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GHSA Boys Basketball Final 4 Matchups


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CLASS 6A

Saturday, March 7 at Georgia State

R3 #3 No. 5 Pebblebrook 70, R3 #2 No. 4 Hillgrove 57: Jaylen Humphrey netted 21 points.

R5 #1 No. 1 Wheeler 56, R3 #1 No. 2 McEachern 52: UConn-signee Colben Landrew finished with 22 points. Chase Lumpkin had 22 points for McEachern.

CLASS 5A

Friday, March 6 at Georgia State

R4 #1 No. 3 Woodward Academy 62, R7 #1 No. 1 Gainesville 61: Myles Hayes hit a three in the corner with seconds left to knock off Gainesville (30-1). Hayes finished with 17 points, 8 rebounds and 4 blocks for Woodward Academy (25-6) while Jarvis Hayes Jr. had 15 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals. Donovan Johnson netted 12 points and Bentley Lusakueno added 10 points. Gainesville received 14 points from Brandon Nelson. Kevin White and Belmont-signee Charlie Gersmehl scored 12 apiece.

R5 #1 No. 2 Alexander 85, R4 #3 Tri-Cities 76: Charleston Southern-signee Marquise Leslie poured in 27 points. Georgia Southern-signee Jayden Crawford finished with 17 points. Torian Greene tossed in 14 points and Colorado State-signee Pops Dunson recorded 11 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists. Georgia Tech-signee Jalan Wingfield powered Tri-Cities with 27 points and 6 rebounds.

CLASS 4A

Saturday, March 7 at Akins Arena (Athens)

R4 #1 No. 3 Pace Academy 60, R6 #1 Cambridge 55: Pace Academy (24-7) outscored Cambridge (18-13) 28-12 in the fourth quarter to stun the Bears amid multiple stoppages in the fourth quarter due to court conditions. The Knights trailed 43-32 after three quarters after struggling to score in the period, stuck on two points for roughly the first five minutes of the third quarter. Gavin Fountain took over in the fourth quarter with 15 points including three threes as he finished with 23 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal. The Knights got back in the game with their press and ability to play bully-ball in the post. Brian Clark made key plays defensively and racked up 12 points, 7 rebounds, 1 assist, 4 steals and 2 blocks including sinking two free throws at the 3:24 mark to give Pace their first lead of the second half at 51-50. Penn football-signee Jaydon Avery had 11 points and 6 assists, eight points in the first quarter. Cambridge was led by Navy-signee Carter Higdon who tallied 22 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block. Bryson O’Kelley had 11 points.

R5 #1 No. 1 St. Pius X 79, R3 #1 No. 4 Jonesboro 63: St. Pius X (32-0) extinguished their boogeyman, beating Jonesboro (23-8) after losing in their previous four meetings in the postseason dating back to 2015. The Golden Lions drilled 12 threes — eight in the first half — and connected on 25-28 from the foul line to overwhelm the Cardinals. Clemson-signee Harris Reynolds shot 15-16 from the line and sunk four deep threes as he piled in 33 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 7 blocks. Max Etienne scored 16 points, Westin Keppen had 11 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists and Thomas Rogers supplied 8 points. Columbus State-signee D’Marley Elliott contributed 7 points and 7 assists. In the loss, Jonesboro was led by Calvin Goss’ 28 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists.  Frank Jackson added 15 points and 10 rebounds while Tenaje Freeman had 10 points off the bench.

CLASS 3A

Saturday, March 7 at Legacy Arena (Douglasville)

#17 No. 6 Harlem 63, #12 No. 8 Douglass 50: Harlem (23-9) rode AJ Williams to 25 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists. Ty Shine scored 14 points and Jayden Futrell added 11. Malachi Edgell led Douglass with 20 points and 7 rebounds.

#2 No. 1 Cross Creek 78, #6 East Hall 59: Cross Creek (26-5) got 23 points from Frashad Tisby in the win after leading 42-18 at the half.

CLASS 2A

Friday, March 6 at Legacy Arena (Douglasville)

#5 No. 7 Morgan County 69, #16 No. 6 Therrell 62: Zeki Locus had 17 points, 15 points in the second half. Garrett Ward scored 14 points while freshman Trey Carter and Jacoby Simmons scored 10 apiece.

#2 No. 2 Butler 50, #6 No. 1 KIPP Atlanta 41: Coming in averaging around four points per game, Lajerry Wright exploded for a game-high 17 points as Butler (25-4) eliminated KIPP Atlanta (24-6) setting up an opportunity to repeat as state champs. Kwamane Bridges netted 15 points.

CLASS 1A D-I

Saturday, March 7 at Fort Valley State

#4 No. 2 Southwest-Macon 62, #1 No. 5 Vidalia 51: Alex Butts drilled five threes in the second half to propel Southwest-Macon (27-6) past Vidalia (26-3) in a heated game which saw a kerfuffle late which resulted in heavy police presence.

#2 No. 1 Rabun County 70, #3 No. 6 Fitzgerald 59:  Navy-signee Huey Blalock dominated with 27 points and 13 assists as Rabun County (29-2) clinched a spot in the state championship.

CLASS 1A D-II

Friday, March 6 at Fort Valley State

R2 #1 No. 5 Clinch County 53, R6 #1 No. 1 Chattahoochee County 44: Clinch County (28-4) is heading to Macon for the first time in 37 years after Kamarion Johnson led the way with 22 points followed by Traviian Miller’s 15.

R3 #1 No. 7 Portal 60, R8 #1 No. 9 Washington-Wilkes 48:

CLASS 3A-1A PRIVATE

Friday, March 6 at Akins Arena (Athens)

#1 No. 7 Darlington 57, #4 No. 2 Mt. Vernon 48: Cam Selig poured in 26 points and 7 rebounds while DJ Hall battled foul trouble to orchestrate 6 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists and 3 steals to life Darlington (29-2) past Mt. Vernon (28-4) who defeated the Tigers in January 70-57. Freshman Joseph Ogunyemi had 11 points, 11 rebounds and 1 block. In the loss, the Mustangs got 13 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists from Gabe Alterman. Chase Daniels scored 11 points.

#2 No. 1  Holy Innocents’ 63, #11 No. 6 Walker 47: Smothering defense built a 31-13 halftime lead for Holy Innocents’ (26-3) as the Golden Bears cruised back to Macon for a chance to repeat. Jaden McCullough finished with 19 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 steals and 1 block. Belmont-signee Devin Hutcherson tallied 18 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals. Khalid Worthy contributed 13 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals and 4 blocks. Walker was led by Anderson Carey’s 11 points. Devan Fernande had 10 points. Lorenzo McCorvey recorded 8 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 4 blocks. Sean Nalls racked up 8 points, 2 rebounds and 4 steals.

Spielin’ & Dealin’ Ep. 167: Boys Elite 8 Preview


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Sandy’s Spiel Spring Showcase – [:25]
Class 6A – [1:17]
Class 5A – [5:34]
Class 4A – [11:35]
Class 3A – [22:08]
Class 2A – [30:19]
Class 1A D-I – [36:43]
Class 1A D-II – [42:51]
Class 3A-1A Private [49:20]

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GHSA Boys Basketball Elite 8 Matchups


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CLASS 6A

R3 #2 Hillgrove 63, R4 #1 Grayson 61
R3 #3 Pebblebrook 65, R7 #1 Meadowcreek 55

R3 #1 McEachern 93, R7 #2 Peachtree Ridge 69
R5 #1 Wheeler 70, R7 #3 North Gwinnett 48

CLASS 5A

R4 #1 Woodward Academy 80, R2 #1 Houston County 48
R7 #1 Gainesville 61, R3 #3 Dutchtown 47

R4 #3 Tri-Cities 76, R3 #1 Langston Hughes 63
R5 #1 Alexander 76, R4 #2 Decatur 62

CLASS 4A

R4 #1 Pace Academy 53, R5 #3 Southwest DeKalb 45
R6 #1 Cambridge 56, R8 #3 East Forsyth 45

R3 #1 Jonesboro 62, R1 #1 Ware County 31
R5 #1 St. Pius X 72, R8 #1 North Oconee 64

CLASS 3A

#17 Harlem 72, #9 Troup County 57
#12 Douglass 70, #13 Dougherty 47

#6 East Hall 67, #3 Calhoun 52
#2 Cross Creek 59, #7 Baldwin 52

CLASS 2A

#16 Therrell 69, #24 Hart County 61
#5 Morgan County 62, #20 Thomson 40

#6 KIPP Atlanta 64, #3 South Atlanta 52
#2 Butler 66, #7 Columbia 43

CLASS 1A D-I

#1 Vidalia 59, #9 Commerce 49
#4 Southwest-Macon 62, #5 Model 60 OT

#3 Fitzgerald 81, #6 Putnam County 72
#2 Rabun County 76, #7 Fannin County 42

CLASS 1A D-II

R2 #1 Clinch County 65, R4 #1 Wheeler County 59
R6 #1 Chattahoochee County 71, R7 #1 Bowdon 60

R3 #1 Portal 68, R1 #1 Mitchell County 62
R8 #1 Washington-Wilkes 67, R2 #2 Turner County 43

CLASS 3A-1A PRIVATE

#1 Darlington 66, #8 Calvary Day 63
#4 Mt. Vernon 59, #5 Greenforest 41

#11 Walker 64, #3 North Cobb Christian 44
#2 Holy Innocents’ 93, #7 Christian Heritage 89 2OT

Spielin’ & Dealin’ Ep. 165: Boys Sweet 16 Preview


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Sandy’s Spiel Spring Showcase – [:28]
Class 6A – [1:22]
Class 5A – [9:29]
Class 4A – [15:28]
Class 3A – [26:08]
Class 2A – [36:04]
Class 1A D-I – [43:46]
Class 1A D-II – [48:05]
Class 3A-1A Private [52:08]

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