Circle your

calendars for Jan. 31. That is when the Fayette County and McIntosh basketball

teams will meet again. If their games are anything like Friday night's

games, you will not want to miss them.

The McIntosh

Lady Chiefs lost to Fayette County 57-56, but made things interesting

at the end. They were down 55-53 with 24 seconds left and missed a chance

to tie when they missed two foul shots. Fayette County strecthed their

lead to three points when they hit two free throws with seven seconds

left. As time expired McIntosh hit a two-pointer and appeared to get fouled,

but no call was made and Fayette County won by one point. Lindsay Murphy

led the Lady Chiefs in scoring with 20 points.

In the boys

game, McIntosh edged out the Tigers 58-56 in overtime. Fayette County

led by five at the end of the first quarter and stretched the lead to

seven points at the half. The Tigers went on an 11-0 run in the second

quarter, while McIntosh was scoreless for over four minutes. The Chiefs

came back in the second half as Sterling Brown connected on four three

pointers and scored 16 points and the Chiefs had their first lead of the

night with two and a half minutes remaining in the third quarter. The

two teams battled back and forth and at the end of the third quarter,

Fayette County led 46-44.

The fourth

quarter continued the lead changes of the final minutes of the third quarter

and the score was tied 55-55 with 40 seconds left. Neither Fayette County

or McIntosh could connect on their final shots of the quarter and the

game went to overtime. The Chiefs then played ball and clock control hitting

a basket two minutes in and then connecting on a free throw with a minute

remaining to claim the win. Dexter Manley led Fayette County in scoring

with 21 points.

In other games,

the Starr's Mill Lady Panthers fell in overtime to Warner Robins on Thursday

night in the Bear Brawl Tournament, 51-44. The Starr's Mill boys lost

to Warner Robins on Friday night in the same tournament, 85-47. Also on

Friday night, Sandy Creek's boys defeated East Coweta 67-53, with Kevin

Craig scoring 26 points for the Patriots, while the Lady Patriots fell

to the Lady Indians, 63-38. On Saturday, Starr's Mill's boys beat Central

Macon 71-43.

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