Memphis Regionals

[nebuntyn]

61-60 overton end of 3

[JodyJoe]

Central up 46 41 after 3 quarters.

[JodyJoe]

49 46. Central in 4th!

[nebuntyn]

Ridgeway is up 68-45

[JodyJoe]

54 54 with 2 40 to go in the 4th!

[nebuntyn]

84-73 whitestation final

[JodyJoe]

Southwind beats Central 61 59 Nick mason with a layup with two seconds to go!

[orangemoundwest]

Melrose beat Germantown 74-51

[TraderB]

Southwind beats Central 61 59 Nick mason with a layup with two seconds to go!

 

My wife and I really enjoyed this game:

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While I expected Central to win this game, I must give Southwind a ton of credit for (AGAIN) not giving up!

 

Southwind is one of the scrappiest, hard-to-put-away teams that I've seen in an awfully long time. They could have easily folded after getting down by 8 or 9 points, somewhere around the late 3rd/early 4th quarter. They didn't.... Instead, SW turned up the heat on defense and forced Central into some untimely turnovers--the biggest of which came with only 8 to 10 seconds remaining in the game!

 

The score was tied at 59-59 (I think) with about 40 seconds or so remaining in the game. Central was sitting in the "cat-bird" seat, basically holding the ball for the final shot... to win or, at worse-- OT.

 

During that faithful, final 8-or-so seconds....Central began its final offensive attack. Instead of sitting back and allowing Central to continue dictating movement, SW countered with increased defensive pressure! Central's ball-handler (Pete, I think) got trapped around the FT line and wound up throwing an errant pass, or had it knocked away (I really can't recall which...).

 

One of Southwind's scrappy Guards was "Johnnie-on-the-spot!" He scooped up the loose ball, fired it ahead to an open teammate-- who went on down to hit the game-winning layup, with about 2 seconds remaining in the game! The clock continued to run, as Central quickly took the ball out of bounds....They missed a 3/4-court, desperation shot at the buzzer!

 

Game over!

 

Excellent win by Southwind...... Great season Central.

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About the only other things remarkable about this game, to me....

 

1) Central appeared to dominate the glass and points-in-the-paint.... too many turnovers, in the clutch.

 

2) Just like last year's season-ending loss to White Station, Central squandered away another 4th quarter lead.....and its season! Coach Applewhite and his Warriors must surely feel snake-bitten!

 

3) Southwind appeared to have a decisive edge in 3-pointers!

 

4) SW seemed to get a lot of key buckets off turnovers.....another critical difference.

 

5) SW's big man (J. Williams) left the game and went to locker room, (midway thru 3rd qtr, I think) due to some kind of facial (mouth?) injury/blood. He NEVER returned to the game, but did come back out to the bench in a jogging suit or something -- no uniform!

 

6) Any updates on J. Williams' condition?

[FirestoneTigers]

Anybody see the young man sitting courtside with a #11 shirt cheering on Southwind?

[tigertim2]

Melrose beat Germantown 74-51

 

Help me out in Middle Tennessee and tell me who plays who now in Memphis.

 

I know that it all starts back Tuesday night so can you give me the pairings and maybe even go beyond the Region play and into the Sectionals?

 

Thanks in advance for your help.

[knoxbball]

Here u go Tigertim2

 

http://www.tssaa.org/2009Champions/Stat ... Region.htm

 

U must get to the championship game to move on. Region 7 and 8 champions will host the losers in both championship games. The winners of the sectionals will head to Middle Tn State.