Franklin Springs, GA - The Lady Lions hosted King University this weekend for a Conference Carolinas matchup with the Tornado.
Results:
- Emmanuel 83, King 51
- Emmanuel 3-4, 3-1 Conference Carolinas; King 2-8, 2-1 Conference Carolinas
Summary:
First Period
- Emmanuel jumps to an early 8 point lead three minutes into the first 10 minutes of play
- The Tornado made an attempt to close the gap coming within 5 points with just 6 minutes left to play
- The Lady Lion's Syndey Wyatt and
Jeanetta Elder went on a hot streak to increase Emmanuel's score to 20-7 with less than three minutes to play
- Under a minute to play,
Abby Crawford, drains a 3 to give Emmanuel a 15 point advantage (27-12), to end the first period.
Second Period
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Macy Passmore hits a jumper 58 seconds into the second period increasing the lead to a 17 point lead and put the Lions on the board first
- The Lions then would score the next six points and held the Tornado scoreless until 3:57 left to play
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Abby Crawford would have a beautiful layup in the paint after a fast break from which she stole the ball from the Tornado at 3:09
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Jeanetta Elder would score 4 more points for the Lions within a minute and a half
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Abby Crawford would hit a buzzer beater 3 assisted by
Addie Penick to send the Lions into the half up 47-20
Third Period
- The Tornado would open scoring the first six points
- Emmanuel would close the quarter on a 11-6 run
- Jazmine Allen,
Sydney Wyatt,
Jeanetta Elder and
Abby Crawford would run this period of play
Fourth Period
- The Lions would slowly continue to stretch their lead, eventually going up 75-45 with 3:17 left to play
- Tornado would be unable to close deficit as the Lions would continue to drain buckets
- The Tornado were unable to close the defecit, falling 83-51.
Players of the game
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Jeanetta Elder led all scorers, scoring 19 points and pulling nine rebounds
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Abby Crawford and
Sydney Wyatt both had 15 points
The Lions will travel to the University of Mount Olive on December 14th. The game is set to begin at 5:00pm.
