Lady Mavs rally after halftime, top Cumberland Gap
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Clinton’s Josie Moody had 16 points in the Lady Dragons’ 47-38 win over the Gibbs Eagles on Saturday night. - Tony Cox
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Clinton’s Lanee Carmichael drives hard into the lane for a layup during the Lady Dragons’ Satur- day night district game against Gibbs. - Tony Cox
The Anderson County High School girls basketball team turned up the defense in its District 4-AAA opener Friday night, but needed a second-half offensive surge to secure the win.
The Lady Mavericks capitalized after halftime to defeat Cumberland Gap 51-33 at home.
“It was 17-9 at halftime,” Lady Mavericks Coach Mitch Cupples said. “They [Cumberland Gap] had more turnovers than points. We forced 21 turnovers, and they only had nine points.
“We turned them over 30-plus times, but we couldn’t score many points. We did a little better in the second half. We scored 34 points.”
Despite early struggles to convert turnovers into points, Anderson County (4-4 overall, 1-0 district) had three players finish in double figures.
Emerie Bullock led with 15 points, Shelby Kelly added 11, and Bethany Lowe scored 10.
The district-opening win was a bounce back for the Lady Mavericks, who had faced a tough loss earlier in the week.
On Tuesday, Dec. 10, Anderson County fell to Northview Academy 62-26.
“That one wasn’t pretty,” Cupples said. “They’re good, and that was our fourth game in six days, so we were tired.
“But I like the way we responded,” he said. “We came back on Wednesday and Thursday and got after it. We had two good days of practice and beat Cumberland Gap on Friday.”
Macy Basford led the Lady Mavericks with 10 points against Northview, while Addison Grooms added six.
Anderson County began the week Monday, Dec. 9, with a hard-fought 47-39 road win over Oneida. Lowe led the way with 14 points, while Kelly scored 11 and Basford added 10.
Anderson County played at Scott on Tuesday, but results were not available at press time.
The Lady Mavericks will be one of the host teams for the Hammers Hardwood Classic, a three-day tournament starting Thursday.
Anderson County is scheduled to face Concord Christian School at 5:30 p.m.
