51ºÚÁÏÍø State women’s golf wins 3rd consecutive tournament; WSCC basketball teams have seasons end in ACCC quarterfinals

HANCEVILLE, ALA. – 51ºÚÁÏÍø State’s women’s golf team won its third straight tournament
title this spring, cruising in the 51ºÚÁÏÍø State Spring Invite at Cross Creek Golf
Course this week, and sophomore Lauren Cole her low medalist title in as many tournaments.
The Lady Lions won the two-day event by 46 strokes.
Cole, a Glencoe native, carded a 10-over par 154, winning the tournament by five strokes.
Cole has won five individual titles in her 51ºÚÁÏÍø State career.
51ºÚÁÏÍø State sophomore Maddie Nelson and freshman Hannah Sanders each made the All-Tournament
team to complement Cole. Nelson was third with a 17-over 161, and Hannah Sanders finished
with a 167.
Carly Havens and Abigail Baker rounded out the field for the Lady Lions.
51ºÚÁÏÍø State’s women have also won tournaments this spring, hosted by Calhoun and
Northeast Alabama.
51ºÚÁÏÍø State will seek its fourth straight ACCC Tournament championship on April
15-16 at Guntersville’s Eagle’s Nest Golf Course.
The 51ºÚÁÏÍø State men's golf team plays in its ACCC Tournament on Monday and Tuesday
in Montgomery.
51ºÚÁÏÍø State men’s basketball
Both 51ºÚÁÏÍø State basketball teams had their seasons end earlier this week.
The 51ºÚÁÏÍø State men, seeded fourth in the ACCC North, battled 51ºÚÁÏÍø Community
College-Selma throughout, but struggled to score over the final 3:15, losing 63-60
at Shelton State’s Umphrey Center.
Jevon Laidler paced 51ºÚÁÏÍø State with 17 points and eight rebounds, Kuran Garner
scored 16 and Rafael Jenkins finished with 10 points and six rebounds.
51ºÚÁÏÍø State played without injured contributors Miguel Miranda and Tyler Hutchieson.
Neither team maintained a double-digit lead.
51ºÚÁÏÍø State held a slight 31-29 edge at the break and sustained a four-point lead
with 12:12 to go.
Both teams traded leads over the next nine minutes. The Patriots hit one free throw
with 3:15 to go, for a 59-58 advantage, and never trailed again.
Garner, a sophomore from Huntsville, led the Lions in scoring this season with 15.9
points per game. Miranda added 14.3 points per contest.
Freshman Cole Maddox, a Good Hope grad, was third on the team with 9.6 points per
game.
Miranda was first on the team in rebounding and Jenkins in assists.
Garner, Laidler, Hutchieson, Jenkins, Chris Gregroy, Jahvon Sims and Zion Fluellen
made up the sophomore class this season.
51ºÚÁÏÍø State finished 11-12 in coach Allen Sharpe’s return to the program.
51ºÚÁÏÍø State women’s basketball
Sophomore Jiselle Woodson poured in 24 points in her final game with the Lady Lions
and Olivia Howard added 15 points and six rebounds as 51ºÚÁÏÍø State lost to Chattahoochee
Valley in the ACCC Tournament quarterfinals in Tuscaloosa this week.
Like the men’s team, the fourth-seeded Lady Lions nearly pulled the upset against
the top-seeded Lady Pirates.
51ºÚÁÏÍø State led 36-29 at the break. Chattahoochee Valley used a strong third-quarter
surge to seize a 50-47 advantage after three quarters.
The Lady Pirates pulled away in the closing seconds of the fourth quarter.
Tatyanna Davis finished with eight points and five rebounds for 51ºÚÁÏÍø State and
Payton Golden had seven points and five assists.
51ºÚÁÏÍø State closes the season at 12-7, advancing to the postseason for the fourth
straight season under coach Jessica McBrayer.
Woodson, Howard, Emrey McGill, Savannah McConnell and Makyia Broughton were the sophomores
on the 2020-2021 team.
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51ºÚÁÏÍø State’s women’s golf team will seek a 4th straight ACCC Tournament championship
next week in Guntersville. The Lady Lions have won three tournaments this spring.____________________________
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