Both games at LAMP were similar on Tuesday night as both the boys and girls team won easily, but could never quite break the 30-point lead barrier to start the running clock. Both teams won convincingly as they closed out the regular season.
The boys game started with ACA (18-7) scoring the first eleven points over the first five minutes of the game. Sam Davidson hit back to back threes to lead the team with six points in the run. Over the final three minutes of the period, LAMP stayed even and trailed 8-18 after one. The offense cooled off in the second, but the defense remained stout and did not allow the Tigers to close the gap. Leading 24-15 late in the period, Connor Mark put back a missed three and after a Tyree Saadiq steal, Mac Moorer hit a three for five quick points and a 29-15 lead at the break.
Darius Gardner and Mac Moorer played inside/outside in the third as the duo combined to score all fourteen of ACA’s points in the third. Gardner had four field goals in the paint for eight points while Moorer hit two long ones for six points. Team facilitator, Tyree Saadiq assisted on four of the six made baskets. The third ended with Alabama Christian leading 43-22. ACA outscored LAMP 10-3 to start the fourth to lead 53-25, their largest of the night, with four minutes left. AC Walters and Broderick Williams scored in the quarter and Ethan Capps made his varsity debut. The team did not score over the final four minutes of the game, but still won by a 53-33 margin.
Mac Moorer’s 17 points led the offense and added four rebounds. Darius Gardner recorded a double-double with 12 points and 11 rebounds while Sam Davidson finished with 12 points and three steals. Tyree Saadiq had eight assists to lead the team.
The girls opened the night with a comfortable win over LAMP, but it took a while for things to start rolling. In the first quarter the offense fell in love with the three point shot despite only making one of their first 13 attempts. With a minute left to go in the period and leading 7-3, Coach Cantrell called timeout and implored the troops to stop hanging out at the three point line and start running the offense. Although the team did not score in the last minute of the first, the timeout must have worked as the Eagles (13-11) hit their first five shots, from four different players, of the second to open a 21-3 commanding lead. As quickly as the burst of offense appeared it disappeared just as quickly as ACA scored only one more point over the last five minutes of the half. Luckily, the defense shut down the home team as Alabama Christian 22-6 at the half.
In the third, LAMP scored six to double their score to twelve for the game. Unfortunately, for the Tigers, ACA scored fourteen in the period to stretch the lead to 36-12. Annabelle Pugh, who was the only player not to shoot a three in the first half, hit a long one to start the scoring in the half. The Eagles continued to spread the ball around as five different players scored. With just over a minute left in the game, Izzy Warrick nailed a three to give ACA a 48-16 lead for the final score of the night.
For the third game in a row, Katelynn Sutton led the offense with 17 points and had an all around solid game with six rebounds, six steals, and three assists. Izzy Warrick followed with 11 points and seven rebounds while Addison Smith had seven points and five rebounds.