-po'mter by Coleman off of an
inbounds pass, to take a 29-13 advan-
tage. MP's Buffmgton then answered
back with a wing jumper with 2:49 left
in the third period for the Lady Dogs'
first points of the second hal How-
ever, Coleman fired back with another
three-pointer offof an inbounds pass,
and Howard would eventually go back
in front by 22 at 37-15. But the Lady
Dogs would end the third quarter on
a high note when Precious Gaines hit
a buzzer-beater comer jumper to pull
MP to within 20 at 37-17 through
three quarters. MP would then
otitscore Howard 16-11 in the fourth
period for the 15-po'mt final margin.
Howard's Coleman led all scor-
ers with 14 po'mts. She was joined in
double figures by teammates Ovell
and Kdeia Murm); who scored 11
each. Buffmgton led MP with eight
points.
The Lady Dogs were next scheduled
to travel to West Laurens for a road
region contest at 6 p.m. on Tuesday.
MP will then face region foe Upson-
Lee on the mad at 6 p.m. on Friday
before playing yet another mad contest
at non-region Hampton at 6 p.m. on
Saturday. The Lady Dogs will then
return home to host Perry in a region
showdown at 6 p.m. on Tuesday; Jan.
29 in the'tr regular season home finale.
MP's three seniors will be honored
following the Perry game.
Meanwhile, the MP JV girls basket-
ball squad will next travel to Upson-
Lee for a road contest at 4:15 p.m. on
Friday. The IV Lady Dogs will then
face Hampton on the road the follow-
ing day at 4:15 p.m. on Saturday in
their regular season finale.
Also, the Monroe County Middle
School gifts basketball team dropped
to 1-7 with a disappointing 22-21
home loss to Henderson Middle on
Thursday.
The C-Team Lady Dogs led 14-9 at
the half, but the Lady Tigers went on
an 11-0 third-quarter run to take a 20-
14 advantage. Monroe County then
held Henderson scoreless for about
six minutes while going on a 7-0 run
to retake the lead at 21-20 with 1:48 to
play. However, Henderson responded
with a leaner offthe glass with 1:08
left to put the Lady Tigers in front 22-
21. And although the C-Team Lady
Dogs got off seven shots in the final
40 seconds, none of the shots fell, and
Monroe County settled for the one-
point defeat
The loss came two days after the
C-Team Lady Dogs recorded their
initial victory ofthe season in a 25-21
road win at Lamar Middle on Tuesday,
Jan. 15.
Monroe County was next scheduled
~o travel to Rehobath Road Middle for
a mad contest at 5 p.m. on Thursday.
The C-Team Lady Dogs will then
retum home to host Byron Middle at 5
p.m. on Tuesda); Jan. 29.
