By SCOTT MCKIE B.P.
ONE FEATHER STAFF
To cap off a week of basketball – three games in four days – Cherokee’s varsity basketball teams swept Andrews at Charles George Arena on Friday, Dec. 13. The Lady Braves (7-1) beat up on the Lady Wildcats 79-27 and the Braves (4-4) got to .500 on the year with a big 77-44 win.
Lady Braves 79 Andrews 27
Cherokee’s Avery Mintz (#22) jumps over Lady Wildcat Tamara Wright (#22) during Friday’s home game. Mintz led Cherokee with 19pts. (SCOTT MCKIE B.P./One Feather photos)
Defense was the name of the game for Cherokee as they held the Lady Wildcats to just 5 points in the first half. Again, Cherokee won the game of possession with 21 steals compared to Andrews’ 0. Kendall Toineeta led with 6 steals for the Lady Braves followed by Bree Stamper with 4.
Cherokee dominated the first half leading 25-2 after the first period and 45-5 at the half. Cherokee’s bench got a lot of play in this game. The second half was more of the same with the Lady Braves outscoring Andrews 34-22.
Cherokee’s Ashlyn Spicer fights for the ball with two Lady Wildcats including Tamara Wright (#22) and Jacqueline West (#12).
Avery Mintz led Cherokee with 19pts followed by Toineeta and Peri Wildcatt with 16 each. As a team, Cherokee shot 51 percent compared to Andrews’ 24 percent. Toineeta, who leads all of WNC in assists, had 6 in this game.
Other Lady Braves scorers included: LeLe Lossiah 4, Stamper 2, Miranda Smith 3, Blake Wachacha 7, Ashlyn Spicer 2, Brionna Jumper 6, Kayla Pheasant 2 and Taran Swimmer 2.
Lady Wildcats scorers included: Kati Trammel 5, Erika Griggs 2, Jacqueline West 11, Haley West 2, Destinee Mathis and Tiffany Holloway 6.
Braves 77 Andrews 44
Cherokee’s Dustin Johnson (#22) shoots a three-pointer during Friday’s game. He led Cherokee with 24pts including going 4 of 8 from three-point land.
The Braves won the defensive game and thus won the game. Cherokee had 20 steals compared to Andrews’ 0 with Darius Thompson and Raven Frankiewicz, who leads all of WNC with steals, leading the way with 5 each. Frankiewicz also had 7 rebounds.
Cherokee’s Jesse Toineeta (#21) goes for a shot around two Andrews defenders.
This game started relatively close with the Braves holding a small 16-11 lead after the first period, but they blew up in the second period outscoring Andrews by 17 to take a 47-25 lead into the locker room. Andrews would come back some in the third period outscoring Cherokee by 3 (14-11), but a solid 19-5 fourth period sealed the win for the Braves.
Dustin Johnson poured in 24pts to lead Cherokee. As a team, Cherokee shot 49 percent from the field while holding Andrews to 32 percent.
Other Braves scorers included: Jason McMillan 7, Brandt Sutton 2, Frankiewicz 4, Kennan Panther 4, Thompson 22, Jesse Toineeta 10, Chris Queen 2 and Eli Littlejohn 2.
Andrews scorers included: Zack Long 3, Chase Hardin 10, Dakota Bateman 4, Jacob Whitaker 2, Seth Pyle 2, Logan Allen 7 and Aaron DeVore 6.
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