Julia Duncan of CCMS basketball
It took almost 10 minutes of game time before the Coffee County Middle School Lady Raider basketball team could find a rhythm, but when they did, they rolled up their 20th win of the year in a 42 to 17 Sub-Sectional win over Rockvale on Monday night. The quickness and size of the visiting Ravens had the Lady Raiders tentative in the 1st quarter before a Journey Arnold 3 pointer with 4 minutes left in the half seemed to settle Coffee County down. Leading by 1 after the 1st quarter, Coffee County held Rockvale to 2 points in the 2nd quarter to take a 22 to 7 lead into the halftime break. The Lady Raiders got tremendous post play and continued to force turnovers as they outscored the Ravens 27 to 4 in the 2nd and 3rd quarters to salt away the win.
Following the game, Coach George Pearson had this to say about his team being 20 and 0 on the season
Coach Pearson also had glowing praise for the performance of his post players.
CCMS head coach George Pearson helps “cut down the nets” on Monday night to celebrate their CTC Tournament win on Saturday
Julia Duncan led the Lady Raiders in scoring with 18 points as she was named the Gateway Tire and Service Center Player of the Game. Keri Munn came off the bench to score 8 points to highlight the strong post play of Coffee County. Bella Vinson added 6 points for Coffee County. With the win, the Lady Raiders advance to Wednesday’s TMSAA State Sectional Tournament at Murfreesboro’s Central Magnet School. The Lady Raiders will take on Dickson Middle School who got a 46 to 36 win over Hunter Middle of Hendersonville on Monday night. Wednesday’s game tips off at 5:30 PM and Thunder Radio will be on hand to bring you all the action. We will go on the air at 5:20 with the Powers Storage Pregame Show on Wednesday night live from Murfreesboro.
