January 29, 2022
By Al Muskewitz
East Alabama Sports Today
Friday boys roundup: White Plains pulls away from area leader Handley in fourth quarter; includes scores, box scores and more
FRIDAY’S BOYS GAMES
Anniston 71, Fort Payne 56
Clay Central 49, Talladega 48
Horseshoe Bend 55, Ranburne 42
Jacksonville 64, Saks 52
Munford 53, Ohatchee 43
Oxford 56, Southside 33
Spring Garden 82, Weaver 46
Westbrook Christian 59, Faith Christian 57 (OT)
White Plains 57, Handley 49
St. Clair County Tournament
At Springville
Moody 66, Ragland 32
In the fourth quarter when it was still anybody’s game, White Plains made it their own.
The Wildcats got the best of it at the start of the fourth quarter and carried it to a 57-49 victory over area top-seed Handley a week out from the area tournament.
They carried a one-point lead into the fourth quarter of a game that had seven lead changes to that point and scored the first eight points while holding the Tigers scoreless for the first four minutes of the quarter.
It never got closer than five the rest of the game.
“You know how Coach (Chris) Randall is,” sophomore forward Daniel Williams said. “At halftime he sat us all down and did what he does best and got us into the game, really, and made us realize that we can play better than we have in the first half and all season especially.
“In the fourth quarter after we got those big 3s to take the lead from two points to eight points, that’s really what got us going. It was just overall playing better, getting back on defense, boxing out, making big shots when it counted.”
The 3-ball was the shot of the day for the Wildcats, falling like the snowflakes that surprised the crowd outside after the game. They hit eight in the game, two each from four players.
Luke Bussey hit two in the first-quarter run that gave them an early 19-8 lead. Cole Senciboy nailed two in the third quarter — one that gave them the lead for good and one that extended it to six.
They opened the fourth quarter with one from Walker Osteen and a three-point play from Williams and they were off and running.
“Those two shots (by Senciboy) in the third gave us a little bit of confidence,” Randall said. “We went to the glass really hard in the third and they made us pay because we gave up too many transition buckets, so in the fourth we only sent Daniel to the glass and everybody else ran back. And then we didn’t turn it over.
“We controlled the tempo in the fourth quarter, shot selection was a lot better, possessions were longer and we got more out of them. This is the year every single game comes down to the fourth quarter. This gave us some confidence to make us believe we could beat a really good team.”
Osteen led the Wildcats with 15 points. Williams had 14 and Josh Wheeler had 10. Handley’s Rondai Banks led all scorers with 18 points.
White Plains will play Anniston in its Class 4A Area 9 tournament opener while Handley awaits the winner of the Munford-Cleburne County play-in game. Official pairings and game times will be announced next week.
“This gives us a huge confidence booster knowing we can play better than we think we can,” Williams said. “If we’d have played like this the whole season maybe the seedings would have turned out a whole lot different.”
White Plains 57, Handley 49
HANDLEY – Maurice Cameron 3 0-0 6, Tamarious Treadwell 3 0-0 7, Cannon Kyles 2 2-2 6, Jay Haynes 2 2-5 6, Terrance Tucker 0 0-0 0, Ayden O’Neal 0 0-0 0, Jay Heath 0 0-0 0, Devonta Higgins 2 0-0 4, Jordan West 1 0-0 2, Rondai Banks 8 2-3 18. Totals 21 6-10 49.
WHITE PLAINS – Paul Laube 0 0-0 0, Dylan Barksdale 1 0-0 2, Cole Senciboy 2 0-0 6, Josh Wheeler 3 2-3 10, Z.J. Rosario 0 0-0 0, Braden Knight 0 0-0 0, Daniel Williams 5 4-5 14, Walker Osteen 5 5-5 15, Kendrick Ball 0 0-0 0, Luke Bussey 2 2-4 8. Totals 18 13-17 57.
Handley 14 16 13 6 – 49
White Plains 19 8 17 13 – 57
3-point goals: Handley (Treadwell); White Plains 8 (Senciboy 2, Wheeler 2, Osteen 2, Bussey 2). Total fouls: Handley 15, White Plains 8. Officials: Burroughs, Howell, Merritt.
JACKSONVILLE 64, SAKS 52: The Golden Eagles scored their 20thwin of the season, but it wasn’t easy. They opened a 39-15 halftime lead and shot 50 percent from the field in the game, but had to withstand Saks’ 24-point comeback eruption in the fourth quarter.
Jacksonville 64, Saks 52
JACKSONVILLE (20-5) – Camren Johnson 5-7 0-0 11, Caden Johnson 4-4 0-0 9, Quin Long 3-3 1-2 8, Julian Hill 3-6 1-3 8, Jacoby Zackery 2-2 2-5 7, JaLeik Long 2-8 2-2 6, Devin Barksdale 2-4 1-2 5, Ethan Duke 2-3 1-2 5, John Broom 1-6 0-0 3, Hayden Robinson 0-3 2-2 2, JaeTaj Morris 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 24-48 10-18 64.
SAKS – Sean Parnell 7-14 0-0 17, Gavin Doss 6-12 1-4 14, Anthony Bothwell 2-4 0-2 6, Rickey Garrett 2-3 0-0 5, Malik Carlisle 1-5 0-0 3, Shon Elston 1-3 0-2 3, Jalen McCants 1-5 0-3 2, Christian Smith 1-2 0-0 2, Braelan Robinson 0-3 0-2 0, Khyree Patrick 0-0 0-0 0, Raymond Pearson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-51 1-13 52.
Jacksonville 22 17 12 13 – 64
Saks 7 8 13 24 – 52
3-point goals: Jacksonville 6-19 (Cm. Johnson 1-2, Cd. Johnson 1-1, Q. Long 1-1, Hill 1-4, Zackery 1-1, J. Long 0-3, Barksdale 0-2, John Broom 1-4, Robinson 0-1); Saks 9-24 (Parnell 3-6, Doss 1-6, Bothwell 2-3, Garrett 1-1, Carlisle 1-3, Elston 1-3, McCants 0-1, Smith 0-1). Rebounds: Jacksonville 32 (Q. Long 6, Cd. Johnson 5); Saks 40 (McCants 6). Total fouls: Jacksonville 12, Saks 20.
OXFORD 56, SOUTHSIDE 33: The Yellow Jackets turned up the defense and held their hosts without a field goal in the second quarter while hitting three 3s and opening a 11-point halftime lead.
Oxford 56, Southside 33
OXFORD – Jaylen Alexander 0 0-0 0, Zurrell Garrett 1 0-2 2, Rylan Houck 6 1-2 15, Kyler Wright 5 0-0 11, Aaron McFarland 1 0-0 3, J.D. Jones 2 0-0 6, Mike McGraw 5 3-6 13, Jayden Lewis 0 0-0 0, Ashton Mitchell 1 0-0 2, Cristian Gibson 1 0-0 2, Brock Reaves 1 0-0 2. Totals 23 4-10 56.
SOUTHSIDE – Davis Lawley 0 0-0 0, Spencer Sharpe 0 0-0 0, Brenton Heath 1 0-0 2, Reid Robinson 0 2-2 2, William Carr 1 2-2 5, Hayden Bain 0 1-2 1, Cayden McMichael 2 0-0 6, Conner Bearden 1 0-0 3, Isaac Barnard 1 0-0 2, William Shirley 5 1-2 11, Ethan Light 0 0-0 0. Totals 11 6-8 33.
Oxford 8 16 12 20 – 56
Southside 9 4 7 14 – 33
3-point goals: Oxford 6 (Houck 2, Wright, McFarland, Jones 2); Southside 5 (Heath, Carr, McMichael 2, Bearden). Total fouls: Oxford 15, Southside 9. Officials: Flowers, Wofford, Bearden.
MUNFORD 53, OHATCHEE 43: Connor Morgan hit seven 3-pointers over the last three quarters and scored 23 points to lead the Lions. Jaquan Anderson scored 18 points, with 14 coming in the third quarter. Jesse Baswell led Ohatchee with 12 points.
Munford 53, Ohatchee 43
OHATCHEE – Eli Teem 2 0-0 4, Jake Roberts 3 1-3 8, Jesse Baswell 4 4-7 12, Carson Tittle 3 0-1 8, Colby Hester 0 0-0 0, Jake Roberson 2 0-0 5, Kelbe Crook 3 0-4 6. Totals 17 5-15 43.
MUNFORD – Jaquan Anderson 8 0-0 18, Caderio Holland 1 0-0 2, Jacoby Young 0 0-0 0, Connor Morgan 7 2-6 23, Demetrius Norwood 0 1-2 1, Lathan Stephens 2 2-2 7, B.J. Anderson 0 0-0 0, Alex Petty 0 0-0 0, Jaiden Tucker 0 0-0 0, Kelby Tucker 0 0-0 0, Daniel Beckman 1 0-0 2, Kyler Gibson 0 0-2 0. Totals 19 5-12 53.
Ohatchee 4 10 16 13 – 43
Munford 8 15 17 13 – 53
3-point goals: Ohatchee 4 (Roberts, Tittle 2, Roberson); Munford 10 (Anderson 2, Morgan 7, Stephens). Total fouls: Ohatchee 11, Munford 16.
WESTBROOK CHRISTIAN 59, FAITH CHRISTIAN 57 (OT): Evans Sizemore scored 14 of his 17 points in the second half to help the Warriors rally from a nine-point halftime deficit to force overtime, then they hit 5-of-7 free throws in the extra session to win.
Faith leading scorer Ethan Richerzhagen (25 points) and Yoshua Arevalo both fouled out in overtime, limiting the Lions’ options. Thomas Curlee returned to the Lions’ lineup after being out since the County Tournament with back issues and scored four points in “very limited” minutes in the game.
“We’ll try him more against Temple (Saturday), then hopefully turn him all the way up for the area tournament,” Faith coach Cory Hughes said. “I’m really excited about the post-season.”
Westbrook Christian 59, Faith Christian 57 (OT)
WESTBROOK – Cameron White 0-2 0-0 0, Hugh Windle 3-12 2-2 8, Cooper Greer 2-2 0-0 6, Evans Sizemore 7-13 2-4 17, Steve Barnus 0-4 0-0 0, Brodie Self 8-13 4-6 20, Asher Keck 1-4 0-0 2, Eli Edge 1-4 2-3 4, John Gilchrist 1-2 0-0 2. Totals 23-56 10-15 59.
FAITH – Yashua Arevalo 3-8 0-0 7, Jacque Prater 5-11 0-0 13, Thomas Curlee 2-11 0-0 4, Ethan Richerzhagen 9-21 3-4 25, Brodie Dodson 0-0 0-0 0, Demonde Bell 0-0 0-1 0, Colton Pahman 3-6 0-0 8, Damian Arevalo 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 22-57 3-5 57.
Westbrook 10 14 19 11 5 – 59
Faith 14 19 14 7 3 – 57
3-point goals: Westbrook 3 (Greer 2, Sizemore); Faith 10 (Y. Arevalo, Prater 3, Richerzhagen 4, Pahman 2). Fouled out: Y. Arevalo, Richerzhagen. Total fouls: Westbrook 12, Faith 17.
SPRING GARDEN 82, WEAVER 46: Six Panthers combined to hit 13 3-pointers and four players scored in double figures.
Spring Garden 82, Weaver 46
WEAVER – Jeffrey Miles 6 0-0 12, Kohl Perry 4 0-0 9, Dawson Brooks 1 0-2 3, Buck McGregor 4 2-3 13, Armane Burton 1 2-5 4, Brayden Character 2 0-0 5. Totals 18 4-10
SPRING GARDEN – John Welsh 8 0-0 18, Andrew Floyd 4 0-0 11, Andrew Bates 2 0-0 6, Jacob Welsh 7 2-3 16, Cooper Austin 4 0-0 11, Chapel Pope 3 0-0 8, Chaz Pope 2 3-4 8, Cam Welsh 2 0-0 4. Totals 32 5-7 82.
Weaver 13 7 8 18 – 46
Spring Garden 14 21 21 26 – 82
3-point goals: Weaver 6 (Brooks, Perry, McGregor 3, Character); Spring Garden 13 (Jo. Welsh 2, Austin 3, Floyd 3, Bates 2, Cp. Pope 2, Cz. Pope). Total fouls: Weaver 8, Spring Garden 9. [**read more]
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