Abby Morgan(#23) is congratulated by her teammates and coach Joe Pat Cope after eclipsing the 1,000 point mark.
Friday at the Coffee County Christmas Classic saw the Red Raiders roll to their 3rd straight win and Lady Raider Abby Morgan eclipse the 1,000 point mark for her high school career. The Red Raiders opened the day with a 67 to 49 win over Riverside Christian. The Lady Raiders held Nashville Central Christian to single digits in every quarter in a 67 to 28 win.
In the opening game of the day on Friday, the Red Raiders got off to a red hot start as they jumped out to a 26 to 8 lead after 1 quarter and cruised to the easy win over Riverside Christian. In a game where the starters played less than 10 minutes, Coffee County kept the lead near 20 points for most of the game. Andrew Mahaffey got a field goal and a trio of triples to score Coffee County’s first 11 points. Mahaffey finished with 11 points. Connor Shemwell finished with 8 points and C.J. Anthony added 7.
C.J. Anthony of Coffee County CHS basketball
It seemed that everyone on hand for the girls’ game knew Abby Morgan was 7 points away from 1,000 at the start of the game. But in the first half, Morgan missed her first 6 shots before closing the half with 5 points. Morgan sank a driving layup just 42 seconds into the second half to send the crowd into celebration mode. The Lady Raiders pulled the starters with 3:14 left in the 3rd quarter as 9 different Lady Raiders scored in the win. Jacey Vaughn led the team with 20 points. Morgan finished with 9 points, while Ellie Graham added 8 points.
On Saturday, both Raider teams will be in action in the final day of the Coffee County Christmas Classic. The Raiders and Lady Raiders will play back to back games beginning at 12:30 PM against Oakland. The Red Raiders will take in the Patriots at 12:30 with the Lady Raiders game to follow. Thunder Radio will bring you live action of the girls’ game, beginning around 2 PM, streaming at WMSRradio.com and on the Thunder Radio app.
Abby Morgan is presented the game ball from coach Joe Pat Cope on Friday afternoon at CHS.
