4Q 5:39 Lambert 58 North Atlanta 34 6’3 Sr. Kai Bryant Strother attacks the rim and floats one up and in It’s answered on the other end by a Kenny LaRue 3

Final Lambert Basketball 77 North Atlanta 40 Defense was too much as it converted several turnovers into points 5’10 G Kenny LaRue with a big impact in this one. Defending well, setting up teammates, on top of hitting his fair share of triples

End of 1 River Ridge 11 New Manchester 8 Lady Jaguars jumped out to a 5 - 0 lead early to be responded with 9 unanswered points by the Lady Knights. Lady Jags have played smothering defense but went 3-8 from the FT line in the 1st

2Q 4:34 River Ridge 21 New Manchester 14 3 ball Finley Parker 🏀 Is followed by a Roberson 3 to force a coach Parks timeout

2Q 2:06 River Ridge 31 New Manchester 17 Pull-up jumper by 6’0 Amorie strachan is answered by a Makayla Roberson triple

End of 2 River Ridge 40 New Manchester 23 Moye finds 5’10 Kyara Lawrence for a designed back screen 2 It’s answered by a parking lot buzzer beater by Makayla Roberson

Halftime North Forsyth 21 Carrollton 19 Lady Trojans Sr. 5’9 Daija Preston attacks the lane for a floater 2. It brings them within 2 before the 2nd half

3Q 5:22 River Ridge 49 New Manchester 28 Cleaveland straight up defense forces a miss. Roberson outlets to Cantey who shuttle passes to Sophia Pearl for a transition 3

3Q 4:13 River Ridge 53 New Manchester 33 Lady Jaguars 5’1 So. G dfurgess has had 2 proven and taller defenders on her all game and she has still been able to get hers Impressive underclassman guard who knows how to play tight defense and put the ball in the basket

3Q 4:18 North Forsyth 33 Carrollton 22 Back-to-back 3s by Ana and London Weaver forces a Lady Trojans timeout

3Q 47.5 River Ridge 65 New Manchester 38 5’7 G Sophia Pearl on a stop and turnaround 2. The Lady Knights get a stop on the other end, and a Pearl outlet pass to an and-1 for Finley Parker 🏀

End of 3 River Ridge 69 New Manchester 38 5’10 Jr Whitley Coleman and 6’0 Sr Joy Tchamabe have given the Lady Knights valuable minutes off the bench. Coleman with crucial buckets and Tchambe cleaning the glass

4Q 3:58 River Ridge 75 New Manchester 40 Fast-break 2 for 5’9 G KylaCantey3 she’s done a great job defending a top scorer while also scoring points of her own and finding her teammates

End of 3 North Forsyth 38 Carrollton 24 Hot shooting has given North some separation. The switch to a 2-3 zone has also slowed down the Lady Trojans offense

Final River Ridge Girls Basketball 80 New Manchester 44 Lady Jaguars were game early but hot shooting by several Lady Knights started separating the scores Cantey and Roberson with a solid job of guarding one of region 5’s top scorers. And Pearl, Cleaveland, and Parker were too much from 3

Final NoFoWBB 50 Carrollton 43 Lady Trojans hit the 3 as time expired but it isn’t enough 6’1 London Weaver awakens in the 2nd half to bolster the Lady Raiders to the Final 4 where they’ll see the winner of Buford/Newton