LADY HORNETS REACH THE ELITE 8 AGAIN

LADY HORNETS REACH THE ELITE 8 AGAIN

BY: CRYSTAL “CRISSY” DANIELS

They wanted it, and they got it.  A chance to redeem themselves in the Elite 8 as the Pelham High Lady Hornets stung the Lady Buccaneers of McIntosh County Academy, 63-42.  The Lady Hornets came out gunning on both offense and defense.  Timbreanna Hudson swatted away four of McIntosh’s shot attempts and put up six points all within the first six minutes of the 1^st quarter.  Hilary Williams blazed to the rim all night putting six points on the scoreboard for Pelham.  The Lady Hornets ended the 1^st quarter with a 13-6 lead and never looked back.

Pelham came out into the 2^nd quarter with the same mentality as the 1^st quarter.  Williams put up nine more points by driving to the basket and drawing fouls.  She led the Lady Hornets with 15 points going into halftime, helping to put Pelham up over McIntosh County Academy 31-17 at halftime.

The Lady Buccaneers of MCA staged a comeback in the 3^rd quarter.  They forced Pelham to create turnovers and held them to only nine points the entire quarter.  McIntosh County cut into Pelham’s lead to bring the score 40-31. 

Briunna Freeman had had enough.  The little momentum MCA had was switched back to Pelham.  Freeman scored the first 6 points of Pelham’s 8 points and ran away with it.  The Lady Hornets outscored the Lady Buccaneers 23-11 in the 4^th quarter to win round 2 of the GHSA Class AA State Tournament.  Freeman led all Lady Hornets with 23 points, while Williams put 20 points and Hudson scored 15 points, respectively.  Annie Franklin chipped in 5 points on the night.  The Pelham Lady Hornets will travel to Augusta this week to take on the Lady Wildcats of Laney.  Good luck to the Lady Hornets as they continue to push forward towards a state championship.