Thursday basketball

Here are the scores and box scores from Thursday night’s high school basketball action in and around Calhoun County; Oxford’s Garrett returning

To see a photo gallery from the Piedmont-White Plains games, visit www.bjfranklin.smugmug.com

Thursday’s Boys Games
Alexandria 69, Weaver 44
ASD at Donoho
Ashville 58, Munford 16
Clay Central 73, Saks 54
JCA 63, Gaylesville 43
Lincoln 74, Wellborn 31
Ohatchee 61, Ragland 37
Piedmont 43, White Plains 42
Ranburne at Cleburne County
Talladega 74, Anniston 51

Thursday’s Girls Games
ASD at Donoho
JCA 55, Gaylesville 53
Munford at Ashville
Piedmont 42, White Plains 37
Ragland 43, Ohatchee 33
Ranburne at Cleburne County
Talladega 67, Anniston 57
Weaver 61, Alexandria 57
Wellborn 50, Lincoln 35

Talladega regains its touch

By Al Muskewitz
East Alabama Sports Today

Chucky Miller is glad to see his Talladega basketball team’s shooting touch return — just in time for postseason play.

After hitting only two 3-pointers in a loss at Oxford two nights earlier, the Tigers drained 10 of the bonus balls Thursday night and took down Anniston 74-52 in their final game of the regular season.

Ashton Duncan and Fred Dickerson both went without a 3-pointer in the Oxford game, but they combined for seven against the Bulldogs. Duncan was 5-of-7 from the arc; the Tigers 10-of-24 as a team. They also didn’t miss a free throw (12-for-12).

“They didn’t hit them the other night, and some of them were in and out, but that’s the way it’s going to be,” Miller said. “So, you’ve got to find ways to win even when you’re not shooting. But if you’ve got some good 3-point shooters in today’s game you’ve got to let them shoot because the nights you’re doing it it makes the other things so easy.”

Duncan hit three 3-pointers in the first quarter and finished with 26 points, eight steals and seven assists. Dickerson, the MVP of last week’s Talladega County Tournament, had 15 points and seven boards.

“It felt good to get the rhythm back,” Duncan said. “We had a bad game against Oxford, but we went back to practice the next day and did shooting drills and came out tonight and scored and played good and made shots that we’re supposed to make. It was a good run tonight.”

As much as the 3-pointer helped the Tigers, Anniston coach Torry Brown pointed to the trapping defense Talladega went to in the middle of the second quarter for bringing his team down.

The Bulldogs were leading 26-25 when Miller ordered the switch and it sparked an 8-0 run that carried Talladega to a 33-26 halftime lead. The Tigers extended that lead to 12 midway through the third quarter and stretched it even more in the fourth with a barrage of 3-pointers.

“They shot the ball really, really well and that hurt us, but it was that trap,” Brown said. “When they got in their trap midway through the second quarter that’s when the game really turned.”

Piedmont 43, White Plains 42: Seventh-grader Alex Odam hit the front end of a one-and-one with 9.5 seconds left and the Bulldogs held on as White Plains hit a two-point putback near the finish to snap a four-game losing streak.

White Plains came back from a 15-point deficit early in the fourth quarter to tie the game at 40 with a minute left. Carl Myers put Piedmont back on top 42-40, then the Wildcats fouled Odam with 9.5 seconds to play.

Odom hit the front end of the one-and-one to make it a three-point game. He missed the second, White Plains rebounded and missed the tying 3-pointer, but Austin Bussey collected the rebound and scored a 2. The Wildcats fouled Odam again with 0.5 seconds left. Odam missed the first shot of the double bonus, then missed the second on purpose and the clock expired.

Interestingly, Piedmont’s first nine baskets of the game were all 3-pointers, including one by Delo Foster, who’s better known for swatting shots than sinking them. Foster, who blocked 23 shots against Weaver earlier this week, had as many points as blocked shots in the game (three).

Kaedon Jenkins broke the string of 3-pointers with a layup midway through the third quarter and the Bulldogs didn’t hit another trey the rest of the game.

Alexandria 69, Weaver 44: The Valley Cubs used a big game from Dalton Dodd and a big second quarter to pull away from the Bearcats. Dodd scored 19 of his 32 points in a second quarter that was highlighted by a 14-0 Cubs run. Dodd capped his big quarter by hitting a 3-pointer from near midcourt at the buzzer for halftime.

The Cubs were playing their third game in four days and have another scheduled for Friday.

Clay Central 73, Saks 54: Quen McKinney scored eight of his 14 points in the third quarter and Jacquez Bullock scored nine of his team-high 21 in the fourth quarter as the Volunteers pulled away from a close game in the second half. Saks’ DeVaunghn Beason led all scorers with 22 points.

Ohatchee 61, Ragland 37: Ben Glass hit four 3-pointers and scored 14 of his 19 points in the first quarter to stake the Indians to a big lead. The Tribe hit six of their seven 3-pointers in the first half.

Lady Tigers get some payback

Talladega got a big game from Amaz Carmichael and used a 17-1 run over the final 5:33 to run past Anniston 67-54 and avenge its only in-state loss of the season.

The Lady Tigers have lost only two games this season. Their other setback came to Wheeler (Ga.).

“We wanted revenge tonight,” Talladega coach Jannie Keith said. “My girls needed this win – and we got it.”

Carmichael finished with 28 points and 12 rebounds taking up the slack for post partner Camille Buckhanon’s foul trouble. She had the first nine in the 17-1 finishing run, which came after the Lady Bulldogs had taken a 53-50 lead. Her put-back with 4:13 to play put the Lady Tigers ahead for good.

“She stepped up and she made us some baskets when we needed them and I’m very proud of her tonight,” Keith said. “Amaz can play powerful when she wants to. We needed her tonight. I asked her to step up and she stepped her game up.”

Buckhanon had 19 points, 13 rebounds and blocked four shots. Mary Seales added nine points and 10 boards.

Anniston’s Dudley Duo – Allasha and Amoriya – had 17 and 15, respectively, for the Lady Dawgs. Monteiga Clemons was held scoreless and was carried off the floor early in the fourth quarter with an apparent knee injury. Head coach Eddie Bullock hinted she might miss a week, but return in time for the most demanding part of postseason play.

Talladega was up by nine midway through the third quarter, but Anniston got back in it with Buckhanon out of the game with three fouls. They eventually got it tied going into the fourth quarter.

The big run at the end belied the back-and-forth nature of the game. The lead changed hands four times in the fourth quarter before the Lady Tigers pulled away.

“They just outplayed us,” Bullock said. “We made a few too many mistakes and they capitalized on them.”

Weaver 61, Alexandria 57: Caleigh Cortez and Emily Reed each scored 18 points and combined for 13 points in the fourth quarter as the Lady Bearcats rallied after losing the early lead to give coach Gary Atchley perhaps the biggest non-area, non-tournament win.

Weaver opened a 12-point halftime lead behind 10 points from Reed, but trailed by two going into the fourth quarter.

“We have had some starters our with the flu and have not played well,” Atchley said. “After Tuesday’s debacle we had a talk Wednesday and had a pretty good practice and decided we were tired of losing and we were going to play hard as we could for each other the rest of the season.

“We are just doing everything we can to get ready for the area tournament because (Ohatchee coach) Bryant Ginn will have his girls ready to play.”

Brie Bradford led Alexandria with 11 points — all in the second half.

Wellborn 50, Lincoln 35: Vanessa Carter helped the Lady Panthers get of to a good start with 18 of her 20 points and Katessa Carter complimented her with 10 of 14 points in the second half.

“Our 1-3-1 has been tightening up so with their main player, (Hannah) Carmichael, playing at the free throw line, we were able to trap her and keep her from scoring,” Weaver coach Shanese Morgan said. “We also did our full-court press for most of the first half, which gave us easy scoring opportunities. We shot five 3-pointers and were able to score within the offense at an efficient rate.

Wellborn held Carmichael to 10 points, but Taylor Conway got loose and scored her 14 points in the second half.

Piedmont 68, White Plains 37: Pinky Nation had 25 points and seven rebounds as the Lady Bulldogs snapped a four-game losing streak. Kaitlyn Ridley filled the Piedmont box score with nine poins, six steals and five assists.

Make room for Z

Former Oxford big man and 2017 Calhoun County Tournament MVP Zondrick Garrett is coming back home. Garrett told East Alabama Sports Today on Thursday he has left Friendship Christian/Lincoln Academy and is in the process of re-enrolling at Oxford.

Yellow Jackets coach Joel Van Meter said he hadn’t seen Garrett if the 6-7 forward has enrolled. Garrett said he left the Atlanta-area private school Tuesday after taking his final test and was waiting on school administrators in Atlanta to forward his transcript to Oxford. He said several other players also have left the team.

“I tried to hang on and stay on, but couldn’t,” he said.

By all accounts he was having a good season and felt “like I got a whole lot better” for the experience. When Garrett transferred in the summer Lincoln Academy coach Bryan Lippman said he saw Garrett developing into “a stud … a monster stretch 4 at the next level.”

Garrett said he missed playing with his Oxford teammates and visited many of them during the opening-round games of this year’s Calhoun County Tournament at the Oxford Sports Arena.

It wasn’t immediately known if Garrett would be able to compete for the Yellow Jackets the remainder of the season when he does enroll despite returning to his home school. He does, however, expect to follow the team to its regular-season finale against Hazel Green and throughout the playoffs.

“I would love to play,” Garrett said. “I’m coming back for sure.”

He already has high hopes for next year, predicting county tournament and state titles for the Yellow Jackets.

THURSDAY’S BOYS BOX SCORES

Talladega 74, Anniston 51
TALLADEGA – Fred Dickerson 4 5-5 15, Chaztin Tanner 3 2-2 7, Tyrese Scales 0 2-2 2, Ashton Duncan 8 5-5 26, Decorvious Wilson 1 0-0 3, Rontavious Barclay 0 0-0 0, Jay Patterson 2 0-0 4, J.Q. Wilson 3 0-0 6, Kobe Simmons 5 0-0 11. Totals 26 12-12 74.

ANNISTON – Savion Bethune 1 0-0 3, James Haynes 4 0-0 10, Jimmy Felton 0 0-0 0, Kwame Milton 3 1-2 9, William Fairley 2 2-2 7, Dontavion Davis 3 0-2 6, LaDreka Hall 2 0-1 4, Theron Montgomery 6 0-2 12. Totals 21 3-9 51.

Talladega 16 17 21 20 — 74
Anniston 16 10 15 10 — 51

3-point goals: Talladega 10 (Dickerson 2, Tanner, Duncan 5, D. Wilson, Simmons); Anniston 6 (Bethune, Haynes 2, Milton 2, Fairley). Technical fouls: Anniston coach Brown. Total fouls: Talladega 9, Anniston 10. Officials: Montgomery, Evans, Stringer.

Piedmont 43, White Plains 42
PIEDMONT (17-11) – Carl Myers 2 0-0 4, Kaedon Jenkins 1 1-4 3, Delo Foster 1 0-0 3, Ryley Kirk 2 1-2 7, Lee Stanley 1 2-2 5, Alex Odam 4 2-5 13, T.J. Fairs 2 2-2 8. Totals 13 8-15 43.

WHITE PLAINS – Coleman Messer 3 0-0 6, Houston Conger 0 0-0 0, Chase Helms 0 0-0 0, Pierson Branham 1 0-0 2, Austin Bussey 1 0-0 2, Drake Preston 4 0-0 10, Matthew Clay 3 0-0 8, Jaden Harris 1 0-0 3, Ethan Bozarth 2 0-2 4, Gavin Burrage 2 1-2 7. Totals 17 1-4 42.

Piedmont 7 12 14 10 — 43
White Plains 6 4 11 21 — 42

3-point goals: Piedmont 9 (Foster, Kirk 2, Stanley, Odam 3, Fairs 2); White Plains 7 (Preston 2, Clay 2, Harris, Burrage 2). Fouled out: Burrage. Total fouls: Piedmont 9, White Plains 13. Officials: Pratt, Binion, Belyue. Notes: Myers and Jenkins each had seven rebounds.

Clay Central 73, Saks 54
SAKS – Darien Briskey 2 1-1 5, DeVaunghn Beason 8 0-0 22, Laderrick Bell 2 0-0 6, Brent Clark 0 0-0 0, C.J. Lauderdale 1 0-0 2, Zay Elston 1 0-0 2, Daveon Dukes 1 0-2 2, Marreo Thomas 2 0-0 4, Jaylen Young 4 1-3 9, Eley Downes 0 0-0 0, Tyler Smith 1 0-0 2. Totals

CLAY CENTRAL (19-6) – Jacquez Bullock 7 4-4 21, Camerun Peoples 2 0-0 4, Cole Burns 1 0-0 3, Ben Street 3 0-0 6, Jamal Williamson 7 0-0 14, Quen McKinney 7 0-0 14, Dewayne Garrett 0 1-2 1, Shamari Simmons 3 2-3 8, LaShawn Simmons 0 0-0 0, Paul Garrett 0 2-2 2, Damien Drummond 0 0-0 0. Totals 30 9-10 73.

Saks 15 16 11 12 — 54
Clay Central 16 15 21 21 — 73

3-point goals: Saks (Beason 6, Bell 2); Clay Central 4 (Bullock 3, Burns). Fouled out: Briskey. Total fouls: Saks 14, Clay Central 7. Officials: Caldwell, Engle, McDonald.

Lincoln 74, Wellborn 31
WELLBORN – Jeremiah Nolen 0 0-2 0, Eric Johnson 5 2-6 12, Khavion Wesley 2 1-2 5, Ked Harris 2 1-4 7, Kam Goodwin 1 0-0 2, Austin Cooper 1 1-2 3. Totals 12 5-16 31.

LINCOLN – Javion Surles 7 0-1 16, Joseph Gaston 3 4-4 12, Conner Thomas 2 0-0 5, Earl Wells 9 4-7 22, Zay Ragland 0 0-0 0, Shamar Hampton 1 0-0 3, Jack Wood 0 1-2 1, Shawn Davis 2 0-0 4, Josh Jackson 1 0-2 2, Brian Garrett 2 1-2 6, Jakahri Howard 1 0-0 3. Totals 28 10-21 74.

Wellborn 15 4 5 7 — 31
Lincoln 18 21 23 12 — 74

3-point goals: Wellborn 2 (Harris 2); Lincoln 8 (Surles 2, Gaston 2, Thomas, Hampton, Garrett, Howard). Fouled out: Goodwin. Total fouls: Wellborn 14, Lincoln 12. Officials: Barber, Cosby, Killingsworth.

Ohatchee 61 Ragland 37
OHATCHEE – Andrew Roberts 1 0-0 3, Blake Buckelew 2 2-2 7, Ben Glass 6 3-4 19, Carson Stone 0 0-2 0, Grayson Alward 3 1-3 7, Kevin Williamson 1 2-2 5, Evan Keller 1 0-0 2, Domonique Thomas 3 0-2 6, Landon Key 0 0-0 0, Aaron Moore 2 2-2 6, Jordan Lowe 3 0-0 6. Totals 22 10-17 61.

RAGLAND – Travis Schall 2 1-2 6, Adam Sanders 1 0-1 3, Chase Cotton 1 0-0 2, Sloan Phillips 1 2-4 4, Jadon Ball 0 0-0 0, Tucker Kay 1 0-0 2, Braxton Thomas 6 1-4 13, Austin Pritchett 1 0-0 2, Ryan Boutwell 0 0-0 0, Jacob Phillips 2 1-2 5. Totals 15 5-13 37.

Ohatchee 18 14 15 14 — 61
Ragland 9 9 9 10 — 37

3-point goals: Ohatchee 7 (Roberts, Buckelew, Glass 4); 2 Ragland (Schall, Sanders). Fouled out: Phillips. Total fouls: Ohatchee 17, Ragland 13. Officials: Macon, Moore, Childs.

THURSDAY’S GIRLS BOX SCORES

Talladega 67, Anniston 54
TALLADEGA – Amaz Carmichael 13 1-6 28, Tiona Palmer 2 4-6 8, Aiyani Heath 0 2-2 2, Takeria Swain 1 0-0 2, Nakira Truss 0 0-0 0, Mary Seales 3 0-0 8, Camille Buckhanon 8 3-7 19. Totals 27 10-21 67.

ANNISTON – Allasha Dudley 5 7-8 17, Anna Garrett 1 0-0 3, Ladajah Williams 0 0-0 0, Amoriya Dudley 5 2-2 15, Jordyn Johnson 1 0-1 2, Monteiga Clemons 0 0-0 0, Tekyia Jackson 0 1-2 1, Kiara Montgomery 0 1-2 1, Uniayasia Barclay 2 0-3 4, Toniah Foster 3 5-6 11. Totals 17 16-24 54

Talladega 17 18 12 20 — 67
Anniston 15 13 19 7 — 54

3-point goals: Talladega 3 (Carmichael, Seales 2); Anniston 4 (Am. Dudley 3, Garrett). Total fouls: Talladega 16, Anniston 17. Officials: Evans, Montgomery, Stringer.

Piedmont 42, White Plains 37
PIEDMONT (18-8) – Kayley Kirk 2 1-2 6. Kaitlyn Ridley 2 5-6 9, Pinky Nation 7 0-3 15, Camron Logan 0 0-0 0, Cassidy Jackson 1 0-0 2, Sydney Prater 2 6-7 10, Kiara Jackson 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 12-18 42.

WHITE PLAINS – Rian Chandler 1 1-2 4, Hanna Dyar 1 0-2 2, Callyn Martin 2 0-0 6, Landry Bussey 2 0-2 4, Chasity Nelson 0 0-0 0, Ary Rosario 7 0-2 14, Lily Ponder 1 0-0 3, Jocelyn Harris 1 2-2 4, Angel Bozarth 0 0-0 0. Totals 15 3-10 37.

Piedmont 12 13 12 5 — 42
White Plains 7 12 6 12 — 37

3-point goals: Piedmont 2 (Kirk, Nation); White Plains 4 (Chandler, Martin 2, Ponder). Fouled out: C. Jackson, Nelson. Total fouls: Piedmont 11, White Plains 15. Officials: Pratt, Belyue, Binion.

Weaver 61, Alexandria 57
WEAVER – Caleigh Cortez 6 6-7 18, Kylee Jordan 3 1-3 7, Rayne Beck 3 3-6 9, Emily Reed 9 0-0 18, Amira Carter 2 3-4 7, Trinity Pulliam 1 0-0 2. Totals 24 13-20 61.

ALEXANDRIA – Ashley Phillips 2 2-2 8, Destiny Heathcock 2 0-0 4, Kameron Simpson 4 0-0 9, Sarah Kilgore 4 0-0 9, Brie Bradford 5 1-9 11, Sarah Pelham 3 0-0 7, Allison Bonds 1 0-0 3, Maggie Phillips 2 2-2 6. Totals 23 5-13 57.

Weaver 18 16 7 20 — 61
Alexandria 11 11 21 14 — 57

3-point goals: Alexandria 6 (Phillips 2, Simpson, Kilgore, Pelham, Bonds). Fouled out: Pulliam, Bradford. Total fouls: Weaver 15, Alexandria 17. Officials: Batey, Howell, Kelley.

Wellborn 50, Lincoln 35
WELLBORN – Taliyah Kirby 2 2-2 8, Vanessa Carter 8 3-4 21, Itiania Weatherly 2 0-6 4, McKenzie Raines 0 0-0 0, Katessa Carter 5 2-4 13, Kristyne Haisch 1 0-0 2, Markeisha Jones 1 0-2 2. Totals 19 7-18 50.

LINCOLN – Bailey Gowers 0 0-0 0, Kazuyah Gaston 0 0-0 0, Jayla Morris 2 0-0 4, Abbey Smith 0 0-0 0, Keishaunna Strown 1 1-3 3, Genesis McClellan 0 0-0 0, Morgan Allison 1 0-0 2, Hannah Carmichael 5 0-0 10, Taylor Conway 7 2-7 16. Totals 16 3-10 35.

Wellborn 18 12 11 9 — 50
Lincoln 6 4 13 12 — 35

3-point goals: Wellborn 5 (Kirby 2, V. Carter 2, K. Carter). Total fouls: Wellborn 13, Lincoln 12. Officials: Killingsworth, Barber, Robinson.

Ragland 43, Ohatchee 33
OHATCHEE – Gracyn Snow 0 0-0 0, Jazmine Adams 0 0-0 0, Tori Vice 3 1-3 7, Kourtney Shuler 5 3-4 17, Marli Hanks 0 0-0 0, Gracie George 1 0-0 2, Millie Rainwater 0 0-0 0, Regan Snow 3 1-2 7. Totals 12 5-9 33.

RAGLAND – McKenzie Campbell 8 3-5 19, Hailey Hoss 2 2-2 8,Jewell Ferguson 2 6-10 10, Samantha Day-Jones 0 0-2 0, TyAsia Howard 0 1-2 1, Campbell Adams 0 0-0 0, Cadence Buchanan 2 0-0 5. Totals 14 12-21 43.

Ohatchee 9 10 8 6 — 33
Ragland 12 14 12 5 — 43

3-point goals: Ohatchee 4 (Shuler 4); Ragland 3 (Hoss 2, Buchanon) Fouled out: Vice, Hanks. Total fouls: Ohatchee 20, Ragland 12.

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