MOBILE, Alabama —Baldwin County High advanced to the finals of the 6A Area
4 boys tournament with a 74-64 win over Williamson at McGill-Toolen
Catholic in the first round Friday. The BCHS Tigers will meet
McGill-Toolen —which …
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"-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 5px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 5px; font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">MOBILE, Alabama —Baldwin County High advanced to the finals of the 6A Area
4 boys tournament with a 74-64 win over Williamson at McGill-Toolen
Catholic in the first round Friday. The BCHS Tigers will meet
McGill-Toolen —which defeated Satsuma 74-24— for the Area 4 title. The
championship game for 6A Area 4 boys is set for 7:30 p.m. at
McGill-Toolen Monday.
BCHS head coach Lorenzo Hunter said his team led by 14 points at the
half and built an even bigger lead early in the third quarter but
relaxed a little too much in the second half. The Tigers swept
Williamson in the regular season as well.
"We were up by 22 somewhere around mid-third quarter," he said. "But
then got a little sloppy with the basketball and let them get closer
about 10-11 points. They cut it to five points and we ended up having
to make made some rotational changes that seemed to work for us and
let us pretty much close the ball game out. Basically, they played a
good third quarter and we didn't."
The Tigers take a 20-11 record into the title game with the 22-6 Yellow Jackets.
Hunter said his team which is 0-2 against the Jackets this year will
to be at the top of their game Monday.
"First of all we need to take care of the ball," he said. "If we do
that we can put more pressure on them. But they are good this year so
we need to be ready to stay focused from the get go."