Senators sweep Clarke Prep
Published 10:43 pm Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Lauren Yeldell fights for two points as Clarke Prep defenders close in. Yeldell had 8 points for the Lady Senators in a 39-27 win over the Lady Gators. -- Robert Hudson
Less than a week after falling to the Clarke Prep Lady Gators at home, the Morgan Academy Senators got a little revenge, as they defeated Clarke Prep 39-27 at home on Tuesday.
Morgan head girl’s basketball coach Rand Smith said the Senators (2-11) were much improved from last week’s loss to the Lady Gators in the Morgan Pepsi Classic Tournament.
“I thought, compared to last week, it was a night and day difference,” Smith said. “We rebounded, we boxed out, we played defense, we helped on defense, and we didn’t turn the ball over. We spread it out and a lot of people made some big shots tonight. It was definitely an improvement.”
The Senators took a 17-15 lead into halftime and extended that lead to 24-17 midway through the third quarter, but Clarke Prep fought back as Libby Harrigan converted a hoop and the foul to make the score 24-20 with 3:10 left in the quarter.
Taylor Bradford hit a mid-range jumper for the Lady Gators to make it 24-22.
Morgan’s Kendall Veach hit one of two free throws to extend the Senator’s lead to 25-22, but Harrigan scored on the next possession to make it a 25-24 game going into the final quarter.
Harrigan tied the game at 25-25 on a free throw early in the fourth, but Morgan started to pull away, as Lauren Yeldell nailed a jumper to give the Senators a 27-25 lead with 7:27 left in the game.
Yeldell’s shot sparked Morgan, as the Senators outscored the Lady Gators 14-2 in the final quarter, which included a three pointer tfrom Casey Baggett and baskets by Katherine Averitt and Laigan Godwin. Yeldell and Godwin led the Senators with 8 points each.
Senators’ boys
dominate Gators
The Morgan Academy Senators (7-5) defeated the Clarke Prep Gators 65-26 at home Tuesday.
Dalton Lee led the Senators with 12 points and Zack Singh added 9 points and 8 rebounds for Morgan.
Connor Henderson had 9 points and Hunters Rogers had 10 rebounds for the Senators as well.
The Senators girls and boys teams will take the court again Friday, as they’ll be at home against Prattville Christian Academy with games starting at 4 p.m.
