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IT IS THE DAY FOR IN THE LAST OF THE 2025 SWEARNGIN BASKETBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS PRESENTED BY BRADEN CAST MANAGEMENT.
I'M JOHN NELSON ON THE SIDE OF THE COURT FOR YOU TODAY.
WE WILL BREAK IT ALL DOWN FOR YOU.
A VERY BUSY DAY IT'S CHAMPIONSHIPS 13 TO 17 TO BE DECIDED TODAY.
THANKS FOR STARTING YOUR SATURDAY WITH US TAKE A LOOK AT THE GRID AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE SEEING TODAY.
IT IS BANKS COUNTY AND FANNIN COUNTY AND D1 GIRLS COMING UP JUST AROUND THE CORNER.
HOMER AND BLUE RIDGE REPRESENTED.
THEY WILL BE LOUD ALREADY.
THEY HAVE.
AT 1:00 WILL BEST BE TO INVEST IN DIVISION I BOYS?
OR WILL SOUTHWEST PASS THE TEST?
WE ARE EXPECTING A BIG CROWD WITH SOUTHWEST MACON AT 1:00.
3:00, WE TALK ABOUT DYNASTIES.
HOUSTON SHARKS IN ADAPTIVE SPORTS.
THEY HAVE 110 OF 11, 12 OF 13.
YOU SEE THEM GOING UP AGAINST THE CLAYTON EAGLES.
AFTER THAT THE SLAM DUNK COMPETITION AND THEM A CHANCE FOR A DOUBLE IN SIX A NEWTON HAS GOT TO GO THROUGH GRAYSON ON THE GIRLS SIDE AND PERENNIAL POWER WHEELER ON THE BOYS SIDE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN IT IS 5+ SLAM DUNK.
A VERY BUSY DAY HERE ON THE GREAT GPB.
TO KICK IT OFF IS SEAN GOLDEN AND SAM CRENSHAW.
GUYS, TAKE IT AWAY.
AT THE WELCOME TO THIS AFTERNOON GHSA BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
IT IS THE GIRLS CLASS A DIVISION I CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WITH THE LEOPARDS OF BANKS COUNTY AND THE REBELS OF BANNING COUNTY PRESENTED BY THE OFFICIAL SPONSOR OF HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL.
HI, EVERYBODY.
SAM CRENSHAW, SEAN GOLDEN.
THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR TEMPERATURE WEEK HERE ON THE GREAT GPB AGREE MATCHUP.
WE HAVE TWO TEAMS LED BY PLAYERS NAMED GREECE.
LET'S START WITH FAN.
REESE LEWIS ONE WE WILL WANT TO WATCH IN THE GAME TODAY.
IS THIS JUNIOR IS SIX FOOT TALL, REGION SEVEN A PLAYER OF THE YEAR.
MISSED DOUBLE DOUBLE.
AVERAGING 15 POINTS, 10 REBOUNDS A GAME SHE IS USING HER STRENGTH AND HER KNOWLEDGE AND HERE YEARS OF PLAYING SOCCER.
TODAY WE EXPECT HER TO BE IN BEAST MODE THE ENTIRE GAME.
WE WILL WATCH FOR THAT.
BANKS COUNTY, THEY HAVE A REESE ALSO, REESE MURPHY.
SHE WEARS NUMBER 12.
SHE SAID PLAYER WE'RE GOING TO WATCH.
AVERAGING 18 POINTS AGAIN.
HER TWIN SISTER IS ALSO GOING TO BE THE DYNAMIC DUO, RYLEIGH MURPHY AT 14 POINTS A GAME.
I'M EXPECTING A LOT OUT OF THESE TWO THE DYNAMIC DUO, RYLEIGH MURPHY AT 14 POINTS A GAME.
I'M EXPECTING A LOT OUT OF THESE 2+ TO HAVE A GOOD MATCHUP THIS AFTERNOON.
BANKS COUNTY COACH, THERE IS JAYSON GIBSON.
WE TALKED WITH HER BEFORE THE GAME YOU AND THIS GUY SHARE A LOT IN COMMON.
HE'S COACHING HIS DAUGHTER.
HIS WIFE IS INVOLVED.
HIS FAMILY IS INVOLVED.
IT'S A FAMILY DYNAMIC BECAUSE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE COACH DEBOSE ON THE SIDELINE.
HE LOVES THIS TEAM HE IS SO EXCITED HE COULDN'T SLEEP LAST NIGHT.
HE'S READY TO CUT DOWN THE NETS AND GET IT GOING.
CODY CHAPIN, LET'S CHECK IN WITH KOBE.
ON THE FANNIN COUNTY SIDE COACH RYAN CHEST IT HAS BEEN THEIR, BUT TO DO THAT HAVE THE TEAM AND STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN 2021 THEY LOST TO JOSIE.
HE SAID THAT DAY HE WAS LITTLE TOO STRESSED AND SO HE'S GOING TO BE TRY TO BE A LITTLE MORE ROCKSTEADY.
IF HE CAN DO THAT FANNIN COUNTY MAY TAKE ON THEIR FIRST STATE TITLE SINCE 1999.
SAM.
WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS THEY ARE ALL RIGHT STARTING LINEUPS ARE BROUGHT TO YOU BY AMERICA'S NAVY BY THE SEA.
BANKS COUNTY, ANSLEY MOORE, RYLEIGH MURPHY, REESE MURPHY, JANAKATE GIBSON, THE COACHES DAUGHTER.
THE STARS FOR FANNIN, MAGGIE LEDFORD, EMMA BUCHANAN, ETHINGTON AND REESE LEWIS WE ARE READY TO GET THINGS STARTED ON THIS SATURDAY MORNING.
SO GLAD YOU'RE WITH US.
THE BREAKFAST EDITION.
WE ARE UNDERWAY.
OFF TO A QUICK START TO PUT THE SHOT UP RYLEIGH MURPHY HAS THE OUTSIDE CONNECT.
FANNIN COUNTY OFF TO A 2-0 LEAD.
MAN-TO-MAN DEFENSE BY THE REBELS.
TURN, PUT UP THE SHORT JUMPER.
NO GOOD THAT TIME.
REESE LEWIS WITH THE REBOUND.
STARTING OFF WITH THAT DOUBLE DOUBLE.
STILL THERE BY MOORE WHO STEPS OUT OF BOUNDS.
LADY REBELS BASKETBALL.
BANKS IS GOING TO PLAY THE 1-2-2 MAC ZONE.
THAT'S THEIR BREAD AND BUTTER.
THERE IS IS HE.
GET THE BALL UP THERE.
MAGGIE LEDFORD.
DOWN TO THIS CORNER.
BUCHANAN.
TAKE AWAY.
DEAL BY ANSLEY MOORE.
BACK TO MOORE.
IN-BOUNDS.
IT GOES OFF.
FANNIN COUNTY PLAYER.
STILL BANKS COUNTY BASKETBALL.
NICE TEMPO BY BOTH TEAMS TRYING TO BE AGGRESSIVE.
I LIKE THAT, BECAUSE IT CHAMPIONSHIP MODE YOU CAN BE PASSING.
MAKE MISTAKES, GET BACK ON DEFENSE AND CAPITALIZE THAN.
BANKS IS GOING TO BE PRETTY AGGRESSIVE.
VERY OPPORTUNISTIC.
SHUFFLING -- EARLY IN THIS GAME YOU WANT PEOPLE TO THINK YOU HAVE SETTLED DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
THEY ARE SO EXCITED THEY HAVE BEEN WAITING ALL WEEK TO GET HERE.
THERE IS TWO WAYS TO APPROACH THAT.
NUMBER ONE, COME OUT HERE AND PASS IT AT THE SAME TIME, BE AGGRESSIVE AND MAKE THOSE MISTAKES AND GET TO YOUR THEM A LOT EARLIER.
THEY BEAT THE PRESS THAT TIME, BECAUSE YOU GET THE BASKETBALL.
REESE LEWIS.
REGIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR.
AVERAGES A DOUBLE DOUBLE.
ATTACKING THE PRESS.
SHE LOSES CONTROL.
GATHERS IT BACK.
AND THE FREE THROW LINE, WITH A CHANCE FOR TWO YOU KNOW SHE'S THINKING, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I HAVE THE PAST?
IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME THE JITTERS ARE THERE.
SHE WAS IN ATTACK MODE.
WHAT THAT DOES IS IT CALMS HER DOWN EARLY BY THE SECOND QUARTER SHE GETS INTO A BETTER RHYTHM.
SWE AVERAGING JUST OVER 13 POINTS PER GAME.
MISSES THAT SECOND ONE.
ALL IN BY MARLEIGH DALE.
SHE IS BIG REBOUNDS AND BLOCKED SHOTS FOR HER TEAM.
THREE MONITOR.
FANNIN COUNTY WITH THE LEAD.
MAN-TO-MAN DEFENSE.
BY THE REBELS.
ON THE ATTACK.
THIS TIME IT'S GIBSON A GOOD REBOUND BY DALE.
UNDERNEATH.
NICE BASS.
NICE TOUCH.
MARLEIGH DALE, SIX FOOT SOPHOMORE NICE TOUCH INSIDE THE PAINT.
GET IT BACK UP THE FLOOR.
GETS IT UP THERE.
WENT TO TAKE THE SHORT JUMPER.
DOESN'T GET IT IT GOES OUT OF BOUNDS.
STILL FANNIN COUNTY BASKETBALL.
HERE'S ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT SCORE BY BANKS.
NICE BASS.
A LITTLE LOW, BUT IT SHOWS YOU THE GOOD HANDS BY MARLEIGH DALE TO BE ABLE TO FINISH WITH THE SOFT TOUCH INSIDE THE PAINT.
INSIDE, LEWIS.
SHOT UP.
LEWIS.
REESE LEWIS.
GREAT TEMPO FOR BOTH TEAMS.
5-2, THE FANNIN COUNTY LEAD.
LEOPARDS ON THE ATTACK NOW.
MOORE GO SCOOPED IT UP AND IN.
ANSLEY MOORE.
NICE LAY-UP.
THERE WAS NO HELP.
ETHINGTON THE OTHER WAY PUTS IT UP OFF THE GLASS.
NO GOOD.
LEWIS THERE.
SHE GETS FOULED FOR YOU'RE RIGHT ABOUT LEWIS, SHE IS CONSTANTLY GOING DOWN HILL.
YES.
THAT'S THE WAY TO ATTACK THE RIM.
ANSLEY MOORE GETTING THERE TO A NICE SUITE SPOT.
THAN THE DEFENSE.
SHOWING YOU SOMETHING OFFENSIVELY, SHE'S ONE OF THE TOP DEFENDERS ON THE TEAM LEADS THE TEAM IN STEALS.
COMING INTO THIS GAME.
RIGHT NOW REESE LEWIS DOING HER THING.
SHE GETS OFF THIS REBOUND ON THE PUT BACK.
SHE IS AT THE FREE THROW LINE TO ADD MORE TO HER POINTS THIS AFTERNOON.
GETTING A LOOK AT COLLIER JUNIOR.
JUST CHECKED INTO THE GAME FOR BANKS COUNTY.
THIS DOUBLE DOUBLE.
THAT'S WHAT SHE DOES.
MISSES THAT ONE.
MARLEIGH DALE CHASES DOWN THAT REBOUND.
SCORE.
6-4 FANNIN COUNTY WITH THE LEAD HERE.
WE ARE IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
THE FIRST GAME OF THE DAY.
HERE FROM MACON.
SO GLAD YOU'RE WITH US ON GPB.
GREAT CLOSEOUT.
THIS TEAM IS REALLY DOING A GREAT JOB DEFENSIVELY.
NICE CONTEST.
LOOKING AT THE REBELS WHO HAVE THE CHANCE TO RUN IN TRANSITION.
LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
BUCHANAN, CASEY JABALEY.
NICE PASS.
OUT OF BOUNDS.
THAT'S THE OTHER THING, YOU ARE IN A NEW FLOYD EVERYTHING LOOKS SO WIDE AND SO LONG.
YOU CAN LOSE WHERE YOU USUALLY ARE.
USUALLY IN A PLACE WHERE THE WALLS ARE CLOSER, THE STANDS ARE CLOSER.
IT'S JUST SOMETHING ELSE YOU HAVE TO GET ADJUSTED TO.
ON THE DRIBBLE.
I LOVE THE PRESSURE.
LOOK AT THE REBELS.
MOVING THEIR FEET, COMMUNICATING, HELPING TO RECOVER.
THEY ARE DOWN IN THE DEFENSE OF STANCE.
MOORE.
DOWN TO THE FLOOR.
SEVEN SECONDS ON THE SHOT CLOCK.
SHOT.
MISSING EVERYTHING.
THAT WAS A TEXTBOOK THE --DEFENSE OF SERIES.
HOW DO THEY CAPITALIZE OFFENSIVELY?
JABALEY.
HAS A HEAD SHOT FROM THE QUARTER.
NO TO THAT TIME.
CHASING DOWN THAT REBOUND.
RESET THE OFFENSE.
COACH CHASTAIN SAYS IS THE IS THE KEY.
SHE RUNS THING ON OFFENSE.
LOOKING INSIDE.
HERE IT IS, REESE LEWIS THROWS IT UP.
NO GOOD.
TAKEN DOWN BY GIBSON.
MARLEIGH DALE HELPED HER STANCE INSIDE THE PAINT.
SHOT BLOCKED THAT TIME BY REESE LEWIS.
LONG SHOT FROM OUTSIDE.
NO GOOD THAT TIME.
GOT A WHISTLE.
OFFENSIVE FOUL.
GOING TO BE CALLED ON MARLEIGH DALE.
GOING TO TAKE A BREAK.
3:58 LEFT TO GO HERE IN THE FIRST.
FANNIN COUNTY HAS THE LEAD BY TWO WE ARE IN THE FIRST QUARTER HERE IN MACON.
6-4, FANNIN COUNTY THE LEAD.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH CODY.
BANKS COUNTY STARTED THE YEAR OFF A LITTLE ROUGH.
2 AND 3, BUT HAVE REELED OFF 22 WINS IN A ROW.
DAYS AFTER THEIR LOSS ON DECEMBER 13th TALBOT COUNTY THEY HAD A TEAM MEETING THEY GALVANIZE THEM AND SINCE THEM --THEN THEY HAVING TO GO, GO, GO.
THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAS HAPPENED.
IT HAS PROPELLED THEM ALL THE WAY TO THIS MOMENT TO PLAY FOR THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
SO --THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT, CODY.
AT FIRST IT MAKES YOU BETTER WHEN YOU EMBRACE IT THE RIGHT WAY.
DON'T EVER THINK YOU'RE GOING TO GET INTO A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AND IT'S A SMOOTH JOURNEY.
IT'S THE UPS AND DOWNS, HIGHS AND LOWS.
HOW YOU ATTACKING UPPERS MAKES YOU STRONGER.
YOU'VE GOT TO REACH IN.
THAT'S A FOUL ON NUMBER TWO, FANNIN COLLIER.
THEY ARE EXTENDING THE PRESSURE FULL-COURT.
AT THE HALF COURT THEY ARE PLAYING THE 2-3.
FORCE A TURNOVER EARLIER.
IF NOT JUST GET BACK AND PROTECT THE BASKET..
THE PRESSURE CONTINUES.
LEWIS.
A NICE.
NICE.
BREAKING THE PRESS, SIDELINE MIDDLE REVERSE.
THEY GOT INTO THE MIDDLE AND KICKED IT TO THE SIDE FOR THE THREE-POINT SHOT.
NICE THERE BY MAGGIE.
3:25 TO PLAY IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
RYLEIGH MURPHY HITS THE FLOOR.
MIDDLE, REVERSE.
READY FOR THE SHOT.
THAT WAS HAMPTON FOR THE THREE.
THE AGGRESSIVENESS OFFENSIVELY FOR BANKS COUNTY, THEY ARE REALIZING YOU'VE GOT TO ATTACK MAN-TO-MAN.
PUT YOUR HEAD DOWN AND ATTACK THE RIM.
WHAT THAT DOES IS FORCES THE DEFENSE TO PLAY A LITTLE BIT MORE PASSIVE, SO THAT YOU CAN GIVE UP THE JUMPSHOT.
RIGHT THERE THE GET TO THE RIM.
CHITWOOD JUST CHECKED IN FOR BANKS COUNTY.
RYLEIGH MURPHY, THE OTHER OF THE MURPHY TWINS.
MURPHY IS REALLY GOOD WITH THE BASKETBALL.
A 2-2-1 PRESS.
LET'S SEE HOW THE LADY REBELS DEAL WITH IT THIS TIME.
SOMETIMES USE THE PRESS TO PUT PRESSURE ON THE CONTROL OF THE TEMPLE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE CHOP THERE IN THE CORNER.
THE REBELS ARE PASSING THE BALL VERY WELL.
LIKE A HOT POTATO.
MAKING A DEFENSE SHIFT.
WHICH IS ADVANTAGE TO THE OFFENSE.
IZZIE JABALEY.
EMMA BUCHANAN.
TROUBLESHOT CLOCK AT EIGHT.
GOT A WHISTLE.
STEPPED OUT OF THE LINE.
ONCE AGAIN, THE AWARENESS OF WHERE YOU ARE IN THE COURT.
THAT'S A TURNOVER.
THAT'S A COSTLY TRIP OFF THE FLOOR.
YOU ARE MOVING THE BALL WELL, BUT YOU WANT TO GET YOUR SHOT UP.
YES.
YOU DO.
GO WITH THE REBELS AND MAN-TO-MAN DEFENSE.
BACK, THE LEOPARDS.
PAST WHAT JUST HAPPENED, CALL YOU IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.
ANSLEY MOORE UP TOP.
COLLIER DRIVING IT IN.
KICKS IT OUT.
CHITWOOD.
GOT IT.
HERE TO TRADE PITCH.
TEXTBOOK BASKETBALL.
WHEN YOU GET TO THE HEART OF THE DEFENSE TWO THINGS ALWAYS HAPPEN.
EMMIE CHITWOOD, THE SENIOR ON THE TEAM.
BUCHANAN.
INSIDE.
JENNA KATE COMES UP WITH THE STEEL THERE.
ALL THE WAY IN FOR THE LAY-UP THAT TIME BY RYLEIGH MURPHY.
WE TALKED ABOUT MURPHY AT THE BEGINNING.
SHE IS AN EXPLOSIVE SCORE.
ALWAYS LOOKING TO ATTACK THE RIM IN TRANSITIONAL AND HALF COURT.
BANKS COUNTY TAKING THE LEAD.
11-9.
UNDER TWO MINUTES TO PLAY IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
ALL THE WAY AND UNDER.
PUT IT UPS TREVOR PUTS IT UP THERE.
HERE WE GO.
IZZIE.
LOOK AT IZZIE.
THE TEMPO IS PICKING UP.
SHE IS THE FLOOR GENERAL FOR THIS TEAM.
THE FOUR ASSISTS SHE AVERAGES PER GAME.
TAKE A LITTLE LOOK AT THIS ONE.
WELL, THIS YOUNG LADY FIRST TEAM ALL REGION.
SHE DIDN'T GET IT, BECAUSE SHE HAS NOT BEEN AGGRESSIVE IN SCORING THE POINTS GO SHE LIKES TO PLAY THE GAME OF BASKETBALL.
SHE IS FEARLESS.
SHE'S RECKLESS.
WHEN YOU CAN ATTACK THE RIM, CREATE A SHOT AND GET A THREE-POINT PLAY YOU'RE SHOWING YOUR TEAMMATES, HEY, YOU CAN TRUST ME IN A GAME LIKE THIS.
A IZZIE JABALEY COMING UP BIG FOR HER TEAM NOW.
PUTTING FANNIN COUNTY BACK UP ON TOP I ONE.
1:25 TO PLAY IN THE QUARTER.
A WHISTLE.
PROBABLY GOING TO CALL ON -- SPEAK ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS TO DO, ESPECIALLY IN HIGH SCHOOL, WHEN IT COMES TO MAN-TO-MAN IT'S THE SECOND, THIRD OR FOURTH DRIBBLE THAT A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE DON'T GET.
YOU'VE GOT TO STAY LOW, MOVE YOUR FEET AND STAY AGGRESSIVE.
IS RYLEIGH MURPHY USING THE WINDOW.
SHE IS WARMING UP.
BANKS COUNTY LEADING BY ONE.
BACKUP 13-12.
ALL THE WAY ACROSS TO ENSLEY.
AND ON THE TAKE AWAY.
MAGGIE IRVING COMING UP WITH THE TURNOVER.
NUMBER 33 INTO THE GAME FOR BANKS COUNTY.
COACH GIBSON IS NOT AFRAID TO GO DOWN HIS BENCH.
SOMETIMES TO GET TO A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, GAME LIKE THIS AND THE BENCH GETS SHORTER.
MOVEMENT WITHOUT THE BALL BY RYLEIGH MURPHY, 5'9" GUARD BY --SENIOR WANT TO GO HOME WITH A CHAMPIONSHIP RING.
SHE'S GOING TO HAVE TO DEFEND, BUT AT THE SAME TIME SHE'S GOING TO SCORE AND DO HER THING THIS AFTERNOON.
EMMA HOLLOWAY CHECKS INTO THE GAME FOR THE FIRST TIME FOR FANNIN COUNTY.
UNDERNEATH.
TAKEN THEREBY CHITWOOD.
BALL GOES DOWN TO THE FLOOR.
SHORT JUMPER.
GOT TO THAT WANT TO FALL.
A SHE IS DOING IT ALL.
A NICE SHOT BY RYLEIGH MURPHY.
HER SISTER SAYS DON'T FORGET ABOUT ME.
SCOTT DYNAMIC DUO.
YOU CAN'T STOP ONE WITHOUT LEAVING THE OF ONE WIDE-OPEN.
NICE PASS.
NICE FINISH BY ALBANY COLE.
SOCCER PLAYER, GREAT DEFENDER, BUT SHE'S COURSE HERE.
GREAT PASSED BY EMMA HOLLOWAY.
"INSIDE OUT 2" BASKETBALL THEREFORE THE REBELS.
THIS IS GREAT EXECUTION BY BOTH OF THESE TEAMS.
DRIVING ALL THE WAY, PUTTING IT OFF THE GLASS AND IN.
A LOT OF TIMES THE DEFENSE HELPS THEM RECOVER, BECAUSE OF THE THREE-POINT LINE GO YOU DON'T HELP FROM THE WING THOMAS SO YOU ARE PRETTY MUCH ISOLATED BY YOURSELF.
THE PENETRATION DEPENDING UP TOP.
OPPORTUNITY THEREBY HALLWAY.
DIDN'T GET TO IT TO FALL.
STILL FANNIN BASKETBALL.
13.9.
YOU'VE GOT TO MY PEOPLE HOW MUCH YOU GOT HERE, IT'S THE END OF THE QUARTER.
A GOOD LOOK AND YOU CONTINUE TO EXECUTE.
YOU GET ONE SHOT.
NO.
SAYING IT SHOULD BE BANKS COUNTY BASKETBALL.
THE LEOPARDS ARE GOING TO GET THE CHANCE HERE.
13.9 MOORE BRINGING IT ACROSS THE TIMELINE.
BALL SCREEN.
IS THE ON THE DRIBBLE.
COMES UP WITH THE SWITCH.
AND THE DISH.
TRAVEL CALL.
THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION, AND IT'S TOUGH SOMETIMES, BECAUSE YOU WANT TO SWITCH AND HELP RECOVER.
EMMA HOLLOWAY GOT CAUGHT UP ON THE SWITCH.
THAT WHAT IS GOING TO COME UP SHORT.
WHAT A 1st QUARTER.
WHAT A PACE THIS GAME IS OFF TO WE'VE GOT ONE DOWN.
LEOPARDS ON TOP IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME HERE IN THE RATE GPB.
-- ON THE GREAT GPB.
WE TALKED ABOUT IZZIE JABALEY.
SHE IS THE LEADER ON THIS TEAM ON THE FLOOR.
ALSO, SHE IS A HOST.
SHE DOES A LOT OF INTERVIEWING OF COACHES AND PLAYERS AROUND NORTH GEORGIA.
CLOSET SMALL-TOWN IZZIE.
A LITTLE BIT OF A PODCAST OF HER OWN.
SHE MIGHT JOIN US ONE DAY ON GPB IS WHAT I LOVE IT WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE START BEING CREATIVE.
THE TECHNOLOGY HAS ALLOWED THEM TO DO A LOT MORE THINGS AT A YOUNGER AGE AND FINDING HER NICHE.
AND BECAUSE SHE PLAYS BASKETBALL, SHE CAN TALK THE TALK WITH ALL THE COACHES I LOVE IT FANTASTIC JOB.
HERE WE ARE STARTING THE SECOND QUARTER NOW.
BANKS COUNTY WITH THE BASKETBALL.
THEY'VE GOT A WHISTLE.
NOT ABLE TO HOLD THAT STEP UP THAT TIME AGO ANSLEY MOORE AND THE BALL IS GOING TO GO OVER TO FANNIN.
WITH THAT POSSESSION TRY TO GO TO RYLEIGH MURPHY, BUT IT WAS NO HELP THERE.
FULL DENIAL.
YOUR DEFENSE LED BY THE REBELS.
JABALEY.
2-3 ZONE.
A ANOTHER SHORT RUN.
CAME BACK OUT.
SHOT PUT BACKUP.
YOU'VE GOT TO STAY AFTER IT.
MAGGIE LEDFORD.
GETTING THAT 2nd AND 3rd OPPORTUNITY IS BIG IN THE SKIN.
THAT'S WHAT THE ZONE PRESENTS.
IF YOU ARE GREAT OFFENSIVE TEAM YOU CAN REALLY BE SUCCESSFUL AGAINST A 2-3 ZONE, BECAUSE WHEN IT IT BOX OUT YOUR BOXING OUT SPACE.
CHITWOOD.
MOORE ON THE DRIBBLE.
LOOK AT THAT PASS RIGHT UNDERNEATH.
AN OPPORTUNITY RIGHT THERE FOR MAGGIE IRVING, COULDN'T GET IT TO GO.
JABALEY, COLE.
OUTSIDE NO GOOD THAT TIME BY ETHINGTON.
GOT A WHISTLE.
THAT'S GOING TO BE A FOUL ON REESE LEWIS.
FANNIN COUNTY CROWD DON'T LIKE THAT.
THAT'S THEIR SECOND FOUL.
I DIDN'T HAVE THE ANGLE THAT THE OFFICIAL HAD.
6:40 TO PLAY HERE IN THE FIRST HALF.
BANKS COUNTY WITH THE BASKETBALL.
ONE POINT LEAD.
DOUBLE SCREEN PICKET FENCE ACTION.
IS GET THE REBOUND.
MOORE SHE'S GOING TO DRIVE CHITWOOD, SHORT JUMP.
WHAT IS HAPPENING IS REESE LEWIS CAN'T BE AS AGGRESSIVE OFF THE DEFENSIVELY, BECAUSE SHE DOESN'T WANT TO GET THAT THIRD FELL.
INSTEAD OF BEING SO MUCH OF A CONTESTING DEFENDER SHE IS MORE OF A SPACE DEFENDER.
THINKING ABOUT JUMPING AND GRABBING WITH THE LEFT HAND.
ALBANY COLE THOUGHT ABOUT TAKING THE JUMP AND THEN THOUGHT CRANFORD DECIDED TO --19 SECONDS ON THAT SHOT CLOCK.
IZZIE, NOT THIS TIME.
BACK THE OTHER WAY IN A HURRY.
ANSLEY MOORE PICKS IT UP.
DOWN TO THE FLOOR.
GOT A WHISTLE.
JUMP BALL CALLED.
POSSESSION ARROW IN DIRECTION OF FANNIN.
BAD TIP BY THE REBELS.
A LOT OF TIMES WHEN YOU GET BEAT DEFENSIVELY, DON'T GIVE UP, BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE YOUR TEAMMATES COME IN AND WHILE THE OFFENSE AND MAKE A TURNOVER.
THE SHOTS FROM OUTSIDE.
THAT TIME NO GOOD.
BY MURPHY.
ANSLEY MOORE NEEDS TO MAKE THIS A VERY IMPORTANT OFFENSE OF THE PASSION --POSSESSION HERE.
THEY NEED A BASKET.
RYLEIGH MURPHY DRIVING IN.
SHORT JUMPER.
MISSES EVERYTHING THAT TIME.
THE REBOUND ALL DOWN BY ALBANY COLE.
JABALEY.
THEY WANT TO GET IT INSIDE TO LEWIS.
COULDN'T GET IT THAT TIME.
BALL NOT TO WAY.
TURNOVER.
BANKS COUNTY GOT THOSE HANDS UP.
ANOTHER TAKE AWAY.
BY COLE.
DRIVING ALL THE WAY IN.
MISSES THE SHOP.
BALL GOES OUT OF BOUNDS.
THEY GOT A WHISTLE.
BANKS COUNTY BASKETBALL.
ALBANY COLE CHECKS OUT.
EMMA BUCHANAN RETURNS FOR FANNIN COUNTY.
THAT WAS A GOOD EXCHANGE.
I BELIEVE SO.
IT DIDN'T SHOW A LACK OF PROGRESS IN HIM A THEY JUST MADE SOME MISTAKES HERE AND THERE.
THESE YOUNG LADIES ARE TO SLOWING DOWN.
THEY ARE GOING TO STAY 100% OFFENSIVELY LET'S ATTACK DEFENSIVELY INSTEAD OF PLAYING RETREAT AT BASKETBALL, WHICH WE HAVE SEEN A LITTLE BIT THESE LAST FEW DAYS.
BANKS COUNTY WITH THE LEAD BY 3 AND THE BASKETBALL.
MOORE DRIVING OR TRYING TO MAKE THE DISH.
THE BALL GOES TO THE FLOOR, WE'VE GOT A WHISTLE NOW.
JUMP BALL CALLED DIRECTION ARROW IN FAVOR OF THE LEOPARDS.
THAT ONE PLAY THERE, THE 50-50 BALL, IT WAS A TOSS-UP.
BOTH PLAYERS JOVE TO THE FLOOR.
THEY REACTED FAIRLY QUICK.
THAT MEANS THEY ARE FOCUSED, BECAUSE THE FIRST PLAYER THEY GET TO THE FLOOR FOR THE LOOSE BALL IS THE ONE THAT USUALLY IS REWARDED WITH IT.
I LOVE IT THAT BOTH TEAMS ARE LOCKED IN AND READY TO ROLL FOR THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.
HANDS UNDERNEATH.
IZZIE JABALEY WITH A HAND IN THEIR TO DEFLECT IT.
STILL BANKS COUNTY BASKETBALL.
ANSLEY MOORE TRIGGERED THE INBOUND.
NICE DEFENSE.
NICE DEFENSE.
MURPHY.
SPENDS AND DOESN'T TRAVEL.
DEFENSIVELY, ETHINGTON, WHAT SHE DID WITH ALL SHE DID WAS MOVE HER FEET.
SHE WAS AGGRESSIVE WITH MOVING HER FEET.
SHE DIDN'T REACH.
SHE STOOD HER GROUND AND CREATED A TURNOVER.
HERE COMES THE PRESSURE TO GET IT ACROSS THE TIMELINE.
EMMA BUCHANAN ON THE DRIBBLE.
ANSLEY MOORE RIGHT WITH HER.
SOME OF THE NICE PASS UNDERNEATH.
GETS INTO ETHINGTON.
SHE GETS FOULED UNDERNEATH THEIR.
DEFENSE REALLY TAKING CONTROL IN THIS GAME RIGHT NOW.
THE OFFICIALS ARE LETTING THE YOUNG LADIES PLAY.
FOUL THAT TIME ON GIBSON.
HERE IS ETHINGTON WITH THE INBOUND PASS.
GOT A WHISTLE.
TAKE AWAY JUMP BALL.
ALERT MOVE THEREBY ANSLEY MOORE.
GET THOSE HANDS ACTIVE.
ACTIVE HANDS, ACTIVE FEET.
MAN-TO-MAN FOR THE REBELS.
ZONE FOR THE LEOPARDS.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT DEFENSE YOU PLAY WITH THAT, MAN OR ZONE, AS LONG AS YOU COMMUNICATE AND YOUR ACTIVE AND PLAYING AS ONE UNIT.
WHATEVER DEFENSE YOU PLAY YOU WILL BE SUCCESSFUL IN DOING THOSE TWO THINGS.
LONG PASS OUT THERE.. LADY REBELS MAINTAIN IT.
LONG SHOT.
MISSING EVERYTHING THAT TIME BY EMMA BUCHANAN.
BACK THE OTHER WAY.
COMES BANKS COUNTY.
RIGHT NOW THERE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK.
WE'VE GOT 3:50 TO GO UNTIL HALFTIME.
BANKS COUNTY A THREE-POINT LEAD ON CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY HERE ON THE GREAT GPB.
WELCOME BACK INSIDE THE MACON POLICY AND WHERE BANKS COUNTY LEADS FANNIN COUNTY 19-16.
JAYSON GIBSON IS IN HIS FIRST YEAR WITH THE LADY LEOPARDS.
WANTED TO COACH HIS DAUGHTER, JANA KATE.
SHE'S A FRESHMAN ON THIS BANKS COUNTY TEAM GO HIS SON, JADEN GIBSON, SET STATE RECEIVING RECORDS AS A WIDE RECEIVER IN RABUN COUNTY, OVER 5000 YARDS RECEIVING, 59 TOUCHDOWNS.
THOSE RECORDS AND STILL STAND.
HE WAS CATCHING THOSE PATCHES FROM NONE OTHER THAN GUNNAR STOCKTON.
ABSOLUTELY.
THANKS A LOT, CODY.
WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT HER?
IS.
WE NEED GUNNAR TO STEP UP THIS YEAR.
GEORGIA BULLDOGS, WE NEED A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
ANYBODY FROM RABUN COUNTY, WE EXPECT A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GO HE RESPONDED WELL FOR SOMEONE GOING THROUGH THE SITUATION.
SCHOOL HE DID A FANTASTIC JOB.
I SAW HIM WITH EVERY POSSESSION OF THAT GAME.
IS BACKED ACTION HERO MAKES COUNTY WITH THE BASKETBALL.
GOT A WHISTLE HERE.
GOING BACK THE OTHER WAY.
A LOT OF TIMES CHANGES GOOD OFFENSE.
I LOVE THE ACTION.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THE HANDOFF AND YOU GET CAUGHT UP YOU HAVE TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE CHARGE CAME IN, THE MOVING SCREEN HAPPENED.
3:25 TO PLAY IN THE FIRST HALF.
BANKS COUNTY WITH THE THREE-POINT LEAD.
GET INSIDE.
SHE'S OPEN.
TRYING TO GET INSIDE REESE LEWIS.
THERE'S THE PAST LEWIS ' SHOT BLOCKED THAT TIME.
MOVE THE BALL.
JABALEY MISSING THAT TIME.
GOT A WHISTLE.
REBOUND CHASED DOWN BY GIBSON WHO STEPS ON THE LINE.
ONCE AGAIN.
THE AWARENESS OF THE COURT AND WHERE YOU ARE.
IS GOING IT'S THE AWARENESS OF THE COURT, BUT SEVERAL DIFFERENT FACTORS.
THE TEAM HAS STARTED TO KICK IN THE LAST THREE MINUTES OF THE SECOND HALF.
MISTAKES ARE HAPPENING BOTH WAYS.
TURNOVERS, MISSED SHOTS.
IT CAME AT THE RIGHT TIME, I BELIEVE, HOPEFULLY THESE GIRLS CAN GET THROUGH TO HALFTIME AND RECUPERATE.
UNDER THREE MINUTES TO GO HERE IN THE FIRST HALF.
GIBSON.
BALL GOES TO THE FLOOR.
MOORE SCRAMBLES FOR IT AND REGROUPS.
ANSLEY MOORE, THE JUNIOR, DRIVING IN.
WANTS TO GET THE PASS.
DEFLECTED GO GET THOSE HANDS UP, JABALEY.
DOWN THE OTHER WAY IN THE HANDS OF MAGGIE LEDFORD.
NOW WITH NINE POINTS IN THE GAME.
GREAT REBOUND, GREAT DEFENSE BY REESE LEWIS.
GREAT ALSO --GREAT OUTLET.
BRING IN COLLIER.
REESE MURPHY DRIVES IN.
PUTS IT HIGH UP ON THE GLASS.
ANSLEY MOORE TAKES THAT ONE DOWN.
GOT A WHISTLE.
GOT TO BUMP RIGHT THERE FROM EMMA BUCHANAN.
HAND GOES OUT, DEFLECTION.
NICE EASY LAY-UP IN TRANSITION.
JUST EASY BASKETBALL.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A ROCKET SCIENTIST TO MAKE GOOD SOLID PLACE.
MOVE YOUR FEET DEFENSIVELY, I HAND CLOSEOUT, BOX FORWARD RUN, LONG EXTENSION OF KICKING IT OUT WITH THE LAY-UP.
THAT WAS GOOD OFFENSE AND DEFENSE THEREBY THE REBELS.
BANKS COUNTY WITH THE ONE POINT LEAD.
HERE IS MOORE WITH THE DRIVE LOOKING TO GIVE IT UP.
GIBSON.
SHE IS ON THE DRIBBLE.
BACKS IN.
PART TREVOR PARTIALLY DEFLECTED.
COACH CHASTAIN NOT HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
IT'S HARD TO REALLY CALL THAT AS THE OFFICIAL, BECAUSE I'M WATCHING HER MOVE HER FEET.
THAT LEFT HAND GO DOWN.
IT WAS A FOUL.
FROM THIS ANGLE IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE IT, BUT THE OFFICIAL GOT A GREAT ANGLE ON IT.
IT WAS A GOOD CALL.
HER FIRST FREE THROW IT -- ATTEMPT.
HER FIRST POINTS OF THE GAME.
MAKES THE SECOND.
BANKS COUNTY NOW WITH THE LEAD.
2-2 -1 PRESS FOR BANKS COUNTY.
UNDERNEATH.
NO GOOD THAT TIME BY LEDFORD.
HERE IS ANSLEY MOORE ON THE DRIBBLE.
GIVES IT UP.
REESE MURPHY UNDERNEATH.
SHOT BLOCKED THAT TIME.
LEWIS COMES UP WITH THE BASKETBALL.
THE DEFENSE STANDS BY THE REBELS.
IZZIE JABALEY GOT A WHISTLE.
CHASTAIN WANTS TO CALL FOR A TIME-OUT TO TALK ABOUT THIS WITH HIS TEAM.
YOU'VE GOT TO BASKETBALL, YOU WANT TO GET SOMETHING PRODUCTIVE HERE.
HE SAW HIS GIRLS PHYSICALLY DRIBBLING IN CIRCLES.
THEY ARE NOT DRIBBLING AND MAKING PASSES THAT ARE GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE.
THEY'RE PLAYING EAST WEST BASKETBALL VERSUS NORTH-SOUTH.
HE'S GOING TO DROP A PLAY OF MORE ACTION, BECAUSE IT ENCOURAGES THEM TO MOVE THE BALL.
MOVE THE BALL.
YOUR DRIBBLING TOO MUCH MOVE IT SIDE, TOPSIDE, REVERSE IT AND GET A GOOD SHOT.
WE GOT A CHANCE TO TALK WITH COACH BEFORE THE GAME, COACH DEBOSE.
HE HAS BEEN AROUND THE GAME FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
HE HAS COACH ALL OVER THE PLACE.
HE'S A CLARK CENTRAL.
AND IT JEFFERSON COUNTY.
HE HAS JUST BEEN A STAPLE FOR BASKETBALL, BOYS-AND-GIRLS HERE IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA OVER 50 YEARS.
THERE'S A BASKET THEREBY REESE LEWIS.
WHAT A RESOURCE TO HAVE A THE BENCH, RIGHT?
TELL ME ABOUT IT WHEN YOU GOT THAT KIND OF KNOWLEDGE AND WISDOM, HE HAS PROBABLY GOT MORE BASKETBALLS THAN I WILL EVER KNOW.
YOU HOPE THE YOUNG PEOPLE REALIZE THAT AND REALLY APPRECIATE WHO THEY HAVE WORKING WITH THEM AND REALLY POURING INTO THEM.
YES.
YOU CAN SEE IT, THE WAY THEIR DEFENDING, MAKING PLAYS, HE'S THERE TO OBSERVE.
YOU KNOW, ONE OF THOSE TYPE OF COACHES.
THE MORE THAT HE IS AROUND THE MORE THEY ABSORB AND THE MORE THEY TAKE WITH THEM IN THE NEXT LEVEL OF THEIR LIFE CHAPTER.
ABSOLUTELY.
38.2 TO GO.
BANKS COUNTY WITH THE BASKETBALL.
GOT THE ONE POINT LEAD HERE.
SHOT CLOCK AT 10.
HERE IS GIBSON.
COLLIER.
DOESN'T GET THAT ONE, BUT GETS A WHISTLE.
SHANNON COLLIER GOING TO THE BASKET GOT A WHISTLE.
THAT'S A FOUL THAT TIME I LEDFORD.
THAT WAS A GREAT OFFENSIVE PLAY BY COLLIER GETTING TO THE RIM.
HOLDING HER OWN.
BECAUSE WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE FORCING THE DEFENSE TO DEFEND MORE THAN TWO OR THREE SECONDS.
YOU GOT TO MOVE YOUR FEET YOU GOT TO CUT THEM OFF.
YOU CUT THEM OFF ON THE LEFT SIDE, THEY KICK IT IN REVERSE.
THE CUT OFF ON THE RIGHT SIDE, YOU GOT TO STAY DOWN AND STAY LOW.
YOU HAVE TO BE VERY PATIENT WITH YOUR DEFENSE VERSUS TRYING TO CREATE A TURNOVER.
THE BANKS COUNTY LEAD IS 23-20.
15 SECONDS TO GO.
SHOT CLOCK IS OFF.
JABALEY GRABS IN.
RUNNING ONE HEADER.
COMES RIGHT BACK OUT.
EIGHT SECONDS TO GO.
THANKS WITH THE CHANCE TO GET SOMETHING ON THE BOARD FOR THE HOUSE IN THIS.
MOORE, KICKS OUT, SHOT, NO GOOD.
DEFLECTED.
THAT IS HOW THE FIRST HALF OF BASKETBALL IS GOING TO END.
THE TEAMS HAD FOR THE LOCKER ROOM.
BANKS COUNTY WITH A 23-20 LEAD OVER FANNIN COUNTY.
IN THE FIRST HALF THEY GOT OFF TO A TREMENDOUS START TO GET THINGS GOING FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THIS GAME.
SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT WAS ON THE FIRST HALF.
I THOUGHT BOTH TEAMS CAME OUT AGGRESSIVE, WHICH IS A WIN-WIN.
THE LATITUDE THREE MINUTES UNTIL THE HALF, GOOD TIME FOR THEM TO GO OUT AND REST AND RELAX.
AND IT'S GOING TO BE EXCITING TO COME INTO THE SECOND HALF AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP RUN.
COACHES INTERVIEW PRESENTED BY RITA PEST MANAGEMENT.
CODY CHAPIN.
IS THE HERE WITH JAYSON GIBSON, THE HEAD COACH OF BANKS COUNTY.
REESE MURPHY GET THE TWO QUICK FOULS.
HOW DID THAT CHANGE WHAT YOU WANTED TO?
WE TRY TO GET HER ABOUT.
WE GOT TO GET HER GOING IN THE SECOND HALF.
I THOUGHT OUR KIDS THAT WE PUT IN FOR HER, THEY DID A GREAT JOB OF PICKING US UP THERE.
WE JUST KIND OF NEED TO GET BACK TO GETTING HER INVOLVED.
WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE HALFWAY HOME TO A STATE TITLE?
KEEP PLAYING HARD AND WE GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB ON OUR PRESS THEY'RE GIVING UP TOO MANY EASY IS ON THE PRESS GOOD LUCK IN THE SECOND HALF.
ARE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK HERE ON GPB.
WHEN WE COME BACK JOHN NELSON HAS GOT YOUR HALFTIME SHOW.
♪ ♪ WELCOME BACK TO MAKING COLIN CENTER IN THE MACON CENTREPLEX CHAMPIONSHIP.
13-17.
BANKS COUNTY LEAVING THE FANNIN COUNTY LATER REBELS BY THREE.
AND DOWN TO THE PRINCIPALS OFFICE WE GO.
JOHN NELSON HERE.
I'M ON THIS SIDE OF THE PARQUET FLOOR, THE PARQUET IS A WORD I WAS LOOKING FOR.
THIS OUT OF THEM FOR FREE TODAY.
I'M GOING TO BE HANGING OUT WITH YOU HAVE TIME IN BETWEEN, SLAM DUNK, ALL OF THE ABOVE AND THE ADAPTIVE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
IT'S TIME TO CATCH UP WITH OUR PRINCIPALS AND FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
WE WILL FOSTER FROM BANKS COUNTY TO MY LEFT AND SCOTT RAMSEY FROM FANNIN COUNTY TO MY RIGHT.
SINCE BANKS COUNTY IS LEADING AT THE HALF, WILL, I WILL GIVE YOU THE OPTION, DO YOU ACCEPT THE KICK OFF OR DO YOU DEFER?
I'M GOING TO TAKE IT.
WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE FOR BANKS COUNTY TO GET TO THIS PARTICULAR MATCH HERE, THE SUPPORT FROM EVERYBODY UP THERE HAS BEEN FANTASTIC.
WHAT HAS THIS RIDE BEEN LIKE?
IT'S AWESOME.
I LOVE SEEING OUR STUDENT ATHLETES COME OUT HERE AND BE SUCCESSFUL.
OF THE COMMUNITIES BEHIND US, ALL THE HOMERS HERE TODAY.
I'M SURE THE STREETS ARE EMPTY, BUT WE ARE SO PROUD OF THESE YOUNG LADIES.
NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
LET ME GUESS, SCOTT, AS MR. FOSTER HASN'T SAID, ALL THE STREETS AT HOME ARE EMPTY, I CAN PRETTY MUCH GUARANTEE THAT BLUE RIDGE IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME WAY, RIGHT?
I THINK I CAN SEE THEM ALL OVER THERE IN THE STANDS I DON'T KNOW WHO IS LEFT IN BLUE RIDGE YEAH.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE THEM HERE SUPPORTING OUR KIDS.
IT HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL RIDE.
OUR FANS AND COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN BEHIND US ALL THE WAY.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT ATHLETICS AS A PART OF THE PICTURE, AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT THE LARGER PICTURE IN A SECOND, WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE TO SEE CHAD TO DEMAND IN FOOTBALL, WHAT HAS THE ATHLETIC PROWESS BEEN LIKE AND WHAT HASN'T BEEN LIKE TO SEE THAT?
IT HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS SUCH A BEAST FROM OUR SCHOOL AND OUR COMMUNITY.
FROM FOOTBALL, VOLLEYBALL MAKING THE ELITE EIGHT, OUR BOYS MAKING THE LEAD AGENT BASKETBALL WITH COACH LINDER AND HERE WITH COACH CHASTAIN AND OUR GIRLS MAKING ANOTHER TRIP TO MACON TO TRY TO GET IT DONE THIS TIME.
IT HAS JUST BEEN TREMENDOUS FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR SCHOOL.
LET'S CATCH UP WITH IS TO FOSTER AND ASK YOU THE SAME THING.
ATHLETICS IS A PART OF THE LARGER PICTURE.
YOU WERE A CROSS COUNTRY COACH AT ONE POINT, SO YOU KNOW ENEMIES TO HAVE THIS KIND OF REPRESENTATION.
IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR THE STUDENT BODY, THE CULTURE OF THE SCHOOL AS A WHOLE.
WE PREACH TO OUR KIDS PERSEVERE AND WORK HARD EVERY DAY.
WE SAY THE LEOPARDS.
YOU KNOW, IT'S THROUGH THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO THE RIGHT KIDS TO BE ABLE TO COME OUT HERE AND SEE THESE YOUNG LADIES COMPETE AT A HIGH LEVEL GREAT FOR THEM TO SEE THAT YOU WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON ON CAMPUS FOLKS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT?
KINDS OF STUFF TO GO WE HAVE A TEACHER WORK DAY, SO THE STUDENTS ARE OUT ON MONDAY.
THERE ARE GOING TO LIVE IT UP TODAY AND ENJOY THIS WEEKEND AS WELL LET ME ASK YOU, SCOTT HE'S WEARING A T-SHIRT AND I HAD ASKED HIM A THERE'S A HASHTAG ON IT, HASHTAG A TRIBUTE.
HANG ANOTHER BANNER.
WHAT'S GOING ON IN FANNIN COUNTY THESE DAYS?
OUR CTA PROGRAM IS ROCKING AND ROLLING HAVING A LOT OF SUCCESS WITH OUR CT AS THOSE HIM ACADEMICALLY EVERYTHING IS GOING GREAT FOR GETTING A BIG FACILITY UP GREAT WITH SOME NEW FACILITIES FROM A NEW WEIGHT ROOM AND WRESTLING SO THE AND THE NEW BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELDS.
A LOT GOING ON IN FANNIN COUNTY, A LOT OF POSITIVE TEAMS.
IS FOR YOU AND NAMED PRINCIPAL 21 AND 22 SCHOOL YEAR.
WHAT HASN'T BEEN LIKE FOR YOU IN THIS HANDFUL OF YEARS YOU HAVE BEEN IN CHARGE?
THE SUPPORT HAS BEEN GREAT.
I CAME IN OFF OF THE COVID YEAR AND THAT TO TRY TO GET BACK IN THE SWING OF THINGS THERE FROM A LOT OF KIDS BEING ONLINE AND ANYBODY COMING BACK ON CAMPUS.
IT HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS.
I COULDN'T HAVE ASKED FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY OR BETTER SCHOOL TO BE THE PRINCIPLE OF.
SCOPE FIRST YEAR FOR YOU HERE.
WHAT HAS YOUR FIRST YEAR BEEN LIKE?
THEY ARE NOT ALL LIKE THIS GO THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR.
IT HAS BEEN GREAT.
I HAVE BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY, STARTED IN 2012 AND WENT THROUGH THE SYSTEM.
I LOVE THESE PEOPLE AND THIS COMMUNITY.
THIS SCHOOL IT HAS A GREAT YEAR AND I'M PROUD TO BE IN THIS POSITION.
THE PRINCIPALS OFFICE.
WE WILL LET YOU KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON HERE.
WE ARE AT THE BREAK, MACON COLISEUM.
BANKS COUNTY UP BY THREE OVER FANNIN COUNTY.
FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE DAY ON THE GREAT GPB.
WELCOME BACK TO MACON, BANKS COUNTY.
OF THREE AS WE GET READY FOR THE SECOND 16 MINUTES CHAMPIONSHIP IN 10 TODAY.
SIX IF YOU INCLUDE THE SLAM DUNK.
LET'S LET YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON AFTER THIS ONE.
BEST ACADEMY AND SOUTHWEST ARE D1 BOYS, ADAPTIVE FINAL.
HOUSING COUNTY, CLAYTON COUNTY AT 3:00.
SLAM DUNK IN BETWEEN.
NEWTON GOES FOR THE DOUBLE WITH GRAYSON AND WHEELER ON THE NIGHT SIDE.
WILLOUGHBY MURPHY'S LAW FOR BANKS COUNTY OR WILL IT BE REESE AND THE REBELS ON THE COME BACK?
WE WILL HAVE ANSWERS, COMING UP ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BREAK ON GPB.
BACK HERE WITH RYAN CHASTAIN, A COACH OF FANNIN COUNTY.
COACH, YOU GUYS ONLY SHOT THREE OF 17 IN THE SECOND QUARTER, THE ONLY DOWN 3 AND HAVE.
WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT YOUR DEFENSE?
WE HAVE GOT TO SEE SOME SHOTS GOING WHOLE.
WHAT WAS MESSAGE TO THE GIRLS AT HALFTIME?
DO WHAT YOU'RE DOING ON DEFENSE.
OFFENSIVE PLAY WE HAVE TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE WE HAVE TO GET OFF THE COLLEGE THREE POINT LINE.
WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE THE FIRST COUPLE OF MEN HERE?
INTENSITY ON DEFENSE.
THEM, SHINE, BACK TO.
SOME THINGS YOU THINK MAYBE THEY WOULD WORK ON AT HALFTIME?
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO LOOK FOR IN THE SECOND HALF?
YOU GOT ONE TEAM PLAYING MAN-TO-MAN DEFENSE AND HALF COURT AND THE OTHER TEAM PLAYING 2-3, BUTTOCKS TENDED TO A 1-2-2.
IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT KIND OF ADJUSTMENTS BOTH COACHES MADE AT HALFTIME.
COUPLE PLAYSET FROM PLAYERS THAT HAD GREAT FIRST HALF IN THIS GAME.
IS THE WE ARE TALKING ABOUT REESE AND HOW WHEN SHE COMES OUT SHE'S ABLE TO SHOOT THE THREE.
SHE'S ACTIVE AND AGGRESSIVE INSIDE OUT BASKETBALL.
SHE'S A THREE-POINT SHOOTER.
THERE IS REESE AGAIN FOR JUST BEING ACTIVE WITH HER HANDS AND HER FEET AND ATTACKING THE RIM MID RANGE JUMPSHOT EIGHT POINTS FOR HERSELF.
MAGGIE LEDFORD WITH NINE.
HALFTIME ADJUSTMENTS.
BOTH COACHES ARE GOING TO STICK TO THE GAME PLAN, BUT ESPECIALLY COACHING THE FOURTH QUARTER, CAT AND MOUSE STARTS TO HAPPEN IN COACH MAY SWITCH IT TO HIS OWN.
THEIR FLOP THIS IS --THEIR PHILOSOPHIES MAY FLIP-FLOP.
THE TWO REESE'S ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE 2000 GO EACH WITH TWO PERSONAL FOULS.
AS WE START THE SECOND HALF OF PLAY.
YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, FIRST HALF, THINGS CHANGE IN THE SECOND QUARTER.
1st QUARTER 7 AND 11 FROM BOTH TEAMS, REALLY.
I THINK THE DEFENSE REALLY TOOK EFFECT ON BOTH SIDES IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF THE GAME.
HERE IS THAT PRESS AGAIN THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH BANKS COUNTY.
TRYING TO CONTROL THE TEMPO OF THE GAME.
YOU SEE HOW THEY CAN ATTRACTED HERE.
HERE IS THE CANON.
MOVE THE BALL, YOU'VE GOT THE BALL RIGHT THERE WHERE YOU WANT IT.
SHE TRIES TO GET IT OUT TO HER TEAM AND.
TAKEN AWAY BY ANSLEY MOORE.
MOORE.
LONG PASS.
INSIDE, GIBSON.
TRIES TO SAVE IT IN-BOUNDS THAT TIME.
IT GOES OUT OF BOUNDS.
THERE'S COACH TALKING, HEY, WE WANT TO GET THAT SHOT UP.
A LOT OF TIMES THE BALL HAS BEEN A LITTLE MORE EFFECTIVE.
YOU DON'T WANT TO TAKE SHOOTERS OUT.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO PASS IT, PASSES SO YOUR ROOMMATE CAN BE WRITTEN FOR THE SHOT.
WE ARE IN THE SECOND HALF.
BANKS COUNTY WITH THE THREE POINT LEAD THE LADY REBELS OF FANNIN WITH THE BASKETBALL.
NICE INSIDE THE HALF POST.
IZZIE JABALEY, EMMA BUCHANAN INSIDE.
REESE LEWIS.
SHE'S GOING TO GIVE IT UP.
GETS IT BACK OUTSIDE.
ETHINGTON, LONG THREE.
DOESN'T GET IT THAT TIME.
A REBOUND COMES AWAY TO REESE MURPHY.
MURPHY WITH THE PAST.
MOVE THE BALL.
MOVE THE BALL.
IT'S A VERY SLOW PACE.
STARTING OUT THE FIRST HALF LIKE THIS.
PLAYER REACHING THE BASKETBALL, SLOWING THE TEMPO DOWN.
MURPHY.
STEP BACK.
TAKES THE JUMPER.
DOESN'T GET IT THAT TIME.
THE REBOUND IS GOING TO BE BROUGHT BACK THE OTHER WAY BY ETHINGTON.
ETHINGTON STEPS UP THE PACE.
BALL DEFLECTED OUT OF TOWN TRAVEL OUT OF BOUNDS THAT TIME.
YOU CAN HEAR THE FANNIN COUNTY COACHES TELL THE GIRLS AGO, ATTACK, ATTACK THEIR MOVING TOO SLOW.
THE PACE IS NOT WHAT THEY WANT THEY WANT TO BE QUICK, BUT NOT IN A HURRY.
THE BALL NEEDS TO BE MORE ADVANCED AND MORE EFFECTIVE IN TRANSITION.
THERE IS BUCHANAN.
THE BALL DEFLECTED.
AND A TURNOVER.
HERE'S GIBSON ON THE DRIBBLE.
GETS OUTSIDE.
NO GOOD THAT TIME BY MURPHY.
ANOTHER CHANCE TO CHASE DOWN THE LONG REBOUND.
NO GOODBYE RYLEIGH MURPHY.
JUST MISSED IT THE GREAT ATTACK MODE.
LONG PASS TO REESE LEWIS.
GOOD FINISH, GOOD CATCH.
REESE LEWIS FROM THE FLOOR DEFENDING IN THE PAINT.
GETTING DOWN TO TRANSITION.
BANKS COUNTY DOWN THE COURT FOR A LAY-UP.
THEY TURNED THE BALL OVER, SO NOW IT GOES BACK OVER TO FANNIN COUNTY.
THIS LONG PASS.
NICE PASS.
FROM IZZIE JABALEY.
SHE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT PASS ON HER PODCAST.
ONE HAND PASS, THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE COURT.
THE BANKS COUNTY LEAD IS ONE.
LEWIS THROWS IT OUT THERE.
NO GOOD THAT TIME.
HERE, THE LEOPARDS BACK THE OTHER WAY.
THEY GOT THE ONE POINT LEAD.
ANSLEY MOORE WITH THE DRIVE.
JUST GOT A WHISTLE.
MOORE WENT FLYING OFF THE FLOOR THERE.
SHE MAKES IT BACKUP.
THAT'S WHAT BANKS COUNTY DID IN THE FIRST HALF VERSUS THE MAN-TO-MAN DEFENSE.
PENETRATION WITH THE BALL WITH THE DRIBBLE, THE DRIVE, GETTING TO THE HEARTS OF THE DEFENSE INSIDE THE PAINT.
HERE IS MOORE, THE INBOUND PASS RIGHT THERE.
DALE WIDE OPEN.
MISSES THAT SHOT.
CHASES DOWN THE REBOUND.
GOT IT.
AND A TROUBLE CALL.
COMING OUT FROM THE LOCKER ROOM YOU WANT TO SEE THE TEAMS USES SOME EXECUTION.
MAYBE THERE ARE STILL SOME NERVES THERE TO GET INTO THE SECOND HALF.
IT'S THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, IT WAS ALWAYS LIKE EVERYONE IS TRYING TO PLAY A PERFECT GAME THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE I GOT TO MAKE THE PERFECT PASS, MAKE THE PERFECT DRIVE, MAKE THE PERFECT SHOT.
SOMETIMES YOU DON'T DO WHAT COMES NATURALLY.
EXACTLY.
THERE IS THE TURNOVER.
THERE IS MURPHY.
MISSING THE LAY-UP.
MISSING THE MONEY.
OUTSIDE.
ETHINGTON LONG.
THREE!
THE PENETRATION, THE BOXED SCORE RUN, THE MISSED LAY-UP CAN I SAY SHOTS IN THE CORNER.
THE LADY REBELS TAKE THE LEAD AT 25-23 OFF A BIG THREE-POINTER RIGHT HERE.
NICE SHOT.
A ROTATION OF THE BALL WAS BEYOND PERFECT.
THAT'S WHAT LEADERS DO, THEY MAKE PLAYS.
IS HE IS A LEADER.
TEED IT UP.
NICE THREE THERE IN THE CORNER.
ETHINGTON WITH THE BASKET.
FIRST POINTS OF THE GAME.
SHE HAS THREE.
LOOK AT THIS TEAM AND ONE THING COACH CHASTAIN SAID IS TAKE THEIR EYES OFF THE COLLEGE 3.1.
WHEN YOU HAVE NEVER PLAYED IN THIS ATMOSPHERE, IT'S PRETTY MUCH OF A PLAN LANDSCAPE ON THE FLOOR.
YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE AND THE ONLY THING YOU SEE IS THE WHITE LINE, THE THREE-POINT LINE.
BANKS COUNTY WITH THE BASKETBALL HERE.
NOW THERE TRAILING BY TWO.
MOORE ON THE DRIBBLE.
DRIVES, STOPS, PUTS UP THE SHORT ONE AND ONE-HITTER.
DOESN'T GET IT.
A BLOCK THAT TIME.
THAT BLOCKAGE BY REESE LEWIS.
NOPE.
NUMBER FOUR, EMMA BUCHANAN IS CALLED FOR THAT FOUL.
JUST IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.
SHE HAS BEEN PLAYING VERY HARD THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE LEOPARDS.
LET'S SEE IF SHE CAN GET TWO POINTS HERE FROM THE CHARITY STRIPE.
SHE IS KNOWN FOR REBOUNDING AND WILL ENTER THIS GAME WITH 14 BLOCKED SHOTS OVER THE SEASON.
SHE DOES GREAT THINGS DEFENSIVELY.
SHE'S AT THE FREE THROW STRIPE RIGHT NOW.
GOT TWO POINTS SO FAR IN THIS GAME.
MISSES THAT ONE.
WE'VE GOT A WHISTLE.
COACH GIBSON CAN'T BELIEVE THAT, THE CALL.
I THINK THEY CALLED IS TRAFFIC IT AGAINST DEAL WITH HER HESITATION AT THE FREE THROW LINE.
THAT'S HER NATURAL STROKE, THAT'S HER NATURAL ROUTINE.
TO FANNIN WITH THE BASKETBALL AND A TWO POINT LEAD.
STEP TAKEN THERE.
TRAVEL THAT TIME RIGHT EMMA BUCHANAN.
TIMELINE, GOT AN EXTRA STEP IN THERE.
THAT'S WHERE THE 2-2-1 ZONE DOES, IT CONFUSES YOU.
A SPECIAL YOU GET TO THE HALF COURT, WE STILL HAVE PRESSURE AT HALF COURT AND THAT'S TOUGH TO UNDERSTAND OFFENSIVELY.
HANDS INSIDE.
GOT A WHISTLE.
BUCHANAN SAYS I WAS JUST STANDING HERE.
THAT FOUL IS ON EMMA BUCHANAN.
SHE'S GOING TO TAKE A SEAT.
CALLIE ENSLEY, NUMBER FIVE, RETURNS TO THE GAME FOR FANNIN COUNTY.
DOWN TO THE FLOOR GOES ENSLEY.
THAT'S GOING TO BE A FARALLON EMMIE CHITWOOD.
--FOUL ON EMMIE CHITWOOD.
YOU SEE HOW THE REBELS ARE TRYING TO STEP UP THEIR INTENSITY DEFENSIVELY.
WHICH CAN BE SUFFOCATING IN FRUSTRATION.
THE PRESS HERE.
LEADING UP TO LEWIS.
ETHINGTON INSIDE.
LEWIS GOT IT.
TAKE AWAY BY ANSLEY MOORE.
GIVE ME THAT.
SHOWS YOU WHY SHE IS THE TEAM STEALS LEADER.
SHE IS ACTIVE WITH THE HANDS AND HER FEET.
MURPHY.
THE BALL GOES BACK OVER.
SAM, THIS IS FRUSTRATING WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT WHEN WE COME BACK FROM BREAK.
3:46 HERE TO GO IN THE THIRD.
FAN WITH A TWO POINT LEAD HERE ON THIS CHAMPIONSHIP SATURDAY.
WEIKEL TREVAN WELCOME BACK INTO MACON COLISEUM.
CODY HAS A SPECIAL GUEST, AMANDA AND ELLEN K CHASTAIN, FANNIN COUNTY HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER AMANDA, YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO BE ON THE COURT, BECAUSE YOU WON A STATE TITLE WITH FANNIN COUNTY BACK IN 1999.
WHAT IS THE FEELING IN THE HUDDLE RIGHT NOW?
I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT, BUT MAYBE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF NERVES.
I THINK THEY'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AND WE HOPE THEY'RE GOING TO PULL IT OUT.
COACH CHASTAIN TOLD US FOR THE DID HE WANT TO BE BARKOV ON THE SIDELINE THE LAST TIME HOW'S HE DOING SO FAR?
I THINK HE'S DOING PRETTY WELL, ACTUALLY.
WHAT'S IT GOING TO TAKE TO FINISH THIS OUT?
WE JUST GOT TO HIT SOME SHOTS AND DO WHAT THEY KNOW THEY CAN DO.
HOW SPECIAL IS THIS BLUE RIDGE COMMUNITY WE ARE SURROUNDED BY?
VERY SPECIAL.
THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SUPPORTIVE OF THE STUDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
ESPECIALLY OUR LADY REBELS BASKETBALL TEAM.
A WE APPRECIATE IT.
ELLEN KATE AND AMANDA CHASTAIN CHEERING ON THE LADY REBELS.
THERE WITH A CHAMPION.
SHE KNOWS WHAT IT'S LIKE TO WIN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AND SHE KNOWS WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO NOT WIN IT TODAY FOR BEING A COACHES WIFE IS ALWAYS TOUGH.
GOOD PLAY AND TRANSITION BASKETBALL.
THE GIRLS RECOVERED.
AND I WANT TO SAY THIS, PERFECT BASKETBALL DOES NOT EXIST.
I THINK BOTH TEAMS ARE TRYING TO PLAY PERFECT BASKETBALL, MAKE THE PERFECT PLAY, MAKE THE PERFECT SHOT.
PERFECT BASKETBALL WHEN YOU ARE PLAYING YOUR BEST IS BETTER THAN TRYING TO MAKE THE PLAY AND IT JUST DOESN'T EXIST.
ABSOLUTELY.
WE'VE GOT 3:20 TO PLAY HERE IN THE THIRD.
FANNIN COUNTY HAS TAKEN THE LEAD AND THEY ARE UP NOW 27-23.
THE REBELS HAVE THE BASKETBALL.
HERE IS IZZIE JABALEY DOING A GREAT JOB RUNNING THE OFFENSE OF ATTACK WITH THEM TODAY.
BANKS STAYING IN THE 2-3 ZONE.
LEWIS COMES UP SHORT TRYING TO FIGHT FOR THAT REBOUND.
THE DIRECTION ARROW IN FAVOR OF BANKS COUNTY.
THE PLAY IS THERE.
SHE WAS RIGHT THERE, JUST RECENT WASN'T ABLE TO CAPITALIZE.
SHE'S GOT TO BE MORE EXPLOSIVE INSIDE THE PAINTS, SO SHE CAN FINISH.
THAT IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED SO FAR.
WHAT THE CLIENT FROM THE FIRST QUARTER.
GIBSON GRABBING, DOESN'T GET THAT ONE.
DRAWS A FOUL ON ETHINGTON.
JANAKATE GIBSON WILL STEP TO THE FREE THROW LINE.
HAS TWO POINTS IN THE GAME SO FAR.
MAKES THAT FIRST ONE.
COACH SAYS WHAT SHE DOES IT DOESN'T SHOW UP IN THE STAT BOOK, TALKING ABOUT GIBSON.
SHE PLAYS ALL OF THE COURT SHE DEFENSE, SHE HANDLES.
SHE IS A COMPLETE PLAYER.
MAKES BOTH OF THOSE.
SO, THE FANNIN LEAD IS TWO POINTS.
SHE GOT PAST THE BALL INSIDE.
MOVE IT.
THE BALL HAS TO MOVE LIKE A HOT POTATO.
GET IT INSIDE THE PAINT.
SHE MISSES AND GETS HER OWN REBOUND.
GETTING AHEAD OF THAT BASKETBALL ONCE AGAIN, ANSLEY MOORE NUMBER 23 SHE HAS JUST HAD HER HANDS ACTIVE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING BECAUSE SHE IS CALLED FOR A FOUL HERE.
THINK ABOUT WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.
THE TUBE:-3 ZONE, IT'S BASED INSIDE TO GO GET THE BALL INSIDE TO THE BIG GIRL.
SHE'S FINE.
EVENTUALLY GOOD THINGS WILL HAPPEN.
WE TALK ABOUT PERFECT BASKETBALL.
IT DOESN'T EXIST.
THAT THE ACTION IS THERE FOR THEM TO BE EFFECTIVE.
THERE IS REESE LEWIS.
WHAT SHE HAS DONE TODAY AND THE GAME.
SHE HAS NINE POINTS NOW.
FANNIN COUNTY WITH A THREE-POINT LEAD.
225 TO PLAY IN THE THIRD.
THERE'S A PICKET FENCE ON THE WEAK SIDE.
DRIVE IN.
A SHORT JUMPER.
WOULDN'T GO THAT TIME FOR RYLEIGH MURPHY.
BACK THE OTHER WAY COMES LEDFORD.
LEDFORD UP THE FLOOR.
LEDFORD GOING TO TAKE IT AWAY AND PUT IT UP AND IN.
SHE WAS PATIENT SHE DIDN'T RUSH THE TRANSITION.
SHE SAW WHAT THE DEFENSE GAVE HER FOR HER TO GO DOWN TO GET THE OPEN LAY-UP TUSCALOOSA TURNOVER.
HERE COME THE LADY REBELS AGAIN WITH THE BASKETBALL.
MAGGIE LEDFORD GOING DOWNHILL.
AGAIN, SAME THING.
SHE IS SMART.
A LOT OF TIMES EVERYONE WANTS TO GET TO THE RIM IN TRANSITION.
OSHIE, NICE TEARDROP FOR THE TWO.
GOT A WHISTLE.
NICE YOUR STEP BY LEDFORD.
SEEMS LIKE SHE HAS MADE UP HER MIND.
SOMEBODY HAS TO TAKE CHARGE OF THIS GAME, WHY NOT ME?
IT STARTS WITH THEIR DEFENSE MAKE UP A TURNOVER AND THEN THEY ATTACKED IN TRANSITION.
UNDER CONTROL.
HERE IS WHAT SHE HAS DONE TODAY.
SHE IS IN DOUBLE FIGURES.
15 POINTS.
FOR REBOUNDS.
AND JUST HAS BEEN A CATALYST FOR HER TEAM.
SHE IS FIRST TEAM ALL REGION, LEADING SCORER ON HER TEAM.
HER SISTER PLAYED ON THE 2021 RUNNER-UP TEAM, SO I'M SURE SHE HAS HEARD FROM HER SISTER ALL WEEK LONG.
WELL, WE WERE RUNNER-UP, YOU BETTER BE STATE CHAMPION.
HER SISTER IS PLAYING AT WEST GEORGIA.
WITH 1:48 TO PLAY THERE YOU SEE, FANNIN WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN THOSE YEARS, LOST IN 2021.
THEY WOULD LOVE TO ADD THAT THIRD STATE TITLE TODAY.
HERE IS ANSLEY MOORE.
TAKES IT BACK OUT.
THIS IS CONTAINMENT DEFENSE.
IT'S NOT EXTENDED PRESSURE.
LET'S TAKE AWAY THE PENETRATION, TAKE AWAY THE DRIVE INSIDE, DALE.
THAT WAS A GOOD CALL.
SHE WAS INSIDE THE ARC.
DEEP UNDERNEATH THE RIM.
THAT'S A FOUL ON REESE LEWIS.
YEAH.
GOOD CALL BY THE OFFICIAL.
COACH CHASTAIN DOESN'T THINK IT WAS A GOOD CALL.
FOR REESE LEWIS, THAT'S HER THIRD PERSONAL NOW WITH 1:27 TO PLAY IN THE THIRD QUARTER.
THAT MIGHT BE TIME TO TAKE HER OUT, SO SHE DOESN'T PICK UP THE FOURTH BEFORE THE FOURTH QUARTER GETS UNDERWAY.
MARLEIGH DALE.
YOU SEE A MESS LIKE THAT, AT THE FREE THROW LINE, SO AS YOU RECOMMENDED, NOW LEWIS IS COMING OUT WITH THOSE THREE PERSONALS.
THAT'S NOT BAD.
JUST GIVE HER A BREATHER.
MOST LAYERS CAN'T PLAY A FULL 40 MINUTES.
SHE NEEDS A BREAK.
GET HER LEGS UNDERNEATH HER, IS THERE GOING TO AND WHAT SHE DOES OFFENSIVELY AND DEFENSIVELY IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
MARLEIGH DALE COMPLETING THERE.
32-26 YOUR SCORE.
A MINUTE:23 LEFT TO PLAY IN THE THIRD.
PASS GOING BACK THE OTHER WAY.
REACHING AND WITH A HAVE THERE IS REESE MURPHY.
STILL BE FANNIN COUNTY BASKETBALL.
ENSLEY GOING TO FIGURE THE INBOUND.
BALL KNOCKED AWAY THAT TIME.
RYLEIGH MURPHY JUST BEING ALERT.
BEING DISRUPTIVE.
RIGHT NOW IN THIS POSSESSION OFFENSIVELY IF I'M FANNIN COUNTY I'M GOING TO TAKE TIME, THERE'S 20 SECONDS ON THE SHOT CLOCK, YOU DON'T HAVE TO RUSH IT.
YOU GOT A SIX-POINT LEAD.
TAKE YOUR TIME AND GET A GOOD SHOT.
INSIDE, NO GOOD THAT TIME BY HOLLOWAY.
ONE MINUTE TO PLAY HERE IN THE THIRD.
HERE IS MOORE.
DALE.
NICE SHOT BY MURPHY.
HERE COMES THE DEFENSE OF EFFORT.
HERE COMES THE PRESSURE.
HER HAND GOES OUT.
GRABBING UNDERNEATH.
GOT A WHISTLE.
A TRAVEL CALL THAT TIME ON CALLIE ENSLEY.
THIS IS A SET PLAY.
IT'S MORE OF A HANDOFF.
WEEK OFF DOWN SCREEN, HANDOFF BY THE POST PLAYER.
RYLEIGH MURPHY STEPPING UP BIG HERE THIS AFTERNOON FOR THE LEOPARDS.
35 SECONDS TO PLAY IN THE QUARTER.
HERE COME THE LEOPARDS WITH THE BASKETBALL HERE.
SAME ACTION.
MOORE, PASS UNDERNEATH.
GET OUT OF HERE.
RATE PLAY BY REESE MURPHY.
ACROBATIC MOVES BY MURPHY.
REVERSE LAY-UP.
THAT'S JUST GREAT ACTION OFFENSIVELY.
MOVING THE BALL.
LET'S GET BACK TO SOME OF THE EXECUTION WE SAW IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
EXACTLY RIGHT.
THEY ARE BRINGING IT BACK.
DO WHAT COMES NATURALLY.
14 SECONDS.
ENSLEY.
THERE IS THE TRAP.
THERE IS THE PRESSURE.
AND A WHISTLE.
FOUL CALLED ON GIBSON.
EIGHT SECONDS ON THE SHOT CLOCK.
ENSLEY GOING TO TAKE THE LONG THREE.
DOESN'T GET IT THAT TIME.
REBOUND COMES DOWN TO MURPHY.
THEY ARE GOING TO WATCH THE TIME RUN OUT BEFORE THEY GET A SHOT OFF.
THE END OF THREE QUARTERS.
THREE QUARTERS IN THE RECORD BOOK HERE IN MACON THE LADY REBELS WITH A ONE POINT LEAD., BACK FOR THE 4th AND FINAL QUARTER HERE IN THE GREAT GPB.
READY TO START THE FOURTH QUARTER OF THIS SATURDAY MORNING.
FANNIN COUNTY WITH A ONE POINT LEAD OVER BANKS COUNTY.
STRADDLE TO THE SIDE, THE CLASS A DIVISION I CHAMPIONSHIP THERE IS SEE WHAT MAGGIE LEDFORD HAS DONE TODAY.
SHE HAS BEEN BIG FOR HER TEAM.
15 POINTS, FOR REBOUNDS.
QUITE A DAY.
SHE HAS HAD A GREAT DAY.
GOING INTO THE FOURTH QUARTER YOU THINK ABOUT KEYS FOR THE GAME, ESPECIALLY IN THE FOURTH QUARTER WITH A CHAMPIONSHIP.
BANKS COUNTY HAVE TO MOVE THE BASKETBALL.
THEY HAD GREAT ACTION, GREAT MOVEMENT AND ENDED UP IN A LAY-UP DOWNLOAD.
AND THEN THEY HAVE TO DEFEND YOU HAVE TO RE-FOUND AND DEFEND ON THE DEFENSIVE END FANNIN COUNTY, YOU ARE GOING AGAINST THE ZONE.
MOVE, MOVE, MOVE.
LET THE BALL BE MORE ACTIVE AND BE MORE AGGRESSIVE INSIDE THE PAINT AND DEFEND.
BOTH TEAMS HAVE TO PICK DO THE SAME THING.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH CODY BECAUSE I WAS IN THE BANKS COUNTY WHOLE BEFORE THE FOURTH QUARTER AND THE MESSAGE WAS NOWHERE 21 IS VERY WORRIED ABOUT MAGGIE LEDFORD.
RIGHTFULLY SO.
SHE IS THE ONLY PLAYER IN DOUBLE FIGURES IN THIS GAME THUS FAR.
GIBSON BACK TO MOORE.
MOORE, DRIBBLE.
INSIDE.
KICKS IT BACK OUT TO GIBSON.
SEE HOW THEY MOVE THEIR FEET DEFENSIVELY?
THAT WAS TEXTBOOK DEFENSE.
GREAT DEFENSE THEREBY REESE LEWIS.
HEAD TO LEDFORD PLACE IT UP AND IN.
GOT TO KNOW WHERE SHE IS AT ALL TIMES, ESPECIALLY ONCE THE PLAY IS OVER OFFENSIVELY.
YOU GOT TO SPEND BACK IN TRANSITION, BECAUSE SHE LEAKS OUT FOR THESE LAY-UPS.
LEDFORD NOW WITH 17 POINTS.
DOWN UNDERNEATH NO GOOD THAT TIME BY MURPHY.
HERE COMES LEDFORD.
IN THE CORNER.
NICE STROKE.
IZZIE JABALEY.
IT STARTED WITH THE DEFENSE.
IT DIDN'T START WITH AN OFFENSE OF MIND-SET.
LET'S REWARD OURSELVES BY PUSHING THE BALL IN TRANSITION.
FOCUSED ON MAGGIE LEDFORD AND EASY SHOOTS THE THREE.
THERE'S GOING TO BE A FOUL ON IS THE ON THAT PLAY.
TRANSITION BASKETBALL.
WAY TO ADVANCE THE BALL.
GOOD JOB OF CATCHING IT THEREBY MAGGIE LEDFORD.
SHE HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE THIS AFTERNOON.
THE FOCUS WAS ON HER AT THE HALF COURT.
GOT IT TO HER TEAMMATE, IZZIE FOR THE THREE.
FANNIN COUNTY WITH A SIX-POINT LEAD HERE.
THE LEOPARDS WITH THE BASKETBALL.
MOORE WITH THE DRIVE.
UNDERNEATH.
LOSES HER PUTTING.
HER SHOT PARTIALLY DEFLECTED THAT TIME BY LEWIS.
ALL THE TIME ON MOORE.
WHAT'S HAPPENING IS BANKS COUNTY JUST NOT GETTING THE LOOKS.
A LOT OF THEIR LOOKS HAVE COME FROM PENETRATING PITCH FOR THE LAST THREE OR FOUR POSSESSIONS.
OUTSIDE OF THE MOVEMENT THEY HAVE RIGHT BEFORE THE THIRD QUARTER ENDED.
THE MOVEMENT OF THE BALL, AND EASY LAY-UP.
GO BACK TO THAT.
MOVE, CUT, MOVE, PAST IS THAT OF ISOLATION ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE DRIBBLE.
FANNIN NEEDS THE PRESSURE UNDERNEATH.
IZZIE JABALEY, LEWIS.
PUTS IT BACK UP.
CAN'T GET IT.
CONTACT.
THEY CALL REESE LEWIS MISSED DOUBLE DOUBLE, SEVEN A PLAYER OF THE YEAR, THREE FOULS.
SHE DIDN'T PLAY AT THE END OF THE THIRD QUARTER BECAUSE GO LOOK AT THAT NUMBER.
NINE POINTS.
EIGHT REBOUNDS.
SO FAR IN THE GAME.
SHE IS ALWAYS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME OFFENSIVELY.
DEFENSIVELY SHE IS KIND OF HONING, CONTROLLING THE PAINT.
THE OFFENSE OF ATTACK, SHE HAS DONE A GOOD JOB TO AVOID FOULS AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.
ROLES THAT ONE HOME.
38-31.
GOOD BASKETBALL.
GOOD BASKETBALL.
EURO STEP ON THE BASELINE.
THAT'S NICE.
NICE MOVE BY MURPHY STEPPING UP HERE IN THE SECOND HALF FOR HER TEAM.
GET THE BALL TO THE SIDE, INSIDE THE PAINT.
NOW IT'S TIME FOR THE BALL TO MOVE.
CAN'T HOLD IT.
IT'S GOT TO MOVE FASTER.
ETHINGTON INSIDE.
LEWIS TURNS HER SHOT BLOCKED THAT TIME BY DALE.
IT'S A 2-21 PRESS THE COMES BACK TO A 2-3.
THAT FOUL IS GOING TO BE CALLED ON MARLEIGH DALE.
FANNIN COUNTY WITH THE LEAD.
THE LEOPARDS STILL FIGHTING ON THIS SATURDAY IN MACON.
WE HAVE 5:43 TO PLAY IN THIS GAME.
TALK ABOUT FANNING MY 38-33 LEAD.
THINGS, BOTH COACHES ARE PROBABLY EMPHASIZING HERE WHILE THERE IN?
FANNIN, CONTINUE TO KEEP MOVING THE BALL.
EVERY TIME YOU GET THE BALL DOWN LOW TO REESE LEWIS THERE'S A FOUL, SHE'S GOING TO THE FREE THROW LINE.
THE BALL HAS TO MOVE A LITTLE BIT MORE PRECISE, LITTLE QUICKER.
AND AND DEFEND ON THE OPPOSITE END YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT BANKS COUNTY, BUT JUST SLOW DOWN.
IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN OVERNIGHT.
SLOW DOWN.
EVERY MISTAKE THEY ARE MAKING IS OFF THE DRIVE THERE TRYING TO TO TOO MUCH AND PLAY ONE-ON-ONE BASKETBALL.
IT'S A TEAM GAME.
PLAY THE WAY THE GAME IS SUPPOSED TO BE PLAYED AND YOU WILL BE SUCCESSFUL DOWN THE PITCH.
THERE'S A LOT OF BASKETBALL TO BE PLAYED, BUT YOU WANT TO MAKE THE MOST OF EACH POSSESSION THE NUMBER OF POSSESSIONS ARE GOING TO START TO DWINDLE.
THE POSSESSION YOU HAVE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE.
IF YOU FOCUS ON THE ONE DEADLINE YOU'RE GOING TO FORGET WHAT IS IMPORTANT.
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE BALL, BUT MOVE WITH A PURPOSE IS TO REESE LEWIS GETS THAT FIRST ONE TO FALL.
SHE HAS A NICE TOUCH AT THE FREE THROW LINE.
I'M SURE SHE HAS A DOUBLE DOUBLE NOW.
WHEN THE BALL IN THE OFFENSE GOES TO HER FANNIN COUNTY AND THE REBELS ARE A LOT MORE EFFECTIVE AND SUCCESSFUL.
YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE.
NOW THE REBOUND TAKEN DOWN BY ETHINGTON KNOCKED OUT OF BOUNDS THAT TIME OFF DALE.
IT WILL STILL BE FANNIN BASKETBALL.
BANKS SCORING, LEWIS MISSING THAT WOULD.
MARLEIGH DALE WITH THE REBOUND.
NOW BACK THE OTHER WAY, THE LEOPARDS.
THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT OFFENSE OF POSSESSION FOR BANKS COUNTY.
HOW ARE THEY GOING TO ATTACK?
LONG JUMP FROM OUTSIDE.
DOESN'T GET IT THAT TIME FOR REESE MURPHY.
THEY GET THE REBOUND.
DEAL WITH THE REBOUND.
CHITWOOD, NO GOOD.
MARLEIGH DALE UNDERNEATH.
THAT'S GOING TO BE A FOUL.
IS THAT GOING TO BE ONE ON THE WAS?
YES, IT'S IS.
22 GETS ANOTHER FOUL.
THAT WILL BE NUMBER FOUR.
YEAH.
WITH 5:13 IN THE GAME.
TAKE HER OUT OR LET HER GET TO THIS NEXT OFFENSE OF POSSESSION AND THEN IF THERE'S ANOTHER BIG DOLL TRAFFIC BALL TO COME ON THE DEFENSIVE END, GET HER OUT.
SHE'S SO EFFECTIVE OFFENSIVELY IT'S HARD TO TAKE HER OUT SO QUICK.
MARLEIGH DALE MISSING THAT FIRST FREE THROW ATTEMPT.
THERE'S A LOOK AT REESE LEWIS, WHAT SHE HAS DONE TODAY.
11 POINTS, THREE OF NINE OKAFOR FOULS SHE'S GOING TO COME OUT OF THIS GAME WITH 4:13 TO PLAY.
SHE COMES OUT.
HOW LONG DO YOU HOLDER OUT?
YOU HAVE ANOTHER MEDIA TIME-OUT COMING UP IT'S A SIX-POINT GAME RIGHT NOW AT 5:13.
IT'S NOT A RUSH, BUT YOU GOT TO SECURE THE BASKETBALL.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT FANNING HAS DONE.
HAVE A GOOD OFFENSE OF POSSESSION RIGHT HERE.
NOT FORCE IT.
IZZIE JABALEY IN A HURRY GETS A WHISTLE.
AS MUCH SUCCESS AS IZZIE HAS HAD IT HAS BEEN PRETTY MUCH AN ODD EVEN TRANSITION.
A TWO ON ONE OR THREE ON TWO YOU CAN'T PENETRATE AGAINST A SET DEFENSE WHEN YOU TOP PLAYER IS NOT IN THE GAME.
ANSLEY MOORE GOES OUT.
CANNON COLLIER RETURNS.
FOR BANKS.
PASS INSIDE.
THAT WIND DOESN'T FALL IN TIME FOR HOLLOWAY.
BACK THE OTHER WAY.
COMES BANKS COUNTY.
A BIG STANCE FOR BOTH TEAMS.
UNDER FIVE MINUTES TO PLAY IN THIS GAME.
SOME WHEEL ACTION.
A NICE PASS UNDERNEATH.
IT DIDN'T START WITH THE DRIBBLE.
IT DIDN'T START WITH THE DRIBBLE, IT STARTS WITH THE GIRLS, THE ACTION.
REESE LEWIS WITH THE FINISHED.
4:25 TO PLAY IN THE GAME.
LONG PASS CROSSCOURT.
ETHINGTON.
YOU'VE GOT A WHISTLE.
THIS IS GREAT ACTION.
CURL, TIGHT CURL UP THE SCREEN.
EMPTIED OUT THE DEFENSE.
BE CONSISTENT IF YOU ARE BANKS COUNTY.
BE CONSISTENT WITH YOUR MOVEMENT AND YOUR ACTION.
DON'T DRIBBLE DRIVE, PASCAL MOVE AND GET YOUR EASY LAY-UPS.
AT THE LINE, ETHINGTON.
MISSES THAT FIRST ONE.
FOUR POINT GAME.
4 AND CHANGE TO GO.
STILL A MEDIA TIME-OUT LEFT.
THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING, IT'S OKAY TO HOLD REESE LEWIS UNTIL THAT NEXT MEDIA TIME-OUT COMES.
ETHINGTON MAKES THAT ONE.
SHE NOW HAS FOUR POINTS IN THE GAME.
40-35, THE LEAD FOR FANNIN COUNTY.
GOT A WHISTLE.
REACHING IN, EMMA HOLLOWAY.
HERE IS THE INBOUND.
CATCH, SHOOT, DOESN'T GET IT THAT TIME.
THE REBOUND COMES WAY TO ETHINGTON.
TIME TO BE PATIENT.
LADY REBELS, DON'T FORCE IT TAKE YOUR TIME.
YOU'RE STILL GOING AGAINST TAKE 2-3 ZONE THE DEFENSE HASN'T CHANGED.
IT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO OFFENSIVELY.
LEDFORD.
GOT IT.
MAGGIE LEDFORD.
SET PLAY, GET IT TO MAGGIE LEDFORD.
THAT'S WHAT THE PLAY WAS, GET IT TO MAGGIE LEDFORD.
SHE HAS BEEN EXCITING THIS AFTERNOON.
SHOOTING IT, DISHING IT, PLAYING DEFENSE, OFFENSE LEADING THIS TEAM.
THAT WAS AN EIGHT POINT LEAD WITH 3:38 LEFT TO GO.
RYLEIGH MURPHY UNDERNEATH.
MISSING THE BASKET OPPORTUNITY THAT TIME IS CHITWOOD.
AHEAD TO ETHINGTON.
DOESN'T GET THAT ONE.
THERE IS LEDFORD.
MISSING THAT ONE.
FALL TO THE FLOOR.
CALL A TIME-OUT, COACH.
GOT A WHISTLE BY RYAN CHASTAIN.
HE MUST HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO ME OVER HERE.
BACKUP READY TO COME BACK INTO THE GAME, 22, REESE LEWIS.
THIS INTERN --TURNS INTO A MEDIA TIME-OUT, I BELIEVE.
THIS TURNS INTO A FULL-TIME OUT.
WE'VE GOT 3:15 TO PLAY.
3:15 TO PLAY IN THE GAME.
FANNIN COUNTY WITH THE LEAD.
HAD SOME THINGS GOING THEIR WAY THIS GAME.
THIS IS A MEDIA TIME-OUT, BUT FANNIN IS BEING CHARGED A TIME-OUT, BECAUSE THEY TOOK IT PART OF THE RULES, PART OF THE GAME GREAT TIME-OUT BY COACH AND HIS STAFF.
COACH CHASTAIN, BECAUSE POSSESSION OF THE BALL IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
YOU GOT 23 SECONDS ON THE SHOT CLOCK, 3:15 LEFT IN THE GAME.
DEFENSIVELY, I DON'T KNOW YET WHEN BANKS COUNTY STARTS PLAYING MAN-TO-MAN, SAM.
OR START DROPPING OUT OF THE 2-3 ZONE.
THEY GOT TO PICK THEIR COURSE AND WHAT THEY WANT TO DO TO TRY TO CREATE SOME TURNOVERS TO SECURE SOME REBOUNDS AND GET BACK IN OFFENSE OF TRANSITION AND ATTACK SOME BASKETS.
THERE YOU SEE COACH GIBSON WITH HIS TEAM THERE.
STILL GOT SOME TIME.
THEY HAVE TO MAKE SOME SHOTS AND COME UP WITH SOME STOPS.
YEAH, YOU DO.
LET'S CHECK IN WITH CODY.
I WAS IN THE FANNIN COUNTY HUDDLE RIGHT THERE AND COACH RYAN CHASTAIN, SOME THINGS YOU HEAR NAME ON THE PUDDLES.
HIGH PERCENTAGE SHOTS, NO TURNOVERS AND REMINDING REESE LEWIS OF HER FOUL SITUATION.
SHE IS BACK IN THE BALL GAME NOW.
THAT'S THE THING, YOU WANT THE DELICATE BALANCE.
YOU WANT TO PRESERVE HER, BUT YOU WANT HER TO DO WHAT SHE DOES BEST AND GO OUT AND STILL MANAGED TO BE AGGRESSIVE.
WHAT SHE BRINGS TO THE TABLE RIGHT NOW, HER DEFENSIVE REBOUNDING.
SHE HAS GOT TO PLAY DEFENSE NOT TO PICK UP THAT FIFTH FOUL.
ALL RIGHT, LADY REBELS WITH THE BASKETBALL AS WE GET BACK TO WORK.
AINSLIE JABALEY.
ETHINGTON.
BACK.
THIS IS WHAT THEY HAVEN'T SHOWN ALL LIGHT LONG, PASSING, CUTTING.
NO GOOD THAT TIME ON THE REBOUND.
TAKEN AWAY BY THE REBELS.
GOT A WHISTLE THAT'S GOING TO BE A FOUL.
IF THERE WAS A STILL SHOT TO SHOW HOW FANNIN COUNTY IS UP BY EIGHT POINTS YOU SEE TWO WHITE JERSEYS ON THE FLOOR VERSUS TWO.
THAT'S A DIFFERENCE IN THE GAME.
THAT'S A FOUL ON MARLEIGH DALE.
THE LADY REBELS WILL SHOOT.
HERE IS LEWIS.
SPECIAL PLAYER.
FROM A COACHES POINT OF VIEW, YOU ARE UP NINE I WOULD RATHER BE UP NINE OR 10 POINTS WITH TWO MINUTES TO GO WITH HER IN THE GAME AND SHE FOUL OUT WITH A MINUTE TO GO THAT HER ON THE COURT WERE OFF THE COURT AND UP FOR AND SHE IS FOUND OUT EARLIER.
SMART SUBSTITUTING THEIR BY COACH CHASTAIN AND STAFF.
BANKS COUNTY, YOU ARE WORKING AT IT.
SHOT FROM OUTSIDE NO GOOD THAT TIME BY REESE MURPHY.
MURPHY GETS HER OWN REBOUND.
GOT A WHISTLE HERE.
THAT WAS A REACH CALL.
THIS IS GOING TO BE A FOUL ON IZZIE.
I THINK WE'VE GOT A LOT OF COACHES IN THE STANDS TOO FROM THE FANNIN COUNTY.
THEY ARE KIND OF REPEATING THE SAME THING.
2:36 TO PLAY.
THE TEAM HAS THE LEAD.
THEY WANT TO TRY TO HANG ON.
BANKS COUNTY WANTS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT.
A WHISTLE.
OFFENSE OF FOUL CALL --OFFENSIVE FOUL CALL.
NOT HAPPY ABOUT THAT IS GIBSON.
THERE YOU GET A LOOK AT COACH GIBSON.
HIS DAUGHTER IS AGGRESSIVE.
SHE KNOWS HOW TO PLAY THE GAME AGO SHE WAS VERY TOUGH WITH THAT --THAT SHE WAS TRYING TO SET A SCREEN THERE AND GOT CALLED FOR THE OFFENSIVE FOUL.
ANSLEY MOORE COMES BACK INTO THE GAME TO GO CHITWOOD GOES OUT.
MOORE RETURNS.
A 2-2-1 EXTENDED.
HERE'S THE PRESSURE NOW WITH 2:30 TO GO IN THE GAME.
PATIENCE, PATIENCE, PATIENCE.
IZZIE JABALEY.
MOVE THE BALL QUICKER.
THE BALL DEFLECTED TO GO THE TAKE AWAY BY BANKS COUNTY.
MOORE ON THE DRIBBLE SHE'S GOING TO GO ALL THE WAY.
LOOK BACK OUT.
MURPHY BACK AND IN.
MURPHY, RYLEIGH MURPHY NO GOOD THAT TIME.
JABALEY AHEAD TO LEDFORD.
FOR THE FINISH.
MAN, THAT'S HOW YOU DO IT.
THAT'S HOW YOU PUT THE ICING ON THE CAKE YOU HAVE A GREAT DEFENSIVE STANCE ON ONE END AND THEN A NICE EASY LAY-UP ON THE OTHER.
BANKS COUNTY WITH THE TURNOVER.
THE BALL UNDERNEATH, PUT BACK UP AND IN THAT TIME BY ANSLEY MOORE.
TIME-OUT CALLED BY JAYSON GIBSON.
21 IN WHITE HAS BEEN GETTING IT DONE ALL GAME LONG.
MAGGIE LEDFORD, SHE IS EVERYWHERE.
AGAIN, TALKING ABOUT THE TEAMS TOP SCORE.
REGION FIRST TEAM ALL CONFERENCE.
REGION SEVEN A.
AND WHAT SHE DOES, SHE SCORES IN WAYS THAT AS A COACH YOU CALL THOSE EFFORT PLAYS, SAM.
FROM IT'S NOT JUST PREDICATED FROM HER BEING FOCUSED ON I'M GOING TO OUTSCORE YOU, I'M GOING TO PLAY DEFENSE AND I'M GOING TO OUTSCORE YOU.
HER OFFENSIVE PLAYERS ARE A PRODUCT OF HER DEFENSE AND HER ACTION ON THE DEFENSIVE END BEING IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.
SHE HAS BEEN MAKING IT HAPPEN FOR HER TEAM TODAY.
THEY COME BACK OUT THERE 1:40 AWAY FROM GETTING THE THIRD STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN FANNIN COUNTY.
WHAT RINGEL DID BANKS COUNTY ADD?
YOU STILL HAVE THAT 2 -YOU STILL HAVE THAT 2-2-1 THRASH IS THAT A QUICK TRAP OR A FULL MATCHUP?
LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE A FULL MATCHUP, DIAMOND PRESS.
JABALEY ALL THE WAY.
SAVED INBOUND.
LEWIS GOING TO PUT IT UP AND IN.
LEWIS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME.
SHE'S A PRESENCE SHE'S A LOW DOWN LOW.
MOORE WRAPPING.
PUTS IT UP SHORT.
GOES FOR HER OWN REBOUND AND GOES OUT OF BOUNDS IT WILL STILL BE LEOPARDS BASKETBALL.
WE'VE GOT 1:18 TO GO NOW.
REESE LEWIS HAD DOUBLE DOUBLE.
THIS IS HOW YOU BREAK THE PRESS.
UNDER CONTROL.
GOOD KNOWLEDGE RIGHT THERE.
GOOD AWARENESS BY MAGGIE LEDFORD TO GET IT TO HER TEAMMATE REESE LEWIS.
A NOT JUST TO SAVE IT IN-BOUNDS, BUT TO SAVE IT TO HER TEAMMATE.
I CAN SEE A TIME-OUT COMING HERE.
COACH CAT FIVE CHASTAIN, JUST EDUCATING THE LADIES.
STOP REACHING FOR THE BALL.
YOU ALLOWED THEM TO SCORE WHEN THE CLOCK IS STOPPED.
I WOULD RATHER -- GET SOME REST AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
PLAY DEFENSE WITH YOUR FEET, STOP REACHING.
AND JUST BE A LITTLE BIT MORE SOLID MENTALLY AS WE GO DOWN THE STRETCH HERE WITH 1:11 TO GO.
ANSLEY MOORE GOES OUT OF THE GAME.
EMMIE CHITWOOD RETURNS.
THAT FREE THROW SHOT IS GOODBYE GIBSON.
HERE WE GO.
TAKE YOUR TIME.
GOOD CUT.
SLOW DOWN.
ETHINGTON WITH IT.
APPROACHING ONE MINUTE ONE MINUTE TO PLAY OUR GAME.
YEAR HERE COACH TELL THEM, NO, NO, DO NOT SHOOT.
FOUL ON MURPHY.
IZZIE JABALEY THEIR MAKING THAT FIRST ONE.
SHE IS THE LEADER.
THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT HAVING YOUR LEADER AT THE FREE THROW LINE UNDER A MINUTE TRYING TO WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP.
THEY EMBRACE PRESSURE TO THE MAX.
CHASTAIN SAID WHAT A KEY SHE IS TO THE TEAMS SUCCESS.
SHE HAS A ENOUGH PAIN THAT TODAY.
LESS THAN A MINUTE TO PLAY.
BALL KNOCKED FREE.
GOES OUT OF BOUNDS.
BACK TO FANNIN COUNTY.
IF I'M COACH CHASTAIN, IF YOU SAW WHAT I SAW, THERE STILL REACHING DEFENSIVELY.
I DON'T GET IT.
HOPEFULLY, HE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT HERE IN THE HUDDLE DURING THIS TIME OUT.
GOT A TIME OUT RIGHT NOW BY BANKS COUNTY.
CODY.
A THIS BANKS COUNTY TEAM DID SCORE THE FINAL 12 POINTS OF THEIR SEMI-FINAL MATCHUP AGAINST MODEL TO WIN THAT GAME.
WHAT THEY WERE ONLY DOWN FIVE WITH 40 SECONDS TO GO.
DID COME BACK.
THEY ARE COME BACK KIDS FOR A MUCH TALLER HILL TO CLIMB TONIGHT BECAUSE THE I THINK SO.
I THINK SO WHEN I CAME, SOME DRAMATIC THINGS HAPPENED AND REESE MURPHY CAME UP WITH THIS DEAL WITH ONLY SECONDS TO GO.
I THINK TO FORCE THAT INTO OVERTIME.
THEY WERE ABLE TO MOVE ON FROM THAT ROUND.
GREAT INFORMATION FOR YOU YOU ARE RIGHT, WHEN THE HEEL IS A LITTLE BIT BIGGER A LOT OF THINGS IN THE BALANCE TRYING TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP.
COMING BACK WITH WHAT, 11 POINTS?
IT'S KIND OF TOUGH.
THAT'S A TOUGH ONE.
A THAT'S A LOT TO OFFER.
BANKS COUNTY CAME OUT SO WELL IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
THEY HAVE HAD TROUBLE RECAPTURING THAT.
A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH MISSING SOME SHOTS, BUT A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THIS DEFENSE BY FANNIN COUNTY.
THEY STOPPED MOVING THE BALL.
THEY STOPPED CUTTING.
WHEN THEY WERE MOVING BACK DOOR, CUTTING GIRLS THEY WERE A LOT MORE EFFECTIVE.
HERE WE GO.
A LITTLE CAT AND MOUSE GOING ON HERE.
NOW IT'S MAN-TO-MAN.
NOW WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS YOU WANT TO STEP UP PRESSURE FOR IT TO BE MAN-TO-MAN.
WHAT HAPPENS IS FOR CROSS, ONE PERSON IS GOING TO GO LONG AND TAKE PRESSURE OFF THE DEFENSE AND THE OFFENSE.
AND THAT SOMEBODY IS GOING TO COME BACKSIDE SCREEN, SO THE ACTION IS THERE FOR THE PAST TO BE THROWN OVER THE TOP.
DON'T BE SURPRISED IF THAT HAPPENS.
WE WILL WATCH AND SEE.
AS A LOOK AT THE BENCH, THE FANNIN COUNTY REBELS, FOLKS HAVE MADE THEIR WAY DOWN FROM BLUE RIDGE TO FOLLOW THIS TEAM.
A GREAT SUPPORT.
GREAT SUPPORT REALLY FOR ALL THE SPORTS THERE FOR FANNIN.
IT HAS BEEN BEAUTIFUL THIS ENTIRE WEEK.
THE SUPPORT THAT THESE PARENTS AND STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY IS HAVE SUPPORTED THESE YOUNG MEN AND YOUNG WOMEN, I'M SO IMPRESSED I'M SO HAPPY, BECAUSE IT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD AS A BASKETBALL PLAYER THAT THE STATE OF GEORGIA IS EMBRACING BASKETBALL THE WAY IT SHOULD BE EMBRACED.
HERE WE ARE NOW, FINAL 40 SECONDS OF THE GAME.
THE BALL IN THE HANDS THERE OF IZZIE JABALEY.
I'M START TO FIND IT OCCUR EARLIER IN THE BACK COURT.
JABALEY HAS EFFECTIVE THE FREE THROW SPIKE.
MISSES THAT FIRST ONE.
I WANT TO CHECK THEM OUT MYSELF AS WELL.
SMALL-TOWN IZZIE.
I LOVE IT.
MISSES THAT ONE.
BACK THE OTHER WAY COMES MURPHY.
PASS INSIDE.
GIBSON.
BACK OUT.
MURPHY.
THAT TIME BY DEAL.
GOT A WENTZ TRAVEL WHISTLE ONCE MORE BY BANKS COUNTY FOR A TIME-OUT.
50-41.
NOW YOU'RE DOWN TO 18.6 SECONDS.
IT'S GOING TO BE A QUICK FOUL BY BANKS COUNTY.
TRYING TO PUT THEM AT THE FREE THROW LINE AND SEE IF THEY CAN GET A SIMILAR OUTCOME WHAT JUST HAPPENED WITH IZZIE MISSING THOSE TWO FREE THROWS.
TRY TO COME TO SCORING TRANSITION AND THEN THE FOUL AGAIN.
MEANWHILE, THE CLOCK MOVES YOU DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF TIME TO DO THAT.
YOU DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF TIME, THAT IT CAN BE DONE WE TALKED ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY.
WE DID SOMETHING SIMILAR AT GEORGIA VERSUS LSU.
WE IMPLEMENT IN THE SHACK JACK.
MISSING A BOATLOAD OF FREE THROWS IN THE LAST MINUTE OF THE GAME.
WE WERE ABLE TO CAPITALIZE AND SCORE IN OVERTIME.
IT CAN BE DONE.
IT'S SOMETHING COACH WHO HAS PRACTICE ON A DAILY BASIS, ESPECIALLY GET LSU DURING THE 1989, 1999 SEASON.
GOT A WHISTLE AND A TIME-OUT RIGHT THERE.
IS HE COULDN'T FIND A WAY TO GET THE BALL AND BOUNCE, SO SHE QUICKLY CALLS TIME-OUT.
THAT WAS A SMART TIME-OUT.
GIVE THEM TIME TO REGROUP.
NOW LOOKING AT THE WAY THAT FANNIN COUNTY SUCCESSFULLY PRESSED OFFENSE THE LADIES SEEM TO LINE UP ALONG THE FREE THROW LINE.
MAYBE STEP A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE BASELINE.
FAKE TO THE BASELINE, HAVE THE DEFENSE OF BICE AND JUST GO OVER THE TOP.
YOU'VE GOT 18 SECONDS, A GOOD BIT OF TIME TO RUN UP THE CLOCK FOR THE BALL TO BE RECOVERED EVEN IF THEY DO SCORE, IT'S THE EIGHT POINT, A SEVEN POINT GAME AND THE GAME WILL BE OVER.
WE WILL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
THEY THINK IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
THEY ARE READY FOR IT.
THEY HAVE MADE THE TRIP TO MACON AND THIS IS WHAT THEY CAME DOWN FOR.
IS COHERES WITH GETTING READY TO HAPPEN.
MAGGIE LEDFORD IS GOING ALONG.
THEY'RE GOING TO COME HARD FROM THE WINGS AND MAGGIE LEDFORD IS GOING ALONG.
IN THE PAST LEDFORD HAS IT.
SHE GETS FOULED.
SHE TRICKED ME ON THAT ONE.
YOU ARE RIGHT, THEY DID WANT TO GET THE BALL INTO HER HANDS.
YES.
FOULED THEREBY RYLEIGH MURPHY.
THE PLAYER WHO HAS REALLY HAD A FANTASTIC DAY WILL STEP TO THE FREE THROW THE FREE THROW STRIPE FOR FANNIN COUNTY HERE WITH 17 SECONDS REMAINING.
MAGGIE LEDFORD, 22 POINTS.
LOOK AT WHAT SHE HAS DONE TODAY.
VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE WAY SHE HAS PLAYED.
VERY IMPRESSED WITH HER LEADERSHIP AND THE WAY THIS ENTIRE FANNIN COUNTY TEAM HAS PLAYED THEY HAVE LISTENED TO THEIR COACH.
THE ONE THING YOU TALK ABOUT COACHES AGGRESSION, THEY HAVE EMBRACED HIS PERSONALITY.
THESE YOUNG GIRLS GET OUT HERE AND THEY HAVE FOUGHT EVERY POSSESSION OF TODAY'S GAME.
HERE IS BANKS WITH THE BASKETBALL.
TIME IS THEIR ENEMY RIGHT NOW.
PASS, SHOT, NO GOOD.
WE HAVE A FOUL THAT TIME BY 44, EMMA HOLLOWAY.
NOPE.
FOUL ON 21.
I'M TELLING YOU, SHE IS FEISTY.
RIGHT DOWN TO THE VERY END.
YEAH.
NO QUIT.
THAT'S THE WAY SHE HAS PLAYED THIS GAME TODAY.
WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS SHE HAD FOULED TO GO FOR THE STILL, BLOCK THE GAME WOULD HAVE BEEN OVER, BECAUSE THE CLOCK WOULD HAVE RUN OUT.
IT'S ONE THING TO PLAY WITH A CERTAIN AGGRESSION, WE ALSO HAVE TO PLAY SMART AS WELL.
BE WISE ABOUT YOUR ACTIONS.
THERE IS THE REBOUND.
JABALEY FOUL WITH TWO SECONDS TO GO.
AND NOW YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR THE CROWD FROM FANNIN COUNTY, THE FOLKS WHO MADE THEIR WAY DOWN FROM BLUE RIDGE.
GET READY TO CELEBRATE.
THEY ARE READY TO CELEBRATE.
THERE IS JABALEY.
MAKES THAT FIRST ONE.
BANKS COUNTY NOW, GOING TO BRING PLAYERS IN NOW AND GET THEM A CHANCE TO BE A PART OF IT.
BRING THE STARTERS OUT.
DISAPPOINTING TIME, OBVIOUSLY, FOR THEIR TEAM WHAT A SEASON GOT OFF TO A BUMPY START.
STARTED 3 AND 5 THIS SEASON.
HERE THEY ARE THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
SALON FACES AND DISAPPOINTMENT, THAT STILL IS SEASON BE PROUD OF.
YOU SEE THE DISAPPOINTMENT ON SOME OF THE FACES.
YOU'VE COME THIS FAR.
GOING BACK TO BLUE RIDGE.
FANNIN COUNTY IS THE CHAMPION.
THERE YOU GO.
THE 2025 GIRLS CLASS A DIVISION I STATE CHAMPIONS.
THE THIRD TITLE IN SCHOOL HISTORY NOW COACH CHASTAIN CAN BRAG ALONG WITH HIS WIFE.
HE HAS WON A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP JUST LIKE SHE HAS.
YEAH.
YOU BOTH HAVE RINGS NOW, THOSE CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS.
THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
I LOVE IT.
I LIKE IT IT, BECAUSE BOTH PROGRAMS IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR.
WHEN YOU INVOLVE YOUR FAMILY AND THE COMMUNITY IS INVOLVED, IT'S A GREAT FEELING WHEN YOU WIN CHAMPIONSHIPS THE COACHES EXCHANGING CONGRATULATIONS THERE AT MIDCOURT THE GREAT SPORTSMANSHIP HERE AT THE END OF TWO OF THE BEST COACHES IN THE STATE THE CELEBRATION RIGHT NOW WITH THAT CREW YOU'RE LOOKING AT, TEARS OF JOY.
YOUR STATE CHAMPIONS.
THERE IS SOME OF THE CROWD THAT HAS COME DOWN WITH THEM.
WHAT A SUITE RIDE IT'S GOING TO BE GOING HOME.
IT'S GOING TO BE A SUITE RIDE, YES IT IS.
LET'S CHECK IN NOW WITH JOHN NELSON.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE TIME TO PRESENT TROPHY NUMBER ONE, DAY NUMBER FOUR.
IT'S HEADING BACK TO FANNIN COUNTY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME.
TO PRESENT THE TROPHY, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.
LET'S GIVE BOTH THESE GREAT TEAMS A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
WHAT A GAME.
WE WILL SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO BANKS COUNTY ON AN OUTSTANDING SEASON.
AND NOW ON THE BEHALF OF GEORGIA HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION, BREDA PEST MANAGEMENT WILL PRESENT THE CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY.
THIS YEAR'S CHAMPIONS, FANNIN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL!
BRIAN.
WONDER AROUND ALL THIS STUFF HERE.
FOR EVERYBODY HERE IN THE HOUSE THEY CAME HERE DRESSED IN BLUE, CAME DOWN THE MOUNTAINS, CAME DOWN THE INTERSTATE, MADE A LONG RIDE, HOW DOES THIS FEEL?
IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.
THAT'S THE ONLY WORD I CAN THINK OF THAT I WAS TRYING TO BECOME SOME WORDS TO SAY, BUT IT'S JUST UNREAL.
THESE KIDS HAVE WORKED SO HARD.
THESE GIVE THEIR ALL HOMEGROWN KIDS THAT THEIR FAMILY THAT HAS BEEN WATCHING THEM SINCE THEY WERE SIX-YEAR RECORD KIDS THEY HAVE GROWN UP PLAYING TOGETHER THERE LIES.
I WANT TO THANK GOD FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
WITHOUT HIM WE CAN BE HERE.
CONGRATULATIONS, MY FRIEND.
FIRST TROPHY DAY NUMBER FOUR HEADING BACK TO FANNIN COUNTY.
WE WILL SEND BACK TO SAM AND SEAN TO PUT A BALL ON THIS ONE.
THAT'S THE OTHER THING YOU TALK ABOUT, YOU ARE A COACH, A SON OF A COACH, FEEDER SYSTEMS ARE SO IMPORTANT THEY HAVE ONE IN PLACE IN FANNIN COUNTY.
YOU TALK ABOUT HOW LONG SOME OF THESE GIRLS HAVE PLAYED TOGETHER.
FIRST OF ALL, YOU GOT TO LEARN HOW TO LOVE THE GAME, SAM IT'S NOT JUST THE CHAMPIONSHIP, IT'S THE PROCESS.
WHEN YOU LEARN HOW TO LOVE THE PROCESS THE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND EVERYTHING PRETTY MUCH COME AT EASE.
IT START FROM A MIND-SET OF THESE KIDS WHEN THEY ARE IN SIXTH GRADE, SEVENTH GRADE AND SO ON.
AND NOT JUST THE PLAYERS BE INVOLVED, BUT ALSO THE PARENTS AND THE FAMILIES.
IT'S A COMMUNITY MIND-SET, COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.
THAT'S WHY EVERYBODY IS HERE FROM FANNIN COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON TO CHEER ON THESE YOUNG WOMEN AS A HAVE WON A STATE CHAMPION.
THEY WATCHED THEM GROW UP FROM THEIR RACQUETBALL DAYS ALL THE WAY UP AND THAT.
TO ME THAT'S A REMARKABLE THING, THAT YOU GET WHEN YOU WATCH A GAME LIKE THIS WITH GIRLS THAT HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER ALL THE TIME, THE COMMUNITY KNOWS THEM.
YOU HAVE THE SEVERAL FRESHMEN WHO MAYBE DIDN'T GET TO PLAY, BUT THEY WON THEIR EIGHTH GRADE CHAMPIONSHIP.
HERE'S THE NEXT WAVE COMING BEHIND THEM.
EXACTLY.
I'M SITTING HERE TALKING TO MS. LANE, THE SCOREKEEPER FROM THE PROGRAM.
SHE SAID I HAVE BEEN WITH THIS PROGRAM SINCE 1993.
SHE IS SO HAPPY THAT THEY WON THEIR 2025 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE.
WHAT A DAY HERE.
WE WATCH THESE TWO TEAMS GO AT IT, TWO FANTASTIC TEAMS.
IT'S A DAY FANNIN COUNTY TO COME OUT WITH A WIN OVER BANKS COUNTY.
THE TITLE STATE CHAMPION.
THIS IS JUST THE FIRST GAME ON THE SLATE HERE TODAY.
THIS BUILDING IS STARTING TO FILL UP A LOT OF PEOPLE WITH WHITE JERSEYS ON.
SOUTHWEST MACON IS GOING TO CHE FOR A BOYS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WE HAVEN'T SEEN THEM IN A LONG TIME, YOU ARE GOING TO SEE THAT COMING UP NEXT THAT'S THE NEXT GAME COMING UP.
GREAT DAY OF BASKETBALL.
HOPING YOU WILL STAY WITH US HERE ON THE GREAT GPD.
ONCE AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO FANNIN COUNTY.
STAY TUNED FOR JOHN NELSON AFTER THIS.
WELCOME BACK TO THE MACON CENTREPLEX.
IT'S TIME TO CATCH UP WITH A COUPLE OF BOOKS.
ONE IS WEARING A METAL.
DO YOU HAVE YOUR PAIN?
THERE YOU GO.
IT'S TIME TO CATCH UP WITH RYAN CHASTAIN, THE WINNING HEAD COACH IN FANNIN COUNTY.
AND MAGGIE LEDFORD, OUR PLAYER OF THE GAME.
DEEP BREATH.
YOU SAID YOU WERE TRYING TO TAKE IT IN.
IS THAT I'M JUST TRYING TO TAKE IT ALL IN.
CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH OF THE START?
IT WAS BACK AND FORTH.
WE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE GAMES WHERE IT WAS GOING TO BE JUST ALL THE WAY TO THE END TAKE YOU THROUGH IT A HALF AT A TIME.
I KNOW CODY CAUGHT UP WITH YOU AT THE HALF, BUT WHAT WAS GOING ON YOUR MIND IN THIS GAME?
WE WERE TIGHT IN THE FIRST HALF.
WHEN YOU COME HERE, WE WERE HERE IN 2021, AND I THINK YOU WATCH THE GAMES THAT GO ON.
I THINK THE FIRST HALF OF EVERY STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IS JUST TIGHT THERE'S A LOT OF NERVES, A LOT OF FEELING OUT BY BOTH TEAMS AND BOTH COACHES AND ADJUSTMENTS.
I REALLY FELT LIKE IN THE SECOND HALF, SAME THING HAPPENED IN THE FINAL FOUR LAST WEEK WE WERE NERVOUS AND WE CAME OUT AND TAKE THE GAME IN THE SECOND HALF.
I THOUGHT THE SAME THING HAPPENED TODAY.
I DON'T KNOW IF RELAX IS THE WORD, IT ALMOST FELT LIKE WE JUST TURNED UP THE ENERGY A LITTLE BIT IN THE SECOND HALF I THINK SETTLING IN AND SOME DEEP SHOTS GOING IN, THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE DO ON OFFENSE WE NEED SOME DEEP SHOTS GETTING A.
RECENT STARTED GETTING IN AND GET SOME TOUCHES.
MAGGIE HAS A BIG SHOTS.
I FELT LIKE IN THE SECOND HALF WE LOOSENED UP AND FELT LIKE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO LAY.
WE STARTED GETTING SOME TRANSITION.
WEEK DIDN'T GET ANY IN THE FIRST HALF.
YOU MENTIONED THE DEEP SHOTS.
I'M GOING TO TURN THE CORNER AND TALK TO MAGGIE I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT WHEN YOU COME INTO A PLACE LIKE THIS YOU ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH IT, THERE'S DEPTH PERCEPTION AND YOU HAVE TO GET USED TO THE BASKETS.
HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO FIGURE OUT, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT I NEED TO DO HERE?
HOW LONG DID IT TAKE YOU TO ADJUST?
WE CANNOT IN WARM-UPS.
WE KNEW WE HAD TO MAKE OUTSIDE SHOTS TO WIN THIS GAME.
THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF OUR GAME.
WE HAD TO LOCK IN THE WARM-UPS AND NOWHERE WE'VE GOT TO GO.
WE JUST DID THAT IN THE SECOND HALF WE JUST KIND OF TURNED IT UP A NOTCH.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS GROUP WHAT HAS THIS SEASON BEEN LIKE FOR YOU IN THIS GROUP?
THERE AREN'T A WHOLE LOT OF SENIORS, A LOT OF JUNIORS LIKE YOU.
WHAT HAS THIS SEASON BEEN LIKE IN THIS RUN?
WE ARE ALL BEST FRIENDS WE ALL HAVE SUCH A GOOD BOND WHEN YOU HAVE THAT IT TRANSFERS ON THE COURT WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD THAT WE HAVE ALWAYS PLAYED TOGETHER.
I DON'T KNOW.
WHICH IS ALWAYS PLAYED GOOD TOGETHER.
WE TURN IT UP WHENEVER WE NEED TO.
SOMETIMES GET IN OUR HEAD AND WE GET NERVOUS, BUT WE ALWAYS, WE, LIKE, WE PEPPED EACH OTHER UP.
WE KNOW HOW TO GET EACH OTHER OUT OF OUR LIL PHUNK WE KNOW HOW TO DO IT TOGETHER.
WERE YOU NERVOUS TODAY AT ALL?
DEFINITELY.
ME AND MY ROOMMATES THAT WE STAYED IN AT NIGHT, WE PROBABLY DIDN'T GO TO BED AT --UNTIL 1:00 A.M. OUR MIND WAS JUST GOING 92 NOTHING, OUR NERVES ONCE YOU GO OUT HERE IT KIND OF ALL GOES AWAY AND YOU JUST PLAY YOUR GAME A LET ME CATCH UP WITH YOU RYAN.
THE NERVOUS ENERGY AND HAVING THEM MAKE SURE THEY CAN PUT THAT TO THE SIDE, HOW ARE YOU AND THE STAFF TRYING TO REMIND THEM THAT IT'S JUST ANOTHER 32 MINUTES, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT ANOTHER 32 MINUTES, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
WOULD I WANT TO SAY ONE THING ON HERS AND THAT I WILL ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
THE ONE THING ABOUT THIS GROUP OF KIDS THAT I TALKED ABOUT FOR A FEW WEEKS NOW IS THE WORD UNITY KEEPS COMING TO MIND WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE DIFFERENT SCORES.
WE HAVE HAD HIGH SCORES, BUT ULTIMA LEADING SCORES THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.
THEY DO A GOOD JOB OF SHARING THE BALL AND TAKE IT WITH THE DEFENSE GIVES US THEY HAVE BEEN A VERY SELFLESS GROUP THIS YEAR.
AS FAR AS KEEPING THEM CALM, WE SPENT THE WHOLE WEEK WE FELT LIKE WE HAD A REALLY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT BINK'S WAS GOING TO DO.
THEY HAVE BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL WITH THEIR PRESS AND HAVE WORDS OWNED THAT WE REALLY JUST PRESS THAT ONLY WE RUN A SIMULATED GAME AT RTM ON WEDNESDAY AND SAID HERE'S WHAT IS GOING TO BE LIKE, HERE'S WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO, WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO.
WE TRIED TO MAKE THEM AS MILLION WITH POSSIBLE WITH WHAT THE GAME WAS GOING TO FEEL LIKE AT HALFTIME WASN'T LIKE WE REALLY WERE CHANGING A LOT WE ARE RIGHT WHERE WE NEED TO BE, THREE POINT GAME FOR THE BALL IS GOING TO GO IN THE WHOLE.
WE WANTED THEM TO SETTLE IN.
WHEN YOU MENTIONED EVERYONE PARTICIPATING TODAY, EVEN IF YOU LOOK AT JUST THE HALFTIME NUMBERS OR AFTER THREE QUARTER NUMBERS YOU HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT SCORES CONTRIBUTING.
MAGGIE WAS THE HOT HAND SEVEN OF 11 THROUGH THREE QUARTERS HERE.
YOU MENTIONED THAT EXTRA PERSON SHOWING UP AND MAKING SURE IT'S NOT JUST ONE PERSON EACH AND EVERY TIME I THINK THAT IS A REALLY COOL ELEMENT THAT YOU HAVE HERE WHERE THEY'RE NOT AFRAID TO STEP UP IN A SITUATION WHERE, OKAY, IT'S MY TIME, MY TIME, MY TIME JUST UNDERSTANDING IT'S THEM TODAY AS PART OF THE COLLECTIVE WORK IS I THINK THAT GOES BACK TO WHAT I WAS SAYING AT THAT HAVE WORKED THIS GROUP OF KIDS, THEY ARE ALL FANNIN COUNTY KIDS.
THEY HAVE BEEN PARKS AND REC BASKETBALL TOGETHER SINCE THEY WERE SIX YEARS OLD.
THEY JUST KNOW EACH OTHER.
IT'S THAT FAMILIARITY.
THEY KNOW THEIR STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES I THINK THAT WAS JUST A HUGE PART OF IT, AS FAR AS THE SHARING OF THE BALL THEY JUST PLAYED TOGETHER SO LONG.
THEY HAVE PLAYED SOME GAMES TOGETHER.
WE REALLY FOUND OUT EARLY ON WHEN WE PLAY AS A UNIT WE ARE PRETTY GOOD.
LET ME TURN A CORNER HERE AND CATCH UP WITH MAGGIE AGAIN FIRST OFF, WHAT'S IT LIKE TO WEAR THAT METAL?
IT FEELS GREAT, MAN.
I WOULDN'T HAVE IT WITHOUT MY TEAMMATES.
WE HAVE A GREAT POINT GUARD.
ALWAYS LOOKING TO GET OTHERS INVOLVED.
WE WORKED WELL WITH EACH OTHER FORGET WHAT HE LOOKS FOR EVERYBODY LIKE HE SAID WE DON'T HAVE JUST ONE STANDOUT PERSON.
WE ALL WORK TOGETHER AND WE ALL LOOK FOR EACH OTHER.
WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BE SOMETIMES.
IT'S ALL A TEAM EFFORT, MAN.
IT'S GREAT TO SEE ALL THAT BLUE THAT CAME DOWN FROM BLUE RIDGE FOR FANNIN COUNTY.
WINNERS IN GAME ONE OR ONE TRAVEL GAME NUMBER 140 ONE MORE THING WE HAVE THE BEST COMMUNITY SUPPORT OF ANYONE IN THE STATE.
NO DOUBT.
HANDS DOWN.
WOMEN'S BASKETBALL IN FANNIN COUNTY IS A HUGE DEAL.
WE LOVE OUR FANS.
AT THE SAME TIME, YOU NOW HAVE A HUSBAND AND WIFE DUO THAT HAVE CHAMPIONSHIPS AS WELL.
HE CAN PROVE IT.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE TROPHY IS, I'M SURE IT'S OUT THERE SOMEWHERE.
WE ARE GOING TO COME BACK AND POST GAME SHOW IS GOING TO CONTINUE.
COUNTDOWN TO TIP OFF GETTING YOU READY FOR THE BEST FROM THE SOUTHWEST COMING UP AROUND THE CORNER.
FIRST OF THE DAY GOES BACK TO FANNIN COUNTY.
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