Evans’ Double-Digit Performance Boosts Lady Barons Past (RV) Talladega in 84-78 Win

MOUNT VERNON, Ga. – Brewton-Parker Lady Barons Basketball returned to Mount Vernon, Ga. to host (RV) Talladega (Ala.) on Monday night.

The Lady Barons (9-5, 3-3 SSAC) downed the talented Tornadoes (12-5, 4-2 SSAC) with an 84-78 win in Gillis Gymnasium.

“We beat a really good team today,” Head Coach Steve Edwards mentioned. “We found a way to make plays and get stops when it counted the most.”

We are learning what it takes to win games late and today, we found a way to get a big win,” Edwards added. “We have two more games this week so we will get back to work tomorrow to prepare.”

How It Happened

The Tornadoes opened the game with a quick bucket before both teams came up empty-handed on the following trips down the floor. About a minute and a half into the opening quarter, Madison Evans leveled the game to put the Lady Barons on the board. With two free throws in the books for Micah Bess, Brewton-Parker held an early two-point lead just moments later.

Talladega answered with a jumper to level the game with just over seven minutes left in the first quarter. Once the Tornadoes broke free at 6:15 left, Talladega would not look back as they held the lead for the remainder of the quarter. TC managed to build up to a nine-point lead with two minutes to play but the Lady Barons closed out the first period with three free throws from Evans to knock the deficit to six with Talladega leading18-12.

After an opening bucket from the Tornadoes, Brewton-Parker found themselves closing in with back-to-back treys from Cisley Copper within the first minute of action. The Lady Barons flipped the script in the second period by finally reclaiming the lead with just under six minutes to play.

Brewton-Parker went on a 13-2 run that was capped off with a three-pointer from Copper, moving to a 10-point lead. Talladega managed to complete some damage control with two consecutive jumpers to close out the half. The Lady Barons headed off the court with the 36-30 lead after two quarters of play.

The opening five minutes of the third quarter included some back-and-forth action with BPC narrowly outscoring TC 11-10 to remain in control of the score with a seven-point, 47-40 lead. (Courtesy of BPC)