D7AAA Tournament Roundup (Wednesday)

Feb 15, 2017 at 08:45 pm by bryan


Stewarts Creek's boys and Oakland's girls won elimination games in the District 7-AAA tournament on Wednesday night at Blackman.

GIRLS

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OAKLAND 86, LA VERGNE 24

Oakland's girls, which had to forfeit 18 games for an ineligible player, were forced down to the last seed, but had no problem defeating La Vergne 86-24. The Lady Patriots advanced to Thursday's 7:30 p.m. quarterfinal game against Blackman. The Lady Blaze won both regular-season meetings by two points.

Oakland's girls hit 16 3-pointers. They were led by Maggie Knowles with 20 points. Dakoria Puckett had 10 points and Sydney Blankenship added nine points. Chantel Maxwell led La Vergne with 14 points.

BOYS
STEWARTS CREEK 59, SMYRNA 31

Stewarts Creek's boys and Oakland's girls won elimination games in the District 7-AAA tournament on Wednesday night at Blackman.

Stewarts Creek, which lost to Smyrna last Friday, used a 14-to-2 second quarter to beat the Bulldogs 59-31 and advanced the quarterfinals. They'll face No. 3 seed Siegel on Friday night at 7:30 p.m.

Stewarts Creek was paced by Tyler Conley's 18 points, while Desmond Sales added nine. Smyrna was led by Jabari Gage with 10.

SCHEDULE FOR THURSDAY:
BOYS
4) Riverdale vs. 5) LA VERGNE (6:00p)
3) Siegel vs. 7) Stewarts Creek (7:30p)

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