This player’s 40 points powers Northeast basketball to the tournament’s next round
High school basketball region tournaments are underway. Games started Monday and will continue through Saturday. Here is a look at the scores and highlights from Tuesday, the schedule for Wednesday night’s games and a look ahead to a pair of key matchups later this week.
Rutland 71, Jackson 65
Jamarco Hughes, a senior guard, put the Rutland Hurricanes into the next round of the tournament with 25 points including a key layup late in the game to help seal the victory over a Jackson squad that would not go away down the stretch cutting a once large Rutland lead to less than five with under two minutes to play. Rutland will now take on the No. 1 seed Westside. The Hurricanes lost both regular-season meetings but have played Westside tough on both occasions.
Northeast 89, Dodge County 88
It took a 40-point performance from Jakia Little to help the Northeast Raiders move past Dodge County in overtime. Next up is Washington County, a team the Raiders have lost to twice this season. Both games were tightly contested and came down to the final quarter before Washington County pulled away. Little, a sophomore guard, is averaging over 21 points per game, will need to once again carry the load for Northeast to have a chance.
Boys basketball scores from Tuesday
- Jones County 64, Stockbridge 42
- Houston County 58, Northside 54
- Peach County 82, Kendrick 80
- Central 101, Pike County 37
- Bleckley County 67, Southwest 44
Girls scores from Tuesday
- Lake Oconee 63, FPD 50
- GMC 48, Mount de Sales 27
- Stratford 57, Aquinas 35
Wednesday boys schedule
- First Presbyterian Day vs. Lincoln County 4 p.m. at Hancock Central
- GMC vs. Mount. de Sales 5:30 p.m.at Hancock Central
- West Laurens vs. Howard, 5:30 p.m. at Howard
- Upson-Lee vs. Spalding 8:30 p.m. at Howard
Wednesday girls games
- Upson-Lee vs West Laurens 4 p.m. at Howard
- Perry vs.Spalding 7 p.m. at Howard