ACA began the final week of the regular season with victories. Both teams celebrated Senior Night with dominating wins over Ellwood Christian from Selma.
Boys
Cole Barsukoff started Senior Night with a bang as he nailed a three on the team’s first possession. Mac Moorer scored the next seven ACA points to extend the lead to 10-4. Darius Gardner closed the scoring in the quarter as Alabama Christian led 12-5 after one. The home team heated up in the second and closed the half on a 14-2 run to stretch the lead to 34-10 at the break. Moorer’s long-distance shooting was featured in the period as he totaled 22 points in the first half.
The second half flew by as both teams took their time on offense in the lopsided game. Christian Snipes, Mac Moorer, and Jayden Jones scored all thirteen points in the third period to give ACA the lead by a score of 47-14. The offense was slowed down in the third, but in the fourth, it was put in neutral and left to idle as Alabama Christian decided to just run the clock. Over the final six minutes of the contest, ACA had two possessions and took one shot as they played keep away from Ellwood. The Eagles triumphed in the end, 51-16.
Mac Moorer outscored the opponent with 26 points on the night with seven steals and two assists. Christian Snipes had eight points, three rebounds and two steals while Jayden Jones had five points and two rebounds.
Girls
Rachel Rine, the team’s lone senior, led the team in scoring, rebounds, assists and steals to spark a blowout, 72-29. The guard finished with nineteen points, twelve rebounds, eight steals and seven assists.
It took the Lady Eagles almost two minutes to score their first points, but once they did the rout was on. Jaide Newkirk and Katelyn Sutton scored the team’s first eleven points for an 11-2 lead midway through the quarter. The period ended with a 20-6 advantage as Rachel Rine and Marcy Gregory scored for the Eagles. Rine scored the first four points of the second and ended the first half with 14 points as ACA built a 37-18 lead at the half.
The lead continued to grow in the third as Campbell Hammett got the hot hand with eight points in the quarter. The bench erupted with the biggest cheer of the night as Marcy Gregory hit a three from the corner for a 49-18 lead. ACA led by thirty-eight after three quarters. The running clock in the fourth made the game fly by, but the Lady Eagles did manage to extend the lead even further. Addison Smith scored the last bucket of the night in a 72-29 annihilation of Ellwood.
Three more Eagles scored in double figures as Katelyn Sutton finished with 13 points, four assists and two steals. Jaide Newkirk had 11 points and 10 rebounds while Campbell Hammett scored eleven with two rebounds. Marcy Gregory also had a career-high seven points.
Both teams travel to Notasulga on Thursday.