| Blueboys force tempo and march to winners' bracket |
| The
Carthage Blueboys, last year's tournament
runner-up, unleashed a three-point shooting
barrage to defeat the South Fulton Rebels, 65-52.
The Blueboys took every opportunity to set the
pace of the game on the offense by pushing the
ball down the floor and defensively by presuring
the ball all over the floor. The Blueboys shot an
astounding 50% (11-22) from the three point arc,
including 73% (8-11) in the first half. The Blueboys (6-1) were led by Douglas Edwards' 20 points, including 4-7 from three point land. Brock Edris finished just shy of a double-double with 13 points and eight rebounds. The Rebels (6-4) got a double-double out of Aaron Heitz with 12 points and 10 rebounds. Ben Fouts just missed out on his own double-double with 15 points and nine caroms. Carthage advances to play the winner of Monmouth-Roseville/Illini Central in Game 16 on Day 2 at 9:30 p.m. South Fulton will play the loser of Monmouth-Roseville/Illini Central in Game 12 on Day 2 at 2:30 p.m. NOTES: --This is the first appearance in the tournament for South Fulton. The two schools that are part of this co-op (Astoria & V.I.T.) have been in the tournament seperately over the years. --This will be South Fulton's only appearance in this tournament. --South Fulton and Carthage both came into the tournament on four-game winning streaks. |
| The bracket: |
A
larger version of the bracket can be found on the
tournament website by visiting this page. |
| Next game: |
| Game 8: Monmouth-Roseville vs. Illini Central (9:30 p.m.) |
| Game 7 boxscore: |
| Carthage vs. South Fulton |
| Carthage Blueboys |
| team info |
| South Fulton Rebels |
| team info |