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Champs fall to Tigers in OT battle

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Posted 2/11/22

A night after grinding out a low-scoring win at Smyrna, the Cascade Champions suffered a heartbreaking overtime loss at Fayetteville on Tuesday and fell, 72-64. In the first quarter, Cascade had firm …

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A night after grinding out a low-scoring win at Smyrna, the Cascade Champions suffered a heartbreaking overtime loss at Fayetteville on Tuesday and fell, 72-64.
In the first quarter, Cascade had firm control of the scoreboard and with the one-two punch of Isaac McElroy and Jackson Davis, Cascade built an 18-6 lead by the end of the first frame.
But Fayetteville answered in a big way with a 19-point effort in the second quarter.
Teandre Love hit a pair of 3-pointers and as a team, the Tigers made good on 5-of-6 tries at the free throw line.
Cascade, meanwhile, struggled to continue the momentum from the first quarter and saw its 12-point lead cut in half by halftime.
The two teams continued the back and forth affair until the Tigers rattled off a 19-point fourth quarter, including a trio of timely 3-pointers, to force overtime.
Cascade struggled from the floor in the fourth quarter and managed just one field goal.
While it was a struggle to get the open looks from the floor, Cascade did connect on 7-of-11 free throws in the quarter.
With the momentum shift in favor of the Tigers, Fayetteville closed the game with another 15 points in overtime to secure the win.
In total, four Tigers reached double figures, with Teandre Love’s 19 points leading all scorers.
Cascade saw Davis lead three players in double figures with 15 points, while McElroy added 12.
Thomas Gentry chipped in 10 as well.


Cascade 18 13 15 11 7 — 64
Fayetteville 6 19 13 19 15 — 72

Cascade: Jackson Davis 15, Isaac McElroy 12, Thomas Gentry 10, Lucas Clanton 7, Zach Crosslin 6, Justis Carter 6, Chance Brown 2.
Fayetteville: Teandre Love 19, Camaurionn Taylor 15, Isaiah Thomison 14, Bryson Johnson 11, Aljarea Johnson 6, Samuel Willoughby 4, Brayden Hockett 3.
3-Point goals: Fayetteville (7): Love 5, Thomoison, Taylor; Cascade (4): Gentry 2, McElroy 2.
Halftime score: Cascade 31, Fayetteville 25.

Cascade 46, Smyrna 39
It was by no means an offensive masterpiece, but anytime a team holds its opponent under 40 points, they have a chance to win.
That’s just what Cascade got in a 46-39 win at Smyrna on Monday evening.
Justis Carter and Jackson Davis led the way and each scored 11 points in the win.
Cascade clung to a three-point lead after the first quarter and despite scoring just eight points in the second quarter, led 20-16 at the half.
The Champs’ best offensive quarter came in the third when Cascade piled up 15 points, including four by Carter and Lucas Clanton.
Cascade held Smyrna to single digits for the third quarter in-a-row.
But even with the lead after three quarters, Smyrna rallied and out-scored Cascade 14-11 in the fourth quarter.
Davis led the way by working his way to the line where he connected on 5-of-6 attempts in the quarter.
As a team, Cascade shot it well from the charity stripe and made good on 8-of-12 attempts in the game.

Cascade 12 8 15 11 — 46
Smyrna 9 7 9 14 — 39

Cascade: Justis Carter 11, Jackson Davis 11, Lucas Clanton 8, Chance Brown 5, Thomas Gentry 5, Zach Crosslin 2, Isaac McElroy 2, Saebyn Burris 2.
Smyrna: Ashton McCarver 12, Brandon Sanders 12, Arion Carter 6, TJ Sims 3, Kalell Lyons 2, Laith Al Tale 2, Donovan Peebles 2.
3-Point goals: Cascade (2): Gentry, Brown; Smyrna (3): Sanders 2, McCarver.
Halftime score: Cascade 20, Smyrna 16.