didn’t even come out to shoot before the second half, so I told our girls that if we kept it up on defense, we we’re about to win the game.” Our game plan was for some of the other girls hit shots that maybe they hadn’t made many of.

“I knew if we not necessarily stop her but were able to slow her down, we’d have a chance to win. “Olivia is an amazing player who can hit some many different types of shots,” said Bowen. for the right to advance to next week’s state tournament in Birmingham. In a nip-and-tuck game fourth quarter during which the lead changed hands seven times, Graceanne Rose’s two free throws with 19 seconds remaining held up as the winning points in the Lady Panthers’ 36-33 victory at Jacksonville State.įor the first time in school history, Southside advanced to the regionals finals, where Southside will face Arab on Wednesday at 9 a.m. Vandergrift was also hampered by foul trouble, being whistled for her third foul shortly before halftime and her fourth with 3:17 left in the third quarter. Thanks to a stifling defensive effort by Southside, the Lady Wildcats’ standout senior guard shot 15 percent for the game (3-for-21), including 0-for-8 from three-point range. Southside High girls basketball coach Justin Bowen acknowledged that his team’s top priority going into last Friday’s Northeast Regional Tournament Class 5A semifinal against top-ranked and defending state champion Guntersville was allowing Olivia Vandergrift as little room as possible to operate. Photo: Southside’s Jovi Marble (right) battle for a loose ball with Guntersville’s Lainie Phillips during the Lady Panthers’ 36-33 victory in the Northeast Regional Tournament Class 5A semifinals on February 17 at Jacksonville State.

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