Atlanta at Brashear December 13, 2012

Brashear hosted Atlanta Thursday night for a Tri-County Conference basketball double-header. The host Lady Tigers jumped out to an early lead as Shelby Salter and Meredith Thomas drained back-to-back 3-pointers to start the game and Brashear closed out the 1st quarter with a 17-13 lead. Atlanta started to find the range in the 2nd quarter and pulled ahead 28-23 at halftime. The Lady Hornets carried their momentum into the 2nd half and successfully pounded the ball inside on Brashear. On the defensive side, Atlanta contested Brashear's every offensive move resulting in a foul on every Brashear possession. Although Brashear scored 14 points from the freethrow line in the 2nd half, it wasn't enough to make up for Atlanta's inside scoring attack and Brashear fell to Atlanta by a score of 60-47. Shelby Salter scored 13 points for Brashear, Olivia Thompson added 11, Meredith Thomas had 9, Nikkie Moncrief and Allison Thompson scored 5 each, Miranda Creason had 3, and Mandy Taylor scored 1 point. For Atlanta, Ashton Ross scored 17 points, Samantha Reed had 15, Shayla Collier added 12, Sheyenne Klamert scored 6, Katy Baker had 5, Maddie Cuppy and Taylor Howlett had 2 each, and Demetri Thomas scored 1 point.

The Brashear boys also got on the scoreboard quickly and took an early lead over Atlanta, but Atlanta's perimeter shooting soon heated up and put the Hornets ahead 24-19 after one quarter. A 14-point 2nd quarter from Lance Weber helped Atlanta extend their lead to 53-36 at halftime. Brashear managed to chip away at Atlanta's lead and closed the gap to 66-51 after 3 quarters. The Tigers then pulled within 12 in the early part of the 4th quarter. Both teams picked up an abundance of fouls leading to early departures of 3 Brashear starters while Atlanta had better luck spreading their fouls around. With the subs playing the final minutes, Atlanta pulled away for the 91-62 win. Hayden Housman led all scorers with 28 points for Brashear, T.J. Harrelson added 9, Chance Hill had 8, Luke Morrow had 6, Gabe Thomas scored 5, Jacob Reeves had 3, Nick Bradshaw had 2, and Patrick Jochimsen scored 1 point. Lance Weber had 25 points for Atlanta, Dylan Hruska added 20, Tagan Brookhart scored 12, Korbin Gunnels and Lane Waddle scored 7 each, Collan Thrasher had 5, Vincent Elrod and Garrett West had 4 each, Chase Wait had 3, and Hunter Cuppy and Justin Grigsby scored 2 points each.