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Peachtree Ridge Boys Lose

The Lions are ousted from the AAAAA state tournament by Milton.

After jumping out to an early 4-0 lead in the first quarter, the Milton Eagles boys basketball team led for the remainder of its AAAAA state basketball tournament game against visiting Peachtree Ridge Lions on Wednesday. The final score was 74-58.

Milton's Evan Nolte and Peachtree Ridge's Corey Heyward led scorers with 18 points

Milton opened up a 9-point lead, 19-10, by the end of the first quarter after a balky start. Midway through the second period, the Eagles began to hit their stride, which allowed them to go into the locker room at the half leading the Lions 41-21.

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Although Peachtree Ridge outscored Milton 37-33 in the second half, 4 points was far too little to catch up. The Lions were unable to close the gap during the third period, which ended with the Lions trailing the Eagles 59-40. The Lions rallied briefly in the fourth period, closing to within 13 points, but were unable to get any closer.

Four technical fouls were called during the game, split between the two teams. Three were for taunting by players, while the fourth was on the Peachtree Ridge bench.

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The Lions had to resort to fouling the Eagles in the final mintues of the game to get the ball back. The visitors' total of 27 team fouls included 10 in the second half. The Eagles were called for 11 team fouls.

Nolte made his on 8 field goals–one of them a trey–and going 1 for 1 on the line. Heyward sank 7 field goals, 2 of them treys, and going 2 for 2 on the line.

Other Eagles in double figures included Jordan Lloyd with 12, Shannon Scott and Shaquille Johnson, both with 10 points.

Shaq Morris was the Lions' only other player in double figures, shooting 4 field goals, 1 of them a trey, and going 3 of 4 on the line.

Peachtree Ridge was at a height disadvantage, but had plenty of speed to harass the Eagles. But having shorter players made the Lions more susceptible to blocked shots.

Milton will now move to the quarterfinals of the AAAAA state tournament on Saturday at the University of West Georgia, where the Eagles will take on the Mill Creek Hawks.

 

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Milton 19
22
18
15
74
Peachtree Ridge
10
11 19
18 58

MILTON

Player 2s 3s FTA FTM TP Shannon Scott 4 4 2 10 Jordan Lloyd 4 4 4 12 Evan Nolte 7 1 1 1 18 Shaquille Johnson 4 3 2 10 Dai-Jon Parker 1 4 4 6 Julian Royal 7 5 2 16 Eric Riley 1 2 Team Totals 28 1 21 15 74 FTM% FTM 15 FTA 21 71%

PEACHTREE RIDGE

Player
2s
3s
FTA
FTM
TP
Corey Heyward
5
2
2
2
18
Richie Everette
3


6
Moe Armistead
3


6
Eric Ryba
2


4
Daryon Griffin
1
2

8
Shaq Morris
3
1
4
3
12
Brandon Jade
3

2
2
8
Team Totals
18
5
8
7
58
FTM%
FTM
7
FTA
8
88%
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