Summertown girls cruise to TSSAA Class A quarterfinal win over Dresden

The Tennessean

MURFREESBORO — Summertown is back in familiar territory.

Members of the Summertown bench celebrate a three pointer by one of their teammate during the 2018 Class A quarterfinals against Dresden, Thursday, March 8, in Murfreesboro.

Summertown defeated Dresden 52-29 in a Class A girls basketball quarterfinal in the TSSAA Girls Basketball State Championships on Thursday. Summertown held the Lady Lions to 18 points over the last three and a half quarters.

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Summertown (31-2) plays Unaka (28-9) at 2:45 p.m. Friday in a Class A semifinal.

Summertown beat Dresden 64-52 in last year's quarterfinals before falling to eventual state champion South Greene. The Lady Eagles, who are making their eighth state tournament appearance, have never reached the championship game.

"I've got eight seniors. It's been a four-year process," Summertown coach Craig McGill said. "We were not very good their freshman year.

"But we got better as the year went on and kept getting better. Last year really sealed the deal."

Lauren Graves led Summertown with 11 points. Teammate Reily Brazier added 10. Rachel Childress led Dresden with nine.

Summertown hit 10 3-pointers for the game, two off the state record set by Riverdale twice — in 2013 and 2016.

Reach Tom Kreager at tkreager@tennessean.com or 615-259-8089 and on Twitter @Kreager.