HANCEVILLE, Ala. – After incomes a win over Sulligent within the Candy 16 final week, the Chilly Springs Girl Eagles have been again on the court docket at Tom Drake Coliseum Monday morning to face Decatur Heritage within the Northwest Regional finals. After falling behind early, the Eagles rallied to make it a 4-point recreation at halftime however couldn’t maintain tempo with Decatur Heritage within the second half and Chilly Springs’ season got here to an finish with a 61-41 loss within the Elite Eight.
The Girl Eagles outscored Decatur Heritage 14-6 within the second quarter to chop into the lead earlier than halftime, however they weren’t capable of hit sufficient perimeter pictures to maintain up within the second half.
“We rebounded the ball nicely; I believe we solely gave them one shot in that quarter, so I felt like that was an enormous distinction,” Chilly Springs Head Coach Tammy West mentioned. “We hit a couple of pictures throughout that quarter and performed actually exhausting. It was simply each time we’d make a run, we’d miss some open pictures and as soon as we obtained settled down, we couldn’t hit sufficient. We have been 4 for twenty-four and out of these 24 I’m going to say most of them have been uncontested,” We did some very nice issues offensively, some issues we haven’t performed all yr earlier than, however defensively there have been simply so many weapons from Decatur Heritage that you simply needed to fear about. That simply made it actually exhausting for us to sluggish them down.”
Three-pointers from Ella Dickerson and Hollyn Bruer put the Girl Eagles behind Decatur Heritage 7-6 early within the opening interval. Dickerson hit a pair of free throws to trim the result in 12-8 later within the first quarter however Decatur Heritage constructed a 20-8 lead by the beginning of the second.
Chilly Springs battled again within the second quarter. Kenady Graves laid one in to make it a 22-10 recreation and after drawing a foul on a three-point try, Dickerson knocked down all three from the road to chop the result in 24-13. Dickerson drilled one other three to make it 24-16 and Macie Huffstutler added a pair of free throws to carry the result in 26-18 later within the interval. After Dickerson break up a pair of free throws, Graves scored within the paint to make it a 26-21 recreation and Dickerson tacked on yet one more free throw within the ultimate second of the primary half to deliver the lead all the way down to 26-22 at halftime.
Chilly Springs had a tricky time getting a lot happening the offensive finish within the third quarter. Decatur Heritage scored 13 unanswered factors to begin the interval, stretching its result in 39-22 at one level. Huffstutler knocked down a 3 with round a minute remaining within the third, however the Eagles trailed Decatur Heritage 41-25 going into the fourth.
Chilly Springs didn’t go down quietly within the ultimate body. A pair of baskets from Huffstutler and Dickerson made it a 50-33 recreation halfway via the fourth quarter. Bruer and Dickerson every break up a pair of free throws to make it 52-35 later within the interval and Paizley Whitlow laid one in and Kaydance Williams sank a pair free throws to proceed chipping away but it surely wasn’t sufficient to beat the Decatur Heritage lead and Chilly Springs’ season got here to an finish with a 61-41 loss within the Elite Eight.
Dickerson led the Girl Eagles with 18 factors and 7 rebounds within the loss. Huffstutler posted 9 factors and eight rebounds and Graves and Bruer every added 4 factors.
Ella Dickerson and Kenady Graves additionally earned Northwest Regional All-Match workforce honors.
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