PREP HOOPS: Catholic wins own tourney
STAFF REPORT
GIRLS
Catholic 54, LAMP 45
The Knights won both games in the LAMP Veteran’s Day Tip-Off Tournament, capturing the championship of the tournament with a 54-45 win over the Golden Tigers on Thursday.
For the second time in as many games, the Knights came out hot and built a 20-7 lead by the end of the first quarter. Catholic led 45-33 heading into the fourth quarter before LAMP started cutting into the lead. Clutch free throw shooting Allyse Rudolph and Andre'e Aiken allowed the Knights to pull away in the final minutes.
Rudolph led the Knights with 17 points. Heaven Bailey had 14 and Hannah Smith added 12.
LAMP was led by Serenity Griffin with 13 and six rebounds, followed by Caitlin Russell with 11 points and 10 rebounds.
Catholic (2-0) returns home to play BTW Magnet on Saturday, while LAMP (1-2) travels to Horseshoe Bend on Friday.
Catholic 45, Wetumpka 33
Allyse Rudolph had 16 points to help the Knights open the 2021-22 season with a 45-33 win over Wetumpka in the opening game of the LAMP Veteran’s Day Tip-Off Tournament in the LAMP gym on Thursday.
Catholic led 21-0 at the end of the first quarter and 31-12 at the half. Heaven Bailey followed Rudolph in scoring with eight points, followed by Julienne Pharrams and Hannah Smith with seven points each.
Wetumpka was led by Zariah Fannin with 14. The Indians went on to win the consolation game in the tournament, defeating Booker T. Washington 61-48.
LAMP 49, Booker T. Washington 48 (2OT)
The Golden Tigers bounced back from Tuesday’s season opening loss at Prattville Christian with a double-overtime victory against BTW-Tuskegee in the opening round of the LAMP Veteran’s Day Tip-Off Tournament.
Ariana Cannida led LAMP (1-1) with 18 points and six steals. Caitlin Russell added 10 points, four rebounds and three steals and Serenity Griffin added five points, 11 rebounds and four steals.
K. Davis paced BTW-Tuskegee with 17 points and Z. Alexander added 10.
St. James 62, Chilton County 46
Ava Card had 27 points to lead the Trojans to a resounding victory over the 6A Tigers in the opening round of the 2021 Lady Trojan Tip Off Tournament on Thursday.
Saint James took a 20-11 lead after the first quarter and boosted the lead to 19 at halftime. Chilton County could get no closer than 12 points afterwards in the last 1:15 of the game.
K.K. Hall added 15 points for the Trojans, followed by Danielle Green with eight.
Tyeisha Williams led the Lady Tigers with 18. Marlie Giles added 15 and Iasia Anderson 10 to account for 43 of Chilton County’s 46 points.
The Trojans (1-0) return to action in the tournament on Friday at 4 p.m. against Straughn before facing Geneva on Saturday at 8:30 a.m. and Loachapoka at 11:30 a.m.
Chilton County will play two games on Saturday beginning at 1 PM.
Two more games will be played after the first Friday afternoon game -- Prattville Christian and Geneva will play at 5:30 p.m., followed by Straughn and Pell City at 7 p.m.
Trinity 60, John Carroll 28
Mya Moskowitz continued her hot start to the season by scoring 23 points with four rebounds and three steals to lead the Wildcats to a 60-28 win over the Birmingham school on Thursday in the Trinity gym.
Emma Kate Smith scored nine points, dished out seven assists, had four rebounds and four steals. Mary Alice Sasser scored eight points to go along with four rebounds. Kaylee Peevy had five points and five rebounds and Addison Cherry grabbed five rebounds.
Trinity (3-0) will play Ramsay on Saturday at 11 a.m., before traveling to Wetumpka on Monday.
BOYS
Catholic 47, LAMP 27
Many of their players remain on the football field, but it didn’t seem to have any effect on the Knights, who took advantage of a cold-shooting LAMP team to defeat the Golden Tigers 47-27 on Thursday in the LAMP gym.
Catholic (1-0) struggled from the field as well, hitting just 29 percent (17 of 59) from the floor, but got 13 points each from Matthew Reardon and Miles Hannah.
Reardon hit just one of his seven 3-point attempts, but was 5 of 6 from inside the arc and had six rebounds and three blocked shots. Hannah led the team with five assists and two 3 pointers as the Knights hit just 4 of 22 from behind the arc.
Jamarion Williams had 11 points, 10 rebounds and six steals, followed by Johnathan Rhoden with 10 points and 13 rebounds.
LAMP (0-3) continues to search for an offensive spark, shooting just 17 percent (8 of 47) from the field and making just two of their 15 3-point attempts. Jezreel Fishoe led the Golden tigers with 11 points.
LAMP travels to Horseshoe Bend tomorrow while Catholic plays host to BTW Magnet on Saturday.