Lakeside’s Adia Bouldin (13) drives past Dunwoody’s Kaz McLaughliln (22) during the first half of Lakeside’s win. Bouldin took control in the fourth quarter scoring 17 points on the way to 40 on the night. (Photo by Mark Brock)
Lakeside’s Adia Bouldin took control of the game in the fourth quarter hitting for 17 points as the Lady Vikings pulled away to a 61-42 Region 4-6A victory over the Dunwoody Lady Wildcats at in girls’ high school basketball play Dunwoody on Tuesday night.
Dunwoody (4-15, 1-7) had trailed by as much as 18 points in the second quarter and were down just four (42-38) with 6:03 to play in the game when Bouldin went on a 9-2 run to open the gap.
Bouldin, who went over 1,000 career points earlier this month, started with a drive, had 12-foot pull up jumper, a three-pointer and another drive for a basket as the Lakeside (11-6, 5-3) lead expanded to 51-40.
She would go on to hit four out four from the free-throw line and add two more buckets, the last with 1:05 to play that made it 59-42. Mia Burns closed out the score with an offensive put back with seven seconds left to make the final of 61-42.
The Lakeside senior scored the last four points of the first quarter and the first seven of the second quarter as Lakeside took control of the game up 22-8 with 6:01 left in the half. Following three-pointers by Burns and Claudia Thomas, Bouldin hit a pair of free throws to make it 31-13.
Anderson Bowe would score Dunwoody’s next six points and Ellie Hull hit a three-pointer and added two free throws in the final 1:51 to pull the Wildcats within 10 (34-24) at the half.
Jackie Smith had three offensive put backs in the third quarter, including one at the 2:40 mark that pulled Dunwoody within 37-35. After a Bouldin drive Bowe scored on a nice pass from Smith to make it a two-point game at 39-37 with 1:48 remaining in the quarter.
Bouldin made it a four-point game as the period ended with an offensive put back of her own and Lakeside took a 41-37 lead into the fourth quarter where she took complete control of the game.
She finished with 40 points and 5 rebounds in the game while teammate Mia Burns finished with 7 points and 12 rebounds. Anderson Bowe had 19 points and 22 rebounds for Dunwoody and Ellie Hull added 13 points.
Lakeside is a half game in front of St. Pius for third in the Region 4-6A standings.
Dunwoody’s Ryan Smith (3) lays the ball up on a fast break against Lakeside’s Sam Sharro (11). Smith keyed a big third quarter for Dunwoody in the 70-54 win. (Photo by Mark Brock)
(B) Dunwoody 70, Lakeside 54
Dunwoody’s Ryan Smith scored 19 second-half points to fuel the Wildcats 70-54 Region 4-6A boys’ high school basketball win over the Lakeside Vikings at Dunwoody on Tuesday night.
Smith hit a three-pointer with 25 seconds left in the first half to pull the Wildcats (10-11, 4-4) into a 31-31 tie at the half with the Vikings (8-11, 1-7) and then used the momentum to help the Wildcats pull away.
A drive along the baseline for a reverse layup by Emmerson Mitchell gave Dunwoody the lead for good at 38-33 with 6:23 to play in the third quarter. Following a three-pointer by Mason Weeks, Smith went on a tear scoring 10 consecutive points and 13 of the last 16 of the third.
Smith hit a layup on a length of the court pass from Mitchell and then put an offensive rebound back in for a 42-35 advantage. He then drilled two three-pointers from the left corner to make it a 48-39 advantage with 1:50 left in the quarter.
Mitchell hit a three-point play and then with 44 seconds remaining Smith hit his third trey of the quarter for a 54-41 lead. Lakeside’s Sebastian Reed drove the lane with nine seconds left to cut the lead to 54-43 with a quarter to play.
Back-to-back threes by Meeks and Smith early in the fourth quarter started a 10-0 run that ended with consecutive offensive stick backs by Loic Keutcha for a 64-44 lead. Smith added an old-fashioned three-point play with 2:35 to play.
AJ Wheeler hit a floater on a drive and then a three-pointer for Lakeside, but it was too little to late as the Wildcats finished off the 70-54 win.
Wheeler hit back-to-back three-pointers early in the second quarter that put the Vikings up 25-17 with 6:28 to play in the first half. Zach Schanek’s three pointer and two free throws by Mitchell knocked the lead down to 25-22. A layup by Keutcha pulled Dunwoody within 31-28 with 1:02 left in the half to set up Smith’s game-tying three-pointer before the half.
Smith finished with 24 points and 8 rebounds to lead the Wildcats in the win. Emerson Mitchell added 17 points and 6 rebounds and Loic Keutcha had a 12-point, 12-rebound double-double for Dunwoody. AJ Wheeler finished with 21 points and 6 rebounds and Sebastian Reed added 16 points in the loss for Lakeside.