CCMS Lady Raiders Win CTC Conference Tournament Championship

Abby Morgan, Alisha Jennings and Julia Duncan(left to right) were named to the CTC All Conference team on Saturday night.

Abby Morgan, Alisha Jennings and Julia Duncan(left to right) were named to the CTC All Conference team on Saturday night.

In a game where neither team had a lead bigger than 4 points, the Coffee County Middle School Lady Raiders forced a South Franklin Lady Trojan turnover as time expired to claim a 25 to 24 win on Saturday night in the Central Tennessee Conference tournament finals.  The two teams, who split their 2 regular season meetings, traded the lead back and forth for 3 quarters before the Lady Raiders took a 23 to 19 lead with 3:55 left in the game.  After an Abby Morgan free throw with 43 seconds to go, the Lady Raiders forced 2 Lady Trajan turnovers in the last 15 seconds to hold on for the win.  Julia Duncan led Coffee County in scoring with 7 points while Alisha Jennings, Abby Morgan and Jacey Vaughn each netted 6 points.  With the win, Coffee County finished the season with a record 19 to 1 and avenged their only loss of the season to South.  After the game, Jennings, Duncan and Morgan were named to the CTC All-Conference Team.  An encore presentation of the game will be broadcast on Monday night at 6 PM on Thunder Radio.  Download Thunder Radio’s broadcast

The Lady Raiders of Coffee County Middle School with their CTC championship tournament

The Lady Raiders of Coffee County Middle School with their CTC championship trophy