Thursday, February 25, 2010

District Recaps from February 24, 2010

from Commercial Appeal

Overton vs Ridgeway

The Overton girls needed overtime, but they pulled away from Ridgeway to win their second consecutive District 15-AAA title, 53-44, Wednesday night at Wooddale High School.

Overton's Jasmine Robinson was named MVP of the tournament and teammates Karisma Tyson, Cornelia Fondren and Orlandria Williams were named to the all-tournament team. Tyson had a team-high 17 points, Robinson 15 and Fondren added 11.

Ridgeway junior foward Hasina Muhammad's 3-pointer as time expired in regulation forced overtime. Ridgeway had trailed, 32-26, after three quarters, but outscored Overton, 15-9, in the fourth. Muhammad had a game-high 23 points. Muhammad, Adrian Sanders and Tequila Stanton were named all-tournament for Ridgeway.

Overton hosts Whitehaven and Ridgeway plays at Mitchell on Friday in the first round of the Region 8-AAA tournament.

Douglass beat Westwood, 68-58 in the girls title game.

Manassas 74, Trezevant 71: Sophomore combo guard Denise Jackson scored a game-high 19 points to paced three starters in double figures before walking away with the tournament Most Valuable Player award as the Lady Tigers (24-4) won two of three meeting this year against the Lady Bears (13-13). Manassas, which plays Washington in the regional quarterfinals Friday at Sheffield, has won 13 of its last 14 games.

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