In the first half, Carver’s Latrice Ragland scored 20 points against Gardendale.

She didn’t score again until halfway through the final period of the Rockets’ 62-42 victory Monday night.

Fancy halftime adjustments? Not really, said  coach Ryan Griffin.

“I decided coming out of the locker room that we were just going to double-team her from the start,” Griffin said. “It’s something we haven’t even practiced much, or at all.”

Griffin had his guards double up on Ragland when she got to half court, and back off when she passed the ball. The other three Rockets stayed back in a partial zone.

After a halftime tie, the Rams scored just four points in the third quarter.

Kasey Jones led the Rockets with 20 points. Chelsey Deloney came off the bench for 11 points and 10 rebounds. Taylor Lindsay scored 10 points.

Ragland finished with 29 points for the Rams.

In other girls games:

Minor 34, Gardendale 30: Ashley Beverly’s 16 points in with four treys the first quarter put the Rockets into a hole from which they could not quite climb out. She finished the game with 23 points.

Kacey Jones led the Rockets with 12 points.

Mortimer Jordan 65, Moody 32: Haylie McCleney scored a season-high 30 points. Mandy Segers added 11 points, with three 3-pointers.

Sumiton Christian 45, Corner 35: The Yellow Jackets led at the half on Monday, but a disputed blocking foul led to a technical and four free throws for the Eagles, who drew out the lead from there.

Shannen Tolbert scored 12 points, Carissa Reeves had 11 and Preslie Cruce 10.

BOYS

Corner 46, Mortimer Jordan 30: The Jackets broke the game open in the third quarter. Jason Vaughn led Corner with 11 points. Ben Hardiman scored 10 for MoJo.

Tabernacle Christian 44, Victory Christian-Columbus 33: Wes Felix hit a pair of treys late that gave the Torches the cushion they needed for the victory Friday.

Fred Goodgame scored 17, and Carson Dabbs 12.

Hayden 71, J.B. Pennington 52: Seth Aderhold scored 24 points and Brandon Echols added 22 as the Wildcats (10-11) prevailed in Monday’s first round of the Blount County Basketball Tournament at Hayden.

Jared Hargett scored 11 points. Aderhold, Echols and Hargett each knocked down three 3-pointers.

Mortimer Jordan 60, Locust Fork 59: Tyler Pelkey hit four free throws in the waning seconds to seal Friday’s comeback victory.

Pelkey finished with 19 points, and Ben Hardiman led Jordan (9-10) with 20.

Corner 66, Sumiton Christian 40: Jason Vaughn scored 16 points, Hagen Williams had 13 and Tyler Jones 12. Alan Beasley led the Eagles with nine points.