The Eaglettes fell 73-61 and the Eagles fell 38-33 at Coffee County in the opening game of District 9-AAAA play on Tuesday night.
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Shelbyville Central Golden Eaglettes
The Shelbyville Central Golden Eaglettes opened District 9-AAAA play on the road Tuesday night at Coffee County, falling 73-61 to a high-powered Lady Raiders squad.
Coffee County came into the game with a 16-3 record, but the Eaglettes showed up ready for the home team’s high powered offensive attack, ending the first quarter only down 12-10.
Both team’s offenses started to heat up in the second quarter, and the halftime score was 34-28 in favor of Coffee County. Shelbyville’s superstar Paige Blackburn erupted in the second period, scoring 11 of her 24 points to close the first half.
As the game moved into the second half, the Lady Raiders’ Natalie Burns was the catalyst as Coffee County slowly extended their lead to 56-46 at the end of the third quarter. She went a perfect 4/4 from the field and had nine points, and as the final frame began, the Eaglettes just couldn’t muster up enough stops to mount any sort of comeback.
Shelbyville Central was led by a game-high 24 points from Paige Blackburn, but only two other teammates reached double figures. Lily Brown chipped in with 15 points and Sammie Brown had 11 points, but it was not enough to match the offensive production from the home side.
Coffee County only had two players get to double digits, but they were a pair of 20-point scorers. Olivia Vinson scored 22 points, and the aforementioned Barnes scored 21 of her own, including 14 in the second half.
The Eaglettes fall to 11-5 (0-1) and return home to play Warren County on Friday night as district play continues live on WLIJ 98.7 and AM 1580 starting at 5:45 p.m.
Coffee County improves to 17-3 (1-0) and travels to Columbia on Friday.
Shelbyville Central Golden Eagles
The Shelbyville Central Golden Eagles opened District 9-AAAA play in Coffee County on Tuesday night, falling to the Red Raiders in a low scoring affair, 38-33.
The Golden Eagles had golden opportunities to steal this one, but they just could not make free throws. They ended the night 4/13 from the line compared to Coffee County’s 13/20 from the charity stripe, and those misses came back to haunt Shelbyville in the five-point loss.
The Red Raiders’ Jackson Shemwell went 9/11 from the free throw line, and he closed out the Golden Eagles with his 13 points on Tuesday night. He was the only one to reach double figures for the hosts.
Shelbyville Central’s Shamarion Draper was the only Golden Eagle to reach double figures, as he matched Shemwell’s 13 points with 13 of his own.
Shelbyville falls to 4-13 (0-1) and returns home on Friday night as they continue district play against Warren County live on WLIJ 98.7 and AM 1580 at 5:45 p.m.
Coffee County improves 6-9 (1-0) and travels to Columbia on Friday for their second district contest.
