CLEVELAND, Tenn. – Cleveland closed its Holiday Classic high school basketball tournament Friday with two games that weren’t decided until the fourth quarter – one much later than the other.
Meigs County’s girls needed late-game heroics to nip Cleveland 71-69. Afterward, Cleveland’s boys pulled away late for a 78-69 victory over the Meigs boys.
* Meigs girls 71, Cleveland 69: Considering the Lady Tigers scored 50 points before halftime, they probably didn’t think then they would need rescuing at the end. But it took Alyson Crowder driving to the basket for the winning field goal with three seconds left to lift them to the win.
“We played zone (defense) most of the second half,” Meigs coach Jason Powell said, acknowledging that his team had encountered some foul trouble in the first half. “They kind of chipped away, chipped away and it came down to that last-second shot.”
Kaylie Moore led Meigs (11-3) with 19 points. She scored 11 and Jade Meadows had all eight of hers during the Lady Tigers’ 27-point second quarter.