5STAR PREPS HOOPJAM GAME UPDATES
SATURDAY, DEC. 17, 2022
GAME 1
Webb 57, CAK 43 (girls)
The Webb School of Knoxville girls turned up the heat defensively from the jump and it led to a big lead at the break, 33-11.
The Lady Spartans snuck into passing lanes, pressured the ball movement incessantly and produced plenty of easy baskets in transition.
Webb (7-2) won its sixth game in a row. Senior forward Madelyn Ladd had 13 points and six rebounds while freshman guard Meeyah Green added 15 points and eight assists.
Keira Leffew scored 13 to lead CAK (8-4), which had its six-game win streak snapped.
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GAME 2
Catholic 63, A.C. Reynolds 56 (girls)
The Lady Irish scrapped and clawed throughout but just couldn’t pass by A.C. Reynolds — until late in the fourth.
Junior guard Sydney Mains buried a 3 with 1:38 left to give Catholic a 54-53 lead. Some 30 seconds later, Jaz Williams notched a 3-point play in transition to push the Catholic lead to 57-53 with 1:09 remaining.
Mains had one point in the first half but finished with 17 points.
Freshman guard Logan Connatser proved key for Catholic, knocking down three 3-pointers in the second half to keep the Lady Irish close. She finished with 14 points. Amaya Redd added 12.
Julie Janus led A.C. Reynolds with 20 points. Jenna Barnes pitched in 16. Peyton Harvey had 14.
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GAME 3
Lebanon 43, Fulton 25 (girls)
T.K. Hastings pumped in a team-high 15 points, and Lebanon took advantage of Fulton still playing without star player Sammy Taylor (injured).
Lebanon led 20-8 at the break and then outscored the Lady Falcons 19-10 in the third.
Maiya Moore led Fulton with nine points.
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GAME 4
Richmond, N.C. 80, Lebanon 53 (boys)
Richmond (8-2) bounced back from a 71-67 loss to Knoxville Catholic on Friday and caught absolute fire from the 3-point line Saturday afternoon against Lebanon, dropping in 14 treys.
Jullien Cole led the way, setting the tone with three 3s in the first quarter. He had 11 points in the early going and Lebanon built a 20-13 lead after the opening eight minutes. He finished with six made 3s and 20 points.
Jamarion Wall led Richmond with 26 points, even hitting four 3s of his own — three in the fourth quarter. Richmond scored 49 points in the second half to Lebanon’s 27.
Jarred Hall, a 6-8 Tulsa signee, led Lebanon with 25 points but had just five points after the break.
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GAME 5
A.C. Reynolds 62, Fulton 60 (boys)
Fulton’s unbeaten start to the season concluded Saturday night at the buzzer.
Down by 16 early in the fourth quarter, Fulton (11-1) rallied with fury and two 3s from Tyler Lee cut the Falcons’ deficit to 54-52 with 4:06 to go. Lee finished with 17 points.
Dexter Lewis tied the game at 54-all on a drive with 3:40 remaining, and Marcellus Jackson added two foul shots with 1:32 left to give Fulton the lead.
Declan Brown of A.C. Reynolds, who had 25 points and seven 3s, hit a 3 with 1:10 to go to help the Rockets regain the lead, 57-56.
Denaj Kimber (17 points) drove and scored at the 1:01 mark of the fourth. He got fouled during his make but missed the ensuing foul shot, leaving Fulton ahead just 58-57.
Taj Kimber (12 points) gave Fulton a 60-59 lead with less than 20 seconds to go.
Jackson fouled Jayden Harper of AC Reynolds with 5.1 seconds left, but Harper made the first and missed the second. An ACR player got the rebound and shot, but Fulton blocked it.
Harper’s teammate, Asher Cunningham (10 points), eventually came up with a loose ball by himself under the goal for the game-winner as time expired.
There was some question as to whether or not the shot beat the buzzer. Officials ruled it good.
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GAME 6
Webb 74, Mountain Brook, Ala. 65 (boys)
Webb’s shooters just didn’t miss. Much, anyways.
Webb (8-3) knocked down 15 3-pointers in their win Saturday night in the penultimate game of the HoopJam.
Jaylen Pompey hit three in the second quarter, when Webb built a 29-26 halftime lead. Lukas Walls added two 3s in the second quarter and made four overall en route to his 20 points. Pompey had 13 points.
Webb scored 15 third-quarter points … all on 3s. Drake Ingram made three in the third and finished with five made 3s and 24 points.
Mountain Brook posted 28 points in the fourth quarter, but it wasn’t enough to cut the deficit to any sort of panic-button-pressing situation by Webb.
Webb was 10 of 14 on foul shots in the fourth.
For Mountain Brook, Ty Davis finished with 22 points, 12 of which came in the fourth quarter.
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GAME 7
Catholic 60, Hamilton Heights 59 (boys)
Yesan Warren made two free throws with just a handful of seconds left to take the lead, and Hamilton Heights couldn’t get off a game-winner on the other end.
Catholic junior Alex Doerger finished with 20 points and had four 3s. Caleb Asbatay had 18 points for the Irish. Cade Murphy had 10.
Villanova signee Jordann Dumont had 20 points in the first half for Hamilton Heights, added seven more in the third but did not score in the fourth.
Catholic trailed 55-49 going into the fourth quarter.
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