Terriah Watkins scored 24 points, and Kaylana Curry added 13 to lead the East Hall girls basketball team to a 60-52 win over North Hall on the road Tuesday.
Amari Burce added seven points in the win.
Meanwhile, Flowery Branch lost to the Lady Tigers in Dawsonville, 63-33. Dawson County's defense held the Lady Falcons to three second-quarter points en route to a 37-14 halftime lead. The Lady Tigers extended the lead to 50-24 at the end of the third quarter.
Jess Tamplin led Flowery Branch with 21 points.
EAST JACKSON 43,
JOHNSON 35
The Lady Eagles jumped out to a 15-5 lead after the first quarter and then held to beat the Lady Knights at home on Tuesday.
Emilou Moore poured in 8 of team-high 15 points in the opening frame for East Jackson (2-0). The Lady Eagles too a 28-14 lead into halftime.
Johnson (0-2) fought back in the second half behind Harbor Landers and Emily Hernandez. Landers scored 6 of her game-high 19 in the third quarter as the Lady Knights trimmed it to 34-22 and then Hernandez had 10 of her 12 points in the fourth quarter as East Jackson's lead shrank to under 10 points.
But they could get no closer.
Freshman Zariah Gillespie had 13 points for East Jackson.
Johnson next will travel to West Hall on Friday.
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