49.5 F
Clarksville
Thursday, March 28, 2024
HomeSportsClarksville High School falls to Memphis Central in Class AAA Boys Basketball...

Clarksville High School falls to Memphis Central in Class AAA Boys Basketball Semifinals

Clarksville Sports NetworkMurfreesboro, TN – It certainly didn’t come from a lack of trying and certainly Daijon Williams did all he could, but in the end Clarksville High fell to Memphis Central 68-62 in a Class AAA semifinal game in Middle Tennessee State University’s Murphy Center.

The Clarksville High School Wildcats finished their season with a good fight, but loss to Memphis Central 68-62.
The Clarksville High School Wildcats finished their season with a good fight, but loss to Memphis Central 68-62.

Williams, a verbal commitment to Lee University, was outstanding for Clarksville High with a game-high 34 points on 9-of-24 shooting, including going 8-of-18 from the 3-poit line and 8-of-9 from the 3-point line. It just that he was outdueled by Central’s Andre Applewhite and his 29 points and double-double making 10 rebounds and Myron Johnson’s 15 points.

The loss ends Region 5-AAA champion and Sectional winner Clarksville High’s season at 26-11.

Clarksville High's Tevin Majors puts it in for two. The Wildcats finished their season with a good fight, but lost to Memphis Central 68-62.
Clarksville High's Tevin Majors puts it in for two. The Wildcats finished their season with a good fight, but lost to Memphis Central 68-62.

Memphis Central (20-9) moves onto to the Class AAA State Championship game against Memphis East (22-9) a 81-71 winner over Science Hill.

“We played a tough game against a tough opponent,” Clarksville High coach Ted Young said. “We just weren’t able to come out on top against a very good basketball team. We were able to hit some shots, just not enough of them. Daijon was great and really was a leader all game long.”

Every time Memphis Central made a run, Clarksville High answered it.

Memphis Central led 13-10 at the end of the first quarter and then went on a 10-3 run at the start of the second to go ahead 23-13 with 4:15 left on Johnson’s jumper.

But by 5:30 left in the third, Clarksville High actually came back to take a 29-28 lead on a Williams 3-pointer with 5:30 to go.

Memphis Central took control again and pushed the lead back out to 46-38 by the end of the third, the difference was made courtesy a putback made by Memphis Central’s Antonio Gillespie.

Memphis Central eventually took a 51-41 advantage with 4:30 left in the game on a trey by D’ airrius Sorrell and a free throw by Joshua Jones and it led 60-50 with 2:06 to go on another free throw by Jones.

The Wildcats responded with one more run, this one a 10-2 streak and they cut it to 62-60 with 52 seconds left on two free throws by Williams. But it wasn’t enough as Central went on outscore Clarksville High 6-2 the rest of the way.

Box Score

Memphis Central 68, Clarksville High 62

Official Basketball Box Score
Memphis Central vs Clarksville
03/16/12 1:30pm at Murphy Center, Murfreesboro, TN.

Officials: Barry Mapp, Kenneth Beard, Cory Massey
Technical fouls: Memphis Central-Gillespie, Antonio. Clarksville-None.
Attendance:
Score by Periods                1st  2nd  3rd  4th   Total
Memphis Central...............   13   15   17   23  -   68
Clarksville...................   10   11   18   23  -   62

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
VISITORS: Memphis Central 20-9
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
03 Applewhite II, Andre *  8-12   2-3   11-14   0 10 10   2  29  1  4  0  6  29
05 Johnson, Myron...... *  5-8    0-2    5-9    0  1  1   4  15  0  1  0  1  25
11 Jones, Joshua....... *  3-4    0-1    3-5    0  2  2   4   9  2  1  0  0  29
22 Sorrell, D'airrius.. *  4-6    1-1    1-1    1  5  6   2  10  0  1  2  0  32
32 Herron, Frank....... *  1-1    0-0    0-2    1  0  1   3   2  0  0  2  0  20
10 Gillespie, Antonio..    1-4    0-0    1-2    0  3  3   3   3  0  3  0  0  22
21 Cain, Taj...........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   1   0  0  1  0  0  0+
25 Thomas, Deddrick....    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   1   0  0  0  0  0   3
   TEAM................                            1  1
   Totals..............   22-35   3-7   21-33   2 22 24  20  68  3 11  4  7 160

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 12-18 66.7%   2nd Half: 10-17 58.8%   Game: 62.9%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  2-5  40.0%   2nd Half:  1-2  50.0%   Game: 42.9%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  2-5  40.0%   2nd Half: 19-28 67.9%   Game: 63.6%    6

 

HOME TEAM: Clarksville 26-12
                          TOT-FG  3-PT         REBOUNDS
## Player Name            FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF  TP  A TO BLK S MIN
03 Williams, Daijon.... *  9-24   8-18   8-9    2  1  3   4  34  2  3  0  1  32
04 Holmes, Eric........ *  2-6    0-0    0-0    3  6  9   4   4  3  2  0  0  29
05 Knott, Chase........ *  2-4    1-2    2-2    4  1  5   5   7  3  3  0  3  30
14 Young Drake......... *  2-9    1-5    2-4    1  1  2   5   7  1  3  0  1  28
15 Hightower, Anthony.. *  2-7    1-3    1-2    1  3  4   5   6  0  2  0  0  24
02 Webb, Jeff..........    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   1   0  0  0  0  0   1
21 Alberstadt, Grant...    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   1
22 Guerra, Lawrenz.....    0-0    0-0    0-0    0  0  0   0   0  0  0  0  0   1
30 Majors, Tevin.......    2-4    0-0    0-0    3  2  5   2   4  0  0  0  0  14
   TEAM................                         1  3  4
   Totals..............   19-54  11-28  13-17  15 17 32  26  62  9 13  0  5 160

TOTAL FG% 1st Half:  8-25 32.0%   2nd Half: 11-29 37.9%   Game: 35.2%  DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half:  4-9  44.4%   2nd Half:  7-19 36.8%   Game: 39.3%   REBS
F Throw % 1st Half:  1-4  25.0%   2nd Half: 12-13 92.3%   Game: 76.5%    2
RELATED ARTICLES

Latest Articles