Mavs break the century mark
Anderson County’s Ryan McGhee gets past a Halls de- fender for a shot. (photo:Ricky Williams )
Drama left the game early as the Mavs ran up a 31-10 lead in the first quarter and pushed the lead to 55-22 at the half.
The Mavs did not take their foot off the pedal as they repeated a 31-point output in the third quarter to make it an 86-32 game.
The biggest question in the fourth quarter was whether or not the Mavs could get to the century mark, which they did.
Anderson County scored 34 points off turnovers. The defense forced 25 turnovers and had 19 steals.
Connor Martin led all scorers with 21 points, while Brandon Dake had 19 and Brandon McGhee had 13.
OHS 10 12 10 8 40
AC 31 24 31 15 101
Oakdale - Scoring stats were not available at press time
AC - Connor Martin (21), Brandon Dake (19), Brandon McGhee (13), Hayden Craig (8), Bryson Vowell (8), Zeke West (8), Carter Nelson (4), Cole Russell (5), Tate Russell (4), Jacob Dooley (4), Gracen Bradshaw (3), Ryan McGhee (2), Daylen Cole (2)
The offensive outburst eluded the Mavs on Friday night as they fell to visiting district rival Halls by a score of 64-46.
The Red Devils jumped out to a 10-point first-quarter lead. Scoring improved for Anderson County in the second quarter, but the Mavs trailed 32-21 at halftime.
Halls held off every scoring potential scoring run by the Mavs for the remainder of the game.
Brandon Dake led Anderson County with 11 points, while Ryan McGhee added 10 points.
HHS 16 16 16 16 64
AC 6 15 14 11 46
Halls - Bennett Lane (19), Luke Simpson (12), Dayde Young (8), Ben Thomas (8), Caleb Shaffer (6), Cassen Rogers (5), Jake Lane (4), Tommy Hicks (2)
AC - Brandon Dake (11), Ryan McGhee (10), Connor Martin (9), Zeke West (8), Bryson Vowell (6), Cole Russell (2)
The Mavs found their groove Saturday with a win in the opening round of the 2021 Anderson County Christmas Tournament, trouncing the Knoxville Ambassadors 97-55.
The homeschool Ambassadors kept it pretty close in the first quarter, trailing by only four at 22-18. The second quarter was all Anderson County as the offense opened both barrels and hung 25 points on the scoreboard to take a 47-26 lead into halftime.
The Mavs opened the second half with 30 points in the third quarter and turned the game into a rout as they went ahead 77-46. The Ambassadors could not score, or negotiate, enough points to cut into the dominant performance by Anderson County in the fourth quarter.
Bryson Vowell led all scorers with 16 points, while Ryan McGhee, Carter Nelson, Zeke West, and Tate Russell all reached double figures in scoring.
KA 18 8 20 9 55
AC 22 25 30 20 97
KA - Josh Pless (15), Josh Brackney (13), Ethan Smith (5), David Rayle (3), Benjamin Johnson (3)
AC - Bryson Vowell (16), Ryan McGhee (14), Carter Nelson (12), Zeke West (11), Tate Russell (10), Brandon Dake (9), Daylen Cole (4), Jacob Dooley (4), Trent Strickland (3), Cole Russell (2), Gracen Bradshaw (2)
The Mavs fell to William Blount in the second round of the tournament on Monday.
The Govs took an early three-point lead over Anderson County before extending the lead to 36-20 in the second quarter. William Blount out rebounded the Mavs 42-14 and picked 19 second-chance points to just four for Anderson County during the game. The Govs pushed their advantage to 63-34 in the third quarter. The Mavs put together a better scoring effort in the fourth, but a comeback was not in the cards.
Connor Martin led Anderson County with 13 points. The Mavs will return to action on Tuesday, Jan. 4, when they host Hardin Valley Academy at 7:30 p.m.
WB 16 20 21 10 67
AC 13 7 14 16 50
William Blount - Matthew Clemmer (15), Caden Windle (13), Grady Robertson (12), Riley Everett (10), Cole Gibson (7), Reece Pride (5), Braden Mayfield (3), Luke Click (2)
AC - Connor Martin (13), Carter Nelson (8), Brandon Dake (6), Zeke West (5), Cole Russell (5), Tate Russell (4), Trent Strickland (4), Brandon McGhee (3), Ryan McGhee (2)