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Published Saturday, February 06, 2010 in Sports

East Coweta comes up empty at Mundy's Mill

By Stuart Crosby

The Newnan Times-Herald

JONESBORO --The inability to win key games haunted East Coweta Friday during a pair of losses in a Region 4-AAAAA doubleheader at Mundy's Mill.

In the boys game, the Indians had a lead until the final 2:40 of the game when the Tigers behind Alex Rivera's 26 points came from behind with a 64-57 win that dropped the Indians to 8-13 overall and 5-11 in the region.

"We had our chances early to control the game but we didn't do and they came back," said Indians head coach Ronnie Vandiver, who was ejected. "There were too many turnovers and our defense let us down."

In the girls game, turnovers and defensive lapses were the story as the Lady Tigers defeated the Lady Indians 68-47 snapping a two-game winning streak for the latter who fell to 6-16, 5-11.

The Lady Indians had a 6-2 lead with 6:24 remaining in the first period as Tryesa McKenzie hit all three baskets when the lights over the playing floor went out for 10 minutes.

The Lady Indians offense seemed to fizzle when they came back on, as the Lady Tigers overtook a 12-10 lead heading into the second quarter.

East Coweta turnovers allowed the Lady Tigers to continue its momentum with a 12-0 run to take a 24-10 lead before Angelica Zackery converted a free throw with 4:02 remaining.

Francesa Edwards hit a three-pointer that cut the deficit to 24-14 with 3:19 remaining when the Lady Tigers went on a 7-1 run including a jumper at the buzzer by Tandrea High to take a 31-15 lead at half time.

High and Brianna McQueen each had 15 points to lead Mundy's Mill.

After halftime, Zackery tried to pull East Coweta back with 10 of her game-high 18 points. Mundy's Mill never wavered offensively and led 47-27 heading into the fourth quarter.

Brandon Farmer and Madarius Gibbs combined for 18 points of East Coweta first 20 points in the boys game, and led 20-10. Farmer led all scorers in the game with 26 points followed by Houston with 14 and Gibbs with 10.

Unable to take a bigger lead in the second period hurt the Indians as a 29-17 lead with 1:28 remaining became a 29-23 halftime lead as the Indians failed to score during the balance of the period.

The streak by the Tigers would continue at the beginning of the third period as they scored five straight points to cut the Indians' lead to 29-28 after 90 seconds had elapsed.

After a timeout was called by Vandiver, the Indians responded with an 8-2 run that extended the lead to 37-28 with 3:15 remaining but the Tigers did not go away as they went on a 10-4 run to cut the Indians' lead to 41-38 going into the final period.

In the fourth period, the Indians continued to nurse a slim lead and had a 49-45 lead with 4:04 when the offense went silent allowing the Tigers to take advantage by taking the lead on a three-pointer by Rivera as part of a 7-0 run that gave them a 54-49 lead with 1:25 remaining.

A free throw by Farmer with 1:04 remaining cut the margin to 54-50 but the lead grew larger as Farmer was assessed a personal and a technical foul before Vandiver was issued his that will keep him out of today's game at Whitewater and Tuesday's game at Westlake.

Rivera hit 5-of-6 at the line to put the Indians in a deeper hole that derailed a comeback.

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