Boys basketball regionals: Tanner 92, Tarrant 80
Published 9:30 am Friday, February 13, 2015
- Tarrant boys basketball coach Chris Berry, standing, shouts to his players during their Northwest Regional semifinal loss to Tanner on Thursday.
HANCEVILLE — The end of the season has come for Tarrant’s boys basketball team.
Tanner beat the Wildcats 92-80 in wgat was by far the highest-scoring game of the day at the Class 2A Northwest Regional Tournament, held at Wallace State-Hanceville’s Tom Drake Coliseum.
The Rattlers led 21-13 after the first quarter, 45-35 at the half and 69-62 after the third period. Tarrant’s seven-point deficit to begin the fourth quarter was as close as the Wildcats got in the second half.
Tanner’s biggest lead was a 63-45 advantage early in the third quarter.
The Wildcats had four players finish with double figures. Santez Blevins recorded a double-double, scoring 22 points and collecting 19 rebounds. Cameron McFarland and Michael Sadler each scored 16 points and Deuntra Head added 12.
Markel Mull led the Rattlers with a game-high 31 points. Johnathan Fletcher scored 19 points and had 11 rebounds, Ibrahim White finished with 16 points and Jarmal Townsend added 11.
Tanner outrebounded Tarrant 57-53. Both teams attempted a combined 168 shots.
The Wildcats finish with a 13-15 record in their first trip to the regional playoffs since 2008, when they competed in Class 4A.
Russell Moore is the sports information director for Wallace State Community College at Hanceville.
