SAVANNAH, Ga. – The Calhoun boys’ basketball season ended Saturday night with a 72-61 loss to Morgan County in a GHSA Class AAA semifinal at Armstrong State University.
The Yellow Jackets (23-5), who got 26 points from senior wing Chapin Rierson, were tied with the defending state champion Bulldogs at 47 early in the final period after a Davis Allen 3-pointer. However, guards Porter Law and Malik Lawrence picked up their fourth fouls in the next minute, and when Morgan’s Tyrin Lawrence hit a 3-pointer, was fouled and made the the free throw, Calhoun was down seven with five minutes to play.
The Bulldogs (25-5), who will face Pace Academy in Thursday’s championship game at the University of Georgia, used six points from reserve Damarian Thomas over the next two minutes to stretch the lead to 12.
Rhett Abernathy had 18 points and Allen 12 to back Rierson’s 26 for the Jackets, while Lawrence led four Morgan County players in double figures with 21.
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