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The Jefferson County Boys Basketball Tournament
(exerts from al.com)
Clay-Chalkville 68, Hueytown
56: Clay-Chalkville guard Robert Parker scored 11
of his 19 points in the first half as the Cougars (11-12) built a 43-27
halftime lead.
Clay-Chalkville extended the lead
to 60-37 by the end of the third quarter, but Hueytown began the final
period on a 17-2 run, which was capped by a Kevin Moore layup, to cut the
lead to eight points with 1:14 remaining. The Cougars closed the game by
hitting eight free throws in the final minute.
Shades Valley 65, Clay-Chalkville 52:
Clay-Chalkville seemed to throw every imaginable defense at Shades Valley,
but the Mounties (16-5) had an answer for all of them.
"We moved the ball well, did the
things we needed to do," said Shades Valley coach Mike Burrus.
Christian Watford led a balanced
scoring attack with 15 points for the Mounties. Van Phillips added 12 and
Jamal Fields scored 10 as Burrus rested his starters for most of the fourth
quarter.
Robert Parker led Clay-Chalkville
(11-12) with 10 points. Clay-Chalkville faces the winner of Minor-McAdory in
the consolation bracket Thursday.
Clay-Chalkville 83, Minor 79: The Cougars whittled
away at a 14-point first-quarter deficit and used 12-of-15 free-throw
shooting in the fourth quarter to come away with the win. Minor's Xavier
Baldwin led all scorers with 35 points, while Chris Richardson had 11 for
the Tigers (13-8). Chris Goodman led Clay (12-11) with 17 points, while
Dedrick Heath and Matt Cody had 14 each
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