CHS Lady Raider basketball team with their championship hardware on Saturday
Entering Saturday’s Coffee County Classic final day, both of the Coffee County CHS basketball teams entered play unbeaten in the 3 day tournament as each matched with Oakland. The Red Raiders got off to a rocky start before falling 50 to 31. The Lady Raiders rallied from a 9 point deficit to claim a 61 to 52 win.
In the boys’ game, Coffee County got a 3 point shot to fall in their first possession before going ice cold over the next 9 minutes to fall behind 17 to 3. Trailing 29 to 10 at the half, the Red Raiders mounted a comeback in the 3rd quarter as they opened the half on a 7-0 run. Coffee County trimmed the deficit to 10 points only to see Oakland close strong for the win. Coffee County was led in scoring by Darius Rozier who had 12 points, Kyle Farless added 8 points and Andrew Mahaffey scored 5.
The girls’ game was a back and forth battle in the first half as the 2 teams went to the locker room tied at 30 at the half. In the 3rd quarter, Oakland’s defense held the Lady Raiders to 3 points to take a 9 point lead into the final 8 minutes. The Lady Raiders exploded on a 15 to 5 run in the first 3 and a half minutes of the 4th quarter to take their first lead of the second half at 48 to 47. Coffee County’s Abby Morgan and Bella Vinson answered the call in the 4th period as Morgan scored 12 and Vinson added 11 points in the decisive period. Morgan finished with 23 points to be named the Crazy Daisies player of the game. Vinson and Ellie Graham finished with 11 points and Jacey Vaughn added 10 points. After the game, Ellie Graham, Jenna Garretson, Kiya Ferrell, Jacey Vaughn and Bella Vinson were named to the All-Tournament team and Abby Morgan was named the tournament’s Most Valuable player. The win improves the Lady Raiders to 15 and 0 on the season.
The Lady Raiders will next be in action on Thursday as they begin play in the Tampa Bay Christmas Invitational. The Lady Raiders will take on Tampa Bay Tech on Thursday at 1:30 PM at Seffner Christian Academy. The tournament concludes on Saturday. The Raiders and Lady Raiders return to regular season play on January the 3rd at Warren County.
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