WPCC radio in Clinton and The Large Time Network on the World Wide Web will broadcast Tuesday night from The Florence Center, the AA Girls Basketball Upper State finals featuring the Clinton High School Lady Red Devils.
Buddy Bridges, the Voice of the Red Devils, and Chris Wofford will be on the 6 pm call from Florence. WPCC is at 96.5 FM & 1410 AM.
Clinton will match up against Eau Claire, out of Columbia, and the winner goes to the AA State Finals on Saturday, also in Florence.
Andrew Jackson and Lake City face off in the Lowcountry Championship
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CHS Girls to Upper State
Clinton HS
Lady Red Devils 40 – Griffins 30
The Lady Red Devils hosted region foe the Lady Griffins of Fairfield Central last night (Feb. 25) and I am pleased to report that they took a 40-30 win over the Griffins after trailing 15-13 at the half… It was a slow first half that saw both teams have trouble getting the shots to drop as the score was 7-4 Clinton after 8 minutes of play… The Red Devils also had trouble rebounding in the first half and misses all 3 free throw attempts in the first half.
Coach Gardner challenged them at the half to get more physical, drive the lane as 3-point shots were not falling and get to the boards in the second half…. The Red Devils responded and took the lead for good about half way through the third quarter as their defense caused the Griffins to turn the ball over more than in the first half and they also controlled the boards in the second half… The Red Devils led 25-22 at the end of the third quarter and the fact that they started making free throws down the stretch helped them pull away to the win.
The Griffins Jazz McMillian led all scorers with 18 points which was only 1 point above her per game average… The Red Devils were led in scoring by Bryanna Belton who finished with 14 points… McKenzie Clark and Ry’Daija Mars scored 9 points each, Kemaria Shelton 6 and Mylayja Thompson 2.
Up Next… With the win the Red Devils punched their ticket to the Upper State Finals against another region foe Eau Claire which defeated still another region foe Mid-Carolina 54-43 in Columbia … The game takes place Tuesday at The Florence Center at 6 pm … The winner of that game will play for the state championship at noon on Saturday in the same location…
-- WLBG - Mike Hughes Sports Report
