Cleveland’s TyQwan Ware (1) and Ooltewah’s Jaymeal Johnson (1) get tangled up trying to grab a loose ball Friday at Cleveland Middle School’s gym.
Cleveland’s Jake Gibson (25) dribbles past Ooltewah’s C.J Fritz (15) Friday at Cleveland Middle School’s gym.CLEVELAND, Tenn. – Cleveland girls’ basketball coach Mindy Kiser hopes her team is a little more like the version she saw Friday night against Ooltewah, and not so much like the one she saw the first time the teams matched up this season.
The answer could be somewhere in the middle.
The Lady Raiders jumped to a 12-point advantage after a quarter and took a 20-point lead in the third quarter. They eventually withstood an Lady Owls run and claimed a 56-38 District 5-AAA win at Cleveland Middle School.
Nora Berry, Cleveland’s lone senior who was honored between games for going over the 1,000-point mark in her career, led with 19 points. Jenna Scoggins and Hallea McClendon each added 11.
The Lady Owls got 18 points from India Corley.