With two wins over Phil-lips and a win over Meek, the Berry Lady Wildcats
improv-ed their record to 20-4 on the season. The Lady Cats are undefeated in
area play and will host the Class 1A, Area 9 tournament beginning Monday, Feb.
6.
On Tuesday, Jan. 24, Berry traveled to Phillips to take on the Lady Bears. The
Lady Wildcats were up 23 to 4 at the half and went on to defeat Phillips 48-20.
Emma Herren had 23 points to lead Berry. Hannah Herren had seven points, Madison
Clark and Bekah Sanford both scored four, Brittany Elkins and Taylor Jones
scored three a piece and Taylor Thomas and Sarah Gann both put up two points in
the game. Thomas and Rayanna Clark both pulled down six rebounds.
On Friday, Jan. 27, Berry hosted Meek and trounced the Tigers 47-21. Emma Herren
led with 22 points and 12 rebounds. Karlie Milligan scored 11, Brittany Elkins
scored six and Hannah Herren, Taylor Thomas and Sarah Gann each scored two in
the contest.
The Lady Wildcats pounded the visiting Phillips Lady Bears 69-34 on Monday, Jan.
30.
Emma Herren scored 36 points and pulled down eight rebounds to lead the Lady
Cats. Taylor Thomas scored 10 points, had seven rebounds and three blocked
shots for Berry. Hannah Herren scored six and Taylor Jones had four points and
11 rebounds. Brittany Elkins scored three and pulled down 13 rebounds. Madison
Clark scored three and Bekah Sanford, Rayanna Clark and Sarah Gann each scored
two for Berry. Karlie Milligan added one point.
Varsity Boys
The Berry varsity boys worked overtime to pick up two wins over Phillips and
overpowered Meek to improve to 13-11 on the season.
Berry picked up a big road win on Tuesday, Jan. 24 with a 53-51 win over
Phillips.
With 11 seconds left, Devan Tyree scored with the assist from J.C. Finch to put
the Wildcats up 52-51. Jason Harbin was fouled on a turnover and hit one of his
foul shots to seal the win.
Tyree led the Wildcats with 25 points and 13 rebounds. Weston Bonner scored 16,
Jason Harbin had five, Jake Smith had four points and Neil Sullivan scored
three points. Sullivan also had six assists and six steals in the game.
Berry hosted Meek on Friday, Jan. 27 and routed the Tigers 86-38.
Devan Tyree scored 25 points, grabbed 10 rebounds, had seven steals and seven
assists to lead the Wildcats. Weston Bonner scored 15 points, Tank
Hollingsworth had 12, Jake Smith scored nine, Jason Harbin had eight and Blake
Abernathy scored two points. Neil Sullivan had nine points, seven assists and three steals for Berry.
The Wildcats battled in double overtime on Monday, Jan. 30 against Phillips to pick up the 66-65 win.
Neil Sullivan scored a basket and a free throw at the end of regulation to tie
the game at 54. Trailing by five in the second overtime, Tank Hollingsworth and
Sullivan both hit three-point shots to tie the game at 65. With 13 seconds
left, Devan Tyree hit one of two free throws to seal the one point victory.
Tyree led Berry with 24 points and 18 rebounds. Hollingsworth had 18 points and
12 rebounds, Sullivan scored 11, Weston Bonner scored eight, Jason Harbin had
three and J.C. Finch added two points.
The Berry varsity girls and boys will host Lynn on Thursday, Feb. 2 and Oakman
on Friday, Feb. 3 to round out the regular season.
The Lady Wildcats will host the Class 1A, Area 9 girls tournament. The Berry
boys will travel to Pickens County for the boys tournament. See tournament
brackets below.
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