Playoff basketball: Six area teams punch tickets to Elite 8

By Jeff Hart Sports Reporter

Posted 6:01AM on Thursday 21st February 2019 ( 5 years ago )

Six northeast Georgia area teams moved into the Elite 8 round of the Georgia High School Association basketball playoffs Wednesday.

The most thrilling game of the night came at Nichols Arena at Riverside Military Academy as Shad Dabney hit a running shot with 2.3 seconds left to lift the Eagles to an improbable 64-63 come-from-behind win in Class A Private. They trailed by 13 with three minutes left and Dabney scored 15 points in the final 1:54 of the game. It victory marked the first time the Eagles have ever advanced to the Elite 8 round.

The Jefferson girls also took a big win in Class 3A knocking off 2018 state runner-up Greater Atlanta Christian 84-68 in Norcross. Also in Class 3A, the Dawson County girls beat Lovett 62-55 in Atlanta while the North Hall girls could not get past Hart County, losing 73-66 in Hartwell.

The Buford girls in Class 5A, the Flowery Branch girls in Class 4A, and the Rabun County girls in Class 2A all took lopsided victories at home to advance. The Banks County girls fell 55-45 to Douglas-Atlanta to see their season come to an end.

Six more northeast Georgia area teams will be in action on Thursday -- four boys and two girls teams -- trying to advance to the quarterfinals.

SECOND ROUND
(Area teams in bold)

WEDNESDAY SCORES

Class 5A
Buford girls 62, Carrollton 32

Class 4A
Flowery Branch girls 67, St. Pius 19

Class 3A
Dawson County girls 62, Lovett 55
Jefferson girls 84, Greater Atlanta Christian 68
Hart County girls 73, North Hall 66

Class 2A
Douglas-Atlanta girls 55, Banks County 45
Rabun County girls 82, Chattooga 40

Class A Private
Riverside Military Academy boys 64, Walker 63

THURSDAY, Feb. 21

Class 6A
Gainesville boys at Cambridge, 7 p.m. (RADIO: FM 94.5 & AM 1240 THE LAKE)

Class 5A
Villa Rica boys at Buford, 6 p.m.

Class 4A
West Hall boys at Cartersville, 7 p.m. (RADIO: FM 102.9 & AM 550 WDUN)

Class 3A
Westminster boys at Dawson County, 7 p.m.

Class A Private
Darlington girls at Lakeview Academy, 6 p.m.
North Cobb Christian boys at Lakeview Academy, 7:30 p.m.

Class A Public
Towns County girls at Calhoun County, 5:30 p.m.

Riverside's Isaac Teasley (23) goes up for a shot against Walker defender Burke Chebuhar (20) in the Eagles' come-from-behind 64-63 at Nichols Arena Wednesday night.

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