Pisgah 64, Lanett 47
Pisgah High School’s defense shut out Lanett over the first six minutes of Monday’s Class 2A girls’ state tournament semifinals to take a 14-point lead and then fended off the scrappy Wildcats’ second-half comeback effort to post a 64-47 win in the 100th AHSAA State Basketball Championships being held at the BJCC Legacy Arena.
The Eagles (32-3), coached by Carey Ellison, needed that cushion in the end as the Panthers (17-8) of Coach Charlie Williams outscored Pisgah 40-39 the rest of the way. Lanett could never get closer than nine, however, and the Eagles moved one win closer to claiming its fifth AHSAA state championship in a row.
Pisgah moves into the Class 2A finals Friday morning at 9 a.m., facing the winner of the other semifinal between St. Luke’s Episcopal and Sulligent.
All games are being live-streamed over the NFHS Network and are being televised over the AHSAA TV Network this week. WOTM TV is producing all the contests. The AHSAA Radio Network is also broadcasting all games over its radio/internet network as well.
Senior Molly Heard and junior Kallie Tinker paced Pisgah’s 17th straight win. Heard had 20 points, 10 rebounds, four steals, two assists and two blocked shots and Tinker had 24 point, three assists, two steals and 5-of-11 shooting effort from the 3-point line. Campbell Barron also had nine points.
Pacing Lanett was MaKiah White, who had 14 points, 10 rebounds and three blocked shots. Breanna Glaze added 11 points, five rebounds, three assists and two steals.
