Meigs County’s Angel Davis (23) looks to drive against Union City’s Raven Fair during their TSSAA Girls’ Class A State Tournament semifinal game Friday afternoon at Murfreesboro. Union City won 50-41.MURFREESBORO, Tenn. – Jason Powell understated the obvious after his Meigs County girls’ basketball team had its season ended by top-ranked and unbeaten Union City on Friday.
“There’s a reason why they’re 36-0. It’s just so hard to simulate their size and physicality,” Powell said after the third-ranked Lady Tigers lost 50-41 in the semifinals of the Class A state tournament.
Union City used both those attributes in racing to a 21-5 first-quarter lead.
The Lady Tornadoes pounded the post on the offensive end with Tamara Nettles scoring eight of her 12 points in the first six minutes and also harassed Meigs County with their physical defense into just one made field goal in the first eight minutes.
The Lady Tigers committed nine of their 14 turnovers in the first half and hit just five of 20 shots from the field during that time.