On Monday night, basketball fans witnessed great action at ‘The Patch’ inside Coffee County High School.
First, the Shelbyville girls defeated Columbia in double overtime in the third-place game in the girls’ District 9 Class 4-A tournament.
Second, Coffee County’s Lady Raiders and the Lincoln County Lady Falcons put on a classic.
After the first quarter, the Lady Raiders held a 5-point lead, 17-12. The Lady Falcons made a run in the second to cut the lead to one, 24-23. Coffee County hit big free throws down the stretch to pull out the 49-45 championship win.
Natalie Barnes was named the Dr Jay Trussler/Rooster 101.5 Player of the Game. She led the Lady Raiders with 20 points. Barnes was also named the district tournament MVP. She also won it last season.
Jules Ferrell scored 11 points and earned all-tournament. Channah Gannon was also named all-tournament and scored 9. Olivia Vinson had 7 points and, with her first 2 points on the night, scored the 1,000th point in her career.
Morgan Brown led Lincoln County with 15, and Alyssa Petty added 13 points for the girls from Fayetteville.
Coffee County will host Independence at 7 PM Friday in the quarterfinals of the region tournament. Hear the game on The Rooster 101.5. Lincoln County will host Brentwood.
The Coffee County boys will host Columbia for the District 9 Class 4-A championship on Tuesday night at 7, and Rooster 101.5 will be on hand for the coverage. The Raiders will host a District 10 team on Saturday in the region tournament at 7 PM.
