Dade’s Season Ends With Loss to Indians at Region Tournament
By EDDY GIFFORD
Sports Writer
Photo by Eddy Gifford – The Wolverines’ Braydan Jones finished the season strong, leading the Wolverines in scoring over the last few games of the season. Their season came to an end in the region tournament when they fell to the Chattooga Indians.
The Dade County Wolverine basketball team hosted the Pepperell Dragons on Monday, Feb. 5, in the final game of the regular season as they get ready for the region tournament.
The Wolverines came out and took the early lead and at the end of the first quarter were up 12-9.
That lead did not last long as the visiting Dragons took the lead early in the second quarter and at the end of the first half were up 23-18.
Both teams played well in the third quarter, especially shooting the ball, and heading into the fourth quarter Pepperell held on to the lead, 41-38. The Wolverines outscored them 20-18 in the third quarter.
The fourth quarter was a defensive battle as both teams turned it up a notch, each battling for the win.
In the end the Wolverines took the lead late and pulled out a big region win, 54-51.
The win left the region in a five-way tie for third place, and after the tiebreaker, the Wolverines would be the five seed for the region tournament.
Braydan Jones led Dade County with 14 points while Conner Wilburn scored 12 and Bryson Shrader scored 11 points.
Pepperell 09 14 18 10 51
Dade Co. 12 06 20 16 54
The Wolverines traveled to Armuchee on Friday for the first game of the region 7A D1 tournament needing a win to advance to the state tournament.
The two teams got off to a slow start as their shots did not fall early and at the end of the first quarter the Dade County held a one-point lead, 10-9.
The action picked up in the second quarter as the two teams settled into the game and at the end of the first half the Wolverines held a narrow three-point lead, 26-23.
The third quarter saw the wheels fall off for Dade as the Indians shots were falling and the Wolverines shots were not. By the end of the third quarter Dade’s three point lead had turned into a seven point Armuchee lead, 44-37.
The Wolverines fought back, and with 1:31 remaining in the game, they tied the score, 56-56, but with 16 seconds remaining they found themselves down 60-58 and were unable to pull the win out and fell to the Indians 62-58.
Jones led Dade County with 21 points and Wilburn with 13. With the loss, the Wolverines’ season came to an end with an overall record of 9-15.
Chattooga 09 14 21 18 62
Dade Co. 10 16 11 21 58
