West Point's Tyler White attempts to save the ball during Friday's game.

WEST POINT — West Point’s varsity girls weren’t messing around against Russellville on Friday.

The Class 5A No. 9 Lady Warriors dominated from start to finish inside Jim Boyd Gymnasium, picking up a 72-34 win against the Lady Golden Tigers to improve to 19-4 this season.

Coach John Welborn’s team, which wrapped up area play at 6-0, led at the quarter breaks 25-13, 48-20 and 62-32.

Not a bad day at the office.

“We got some girls on the bench some good minutes and experience, so they can help us when it really matters,” Welborn said. “They did well tonight. I thought several played well. We’re not there yet, but we’re getting closer. We’re starting to gel a little more. We’re practicing really hard right now. We’re probably practicing harder than we’re playing. We’ve just got to continue to have girls step up, and some of them did tonight. We’ve got to play good defense, too.”

Miriam Oldacre spearheaded a balanced offensive attack for West Point with 17 points.

Maci Hamby (nine), Lexi Shadix (nine), Mackenzie Carter (eight), Sheridan Bowers (eight), Kyler Hembree (seven), Molly Pendley (five), Ryleigh Jones (four), Micah Oldacre (three) and Natalie Trammell (two) also pitched in buckets.

% Cullman 63, Jasper 45: The 6A No. 8 Lady Bearcats were too much for the Lady Vikings on Friday.

Anna Katherine Eastman compiled 18 points to help Cullman improve to 20-5 this season.

Regan Quattlebaum (eight), Alexandria Barker (eight), Anna Grace Murphy (seven) and Sadie Young (seven) racked up buckets for coach Josh Hembree’s squad as well in the road contest.

% Good Hope 50, Ashville 35: The Lady Raiders earned a home victory on Friday.

Rudi Derrick paved the way for Good Hope offensively with nine points.

Desire’ Odachowski, Heather Tetro and Ivey Maddox, meanwhile, came up with eight apiece.

% Hanceville 48, J.B. Pennington 39: The Lady Bulldogs improved to 12-8 following Friday’s road victory.

Kelly Pickett led Hanceville with 22 points. Cassidy Campbell (10) and Kierra Merriweather (nine) also contributed.

% Holly Pond 45, New Hope 21: Elizabeth Miller scored 20 points to help the Lady Broncos claim a win on Friday.

Maddie Heatherly (10) and Sarah Finley (six) were next in line offensively in the home matchup.

Holly Pond (11-11) capped off area play with a 6-0 record. 

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Varsity Boys

% Russellville 87, West Point 85: The Golden Tigers made a shot at the buzzer to defeat the Warriors on Friday.

Kolton Sapp delivered a team-high 22 points for West Point (10-13).

Kobe Bowers (18), Tyler Thompson (16) and Tyler White (15) also reached double figures in the loss.

Thompson added 10 rebounds to achieve a double-double.

Aubry Cleghorn (five), Will Cochran (four), Whitt Laney (three) and Rylan Jones (two) also scored.

% Cullman 60, Jasper 59: The Bearcats earned a razor-thin road win on Friday to improve to 16-8 this season.

Jayden Sullins registered a team-high 20 points for Cullman, while Kaleb Heatherly and Cooper Beck had 12 apiece.

Tucker Gambrill was good for eight as well.

% Good Hope 63, Ashville 56: The Raiders held off the Bulldogs for a home triumph on Friday.

Good Hope (18-5) was led in scoring by Noah Fendley with 19 points.

Cole Maddox (16), Drew Maddox (10) and Michael Lowe (eight) provided hearty contributions as well.

% Hanceville 75, J.B. Pennington 60: RJ Evans (30 points and 12 rebounds) and Raiden Morgan (14 points and 12 rebounds) recorded double-doubles to help the 3A No. 5 Bulldogs secure a road win on Friday.

Zeke McDonald also poured in 15 points for Hanceville, which improved to 18-4 overall and 6-0 in area play.

% New Hope 72, Holly Pond 69 (3OT): The Broncos fell to the Indians in three overtimes on Friday to drop to 12-11 this season.

It was Holly Pond’s first loss to an area opponent since 2010.

Kyler Chaney registered 29 points, while Devyn Tankersley added 14.