GOOD HOPE, Ala. – After splitting their games at Cold Springs on Thursday night, the Good Hope Raiders returned home to take on Corner in rare Saturday night hoops action. The Lady Raiders pulled away in the second half to top the Lady Yellow Jackets 54-33 while the Raiders defeated Corner in a very intense contest, 89-76.
Good Hope 54 – Corner 33 (varsity girls)
Corner got off to a very strong start, forcing some Good Hope turnovers and turning some of them into easy points as they jumped out to a quick 8-0 lead. Ivey Maddox got the Lady Raiders on the scoreboard with a free throw with 2:26 remaining in the opening period, but the Lady Yellow Jackets quickly converted on a three-point play to make it 11-1 early. Bailey Tetro hit a layup for Good Hope’s first basket of the quarter on its next possession and the Lady Raiders added a pair of free throws from Maddox and a layup by Cayleigh Garmon to make it a 13-7 game after one.
Corner got a technical foul to start out the second period for having too many players on the court and Maddox hit one of two from the line to make it 13-8. The Lady Raiders increased their defensive intensity, forcing Corner into bad shots and turnovers and Savanna Derrick scored five in a row to tie the game at 13.
Corner scored their first basket with 2:39 remaining in the first half, but the Lady Raiders went on a 6-0 run to take a 19-15 lead and a Maddox trey stretched their lead to 24-16. Corner hit a basket just before the half to make it a 24-18 game at the half.
Heather Tetro, Bailey Tetro and Garmon went on a 7-2 run to start out the third quarter and increased Good Hope’s lead to double-digits at 31-20 then to 36-22 on five straight points by Maddox. Savanna Derrick later added another trey to push the score to 39-26 at the end of the third.
The Lady Raiders put the game away in the final period, scoring the first 11 points of the quarter to increase their lead to 50-26 and they pulled away to take the game, 54-33.
Maddox had a big game for Good Hope, finishing with 17 points, three steals and six blocks. Garmon added 10 points and three blocks. Savanna Derrick ended up with eight points and two steals. Heather Tetro added seven points and three steals. Rudi Derrick (steal) and Bailey Tetro (three rebounds) each finished with five points and Abby Neighbors chipped in with two points, three rebounds and a block.
The Lady Raiders will participate in the Winfield Christmas Classic next Thursday.
Good Hope 89 – Corner 76 (varsity boys)
Corner started the game with a layup, then Good Hope’s Cole Maddox hit a three for the Raiders’ first basket of the quarter. After Corner took a 7-5 lead on another layup, an Eli Phares basket helped start a 10-3 run, which he ended with another layup, to take a 15-10 lead with 3:10 remaining in the period. Good Hope would later stretch its lead to 21-12 after a 6-0 run but Corner made it 21-15 on a three-point play. Drew Maddox hit a trey just before the buzzer to stretch the Raider lead to 24-15 after the opening quarter.
A Tanner Malin trey pushed Good Hope’s lead to double digits at 27-15 and then to 31-15 after Michael Lowe hit back-to-back shots. The Yellow Jackets later cut the deficit to 33-21 on a three, but Cole Maddox scored seven in a row and Lawton Farr hit a layup to stretch the Raider lead to 42-21. They would take a 47-29 lead into the locker room at halftime.
An 8-4 Corner run cut the deficit to 51-37 and the Yellow Jackets later made it a game as they scored eight in a row to make it a 55-45 game. Dawson Turner stopped the run with a three to make it 58-45, but the Yellow Jackets later cut the lead to single digits at 58-49. Good Hope managed to push its lead to 62-49 after three.
The physicality on both sides intensified in the final period, as multiple times players from both sides had to be separated by the officials to prevent a fight from happening. Corner got called for a technical foul and Turner hit both free throws to make it 64-52. The Raiders then went on a 10-2 run, with six of those points coming from the charity stripe, to increase their lead to 74-54. Corner looked to make it a game as they scored nine of the game’s next 13 points to make it a 78-63 game and later scored nine in a row to make it a single-digit game at 85-76, but Malin hit four straight from the free throw line to seal the 89-76 win for the sixth-ranked Raiders.
Cole Maddox led Good Hope (13-0) with 31 points and five steals. Lowe added 15 points, six rebounds and a pair of steals, Turner ended up with 11 points, Eli Phares added 10 points, 12 rebounds, a steal and a block, Malin ended up with nine points, Drew Maddox added seven points and a pair of steals and Farr chipped in with six points.
The Raiders will travel to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee next Friday to participate in the King of the Smokies Christmas Classic.
Other Saturday scores:
Cold Springs 45 – Locust Fork 39 (varsity girls)
Buckhorn 68 – Cullman 63 (varsity boys)
West Point 24 – Parkside 23 (middle school girls championship)
Hanceville 46 – Good Hope 42 (middle school boys championship)
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