Baseline... 50-46 -- 96
Macon...... 30-46 -- 76
Atlanta Speedboys 104, Marietta Outlaw 96...
The Speedboys jumped out early on a cold-shooting Marietta squad, building a 21-point lead at one point, as Shawn Cox and Billy Brewster combined for 18 points in the early going. The Speedboys led 35-14, before the Outlaw began to get cranked up, as Derrick Owens hit a couple of treys. Marietta eventually clipped their deficit down to eight. DeJuan Clark led a spurt in the latter minutes of the first half to go in to the break up 55-41. In the second half, the Speedboys maintained their spread through out most of the half. Marietta made their run late though to make the game interesting. Jeff Boyd drilled consecutive threes and Gene Moss, who tallied all of his 14 in the second half, helped the Outlaw comeback to cut Atlanta's lead to 89-86 with 2:55 remaining. But, Xavier Morton stuck to big buckets, followed by another Cox triple, to put the game away for the Speedboys. Owens led Marietta with 21, while Boyd had 18, Moss 14, Saye McClesky 12, Tim Moss 10, Duvall McClesky 9 and Robert Bringe 9. For Atlanta, Cox led all scorers with 26, while Morton and Clark each had 18, DeCourney McGowan 14, Brewster 10, DeWayne Swain 10, Fred Odoms and Marcus Byams 3 each and Keith Payne 2.
Atlanta.... 55-49 -- 104
Marietta... 41-55 -- 96
Atlanta Speedboys 61, Team Macon 53...
Team Macon fell down by 10 in the opening moments of the game, and though they flirted with several comeback efforts, could never get over the hump. The Speedboys, played through fatigue, but managed to hold on for the win. Atlanta led 38-24 at half-time. Macon made a solid run late in the game to get to within six. However, Atlanta put the ball in the hands of Cox and Clark, who did a great job of playing keep away, while McGowan knocked down several crucial mid-range jumpers, to keep the upset minded Macon squad at bey. Jamon Perkins led Macon with 16, as Davion Dellner had 14, John Brown 9, Lorian Lewis 4, Rufus Talmadge 4, Jamal Vaughn 3 and JaQuan Oneal 3. For Atlanta, Cox again led the way with 12, as McGowan had 10, Swain 9, Payne 8, Clark 7, Odoms 6 and Brewster 4.
Atlanta.... 38-23 -- 61
Macon.... 24-29 -- 53
Cartersville-Baseline Warriors 93, Marietta Outlaw 71...
The night-cap for day one, presented the deciding factor in who would advance to the Finals. Marietta needed to win to give them hope of coming back on Sunday to get a second victory over Macon. That scenario would propel them to the Finals. While Baseline, needed to win to move directly into the finals against Atlanta, who had already vaulted themselves into the title game. A Baseline loss would've set up a "must-win" game against the very same Atlanta squad in their third game of the round-robin. The two teams see-sawed throughout the first half, with both taking four point leads at one time. Gene Moss' basket at the buzzer gave Marietta a 36-35 lead at the half. The second half initially saw both teams contintue to trade baskets. Marcus Henderson, who had been held score-less on the day, began to get involved by hitting a baseline jumper, followed by hitting two freethrows. Morgan broke free for a lay-in down the middle, to give Baseline its largest lead at six. Marietta countered with post-up buckets by Gene Moss. The Warriors defense stiffened, causing the Outlaw to go cold from the field. Baseline stretched its lead to 10 on an Antonio Cook tri-fecta. Baseline then went into a spread offense, which actually opened up the offense for penetration against a slower Outlaw team. Baseline's offense exploded to a 12-0 run, behind Cook, Chris Jones and Mike Reynolds, who each got repeated buckets down the stretch. Bobby Rouse's put back with 4:40 left gave the Warriors its largest spread - a surprising 81-56 lead. Dee Henderson, on loan from the Summer Hill Blue Devils because of a reduced Baseline roster for the day, entered the game and capped off the scoring with a driving bucket, a freethrow and a long trey, to maintain the Warriors lead at 93-68. Jeff Boyd's drained a meaningless three for Marietta with a few seconds left to tally the final total. A loud and boisterous Boyd led Marietta with 17, while Gene Moss had 16, Saye McClesky 11, Duvall McClesky 8, Tim Moss 7, Robert Bringe 6, and and a cold Derrick Owen 2. Baseline got balance scoring from Chris Morgan with 19, Chris Jones and Cook 16 each, Reynolds 15, Adrien Borders 10, Marcus and Dee Henderson 6 each, and Rouse 5.
Marietta.... 36-35 -- 71
Baseline... 35-58 -- 93
Schedule for Day Two:
4:00pm - Championship Game... Atlanta Speedboys (2-0) vs. Cartersville-Baseline Warriors (2-0)
5:00pm - Consolation Game... Team Macon (0-2) vs. Marietta Outlaw (0-2)
The original scheduled pitted Atlanta and Baseline in their respective 3rd games of the round-robin. Since both qualified for the Final Game by going 2-0 agains the other competition, it was agreed playing twice would only serve to create a sloppy Title game. Therefore, the scheduled 4:00pm game will serve as the Championship Game. With both, Macon and Marietta, going into Sunday with 0-2 records in the round robin against the other competition, their scheduled 5:00pm match-up will be considered as the 3rd Place Consolation contest.
