A full-court press and overall solid effort Saturday night helped the Selma High School Lady Saints come away with a 65-53 win over the Carver Lady Wolverines in the Class 6A, Area 4 Tournament.

The sixth-ranked Lady Saints (22-5) advance to the Class 6A sub-state tournament to be held Thursday night at Smiths Station. Tip-off is 7 p.m.

“We played Selma High basketball last night,” Selma coach Anthony Harris said. “We were clicking on all cylinders.”

Santana Seay scored eight of her 21 points in the first period as the Lady Saints held a 20-12 advantage after the opening quarter. Point guard Ashley Green, who finished with 15 points, fed off Seay’s passing to hassle the Carver guards all game.

Erica Lumpkin added a half-court shot with seven-tenths of a second remaining in the first half and Selma took a 29-19 lead at halftime.

Shameika Simpson (nine points, seven steals) opened the third period with consecutive steals that led to lay-ups. Carver, however, rallied to get to within eight points, but Selma wasn’t letting up.

The Lady Saints held off Carver with a solid fourth period to advance in the postseason.