MOULTRIE — Allowing Brooks County only two baskets during the first half, the Lady Packer varsity basketball team broke for halftime with a score of 33-5 during Friday night’s match.
By the final buzzer, the Lady Packers were ahead 57-29 for the win.
The regular season is now over and the Lady Packers finished 21-4 overall.
Of the eight region games, the Lady Packers ended 5-3, putting them in third seed for the tournament.
In addition to being one of the highest number of wins during a single season, this game marked Rondesha Williams’s 300th win as the head coach for the Lady Packers.
During the match against Brooks county, four Lady Packer athletes contributed to the scoreboard with 3-point shots: Amira Walters-Smith, Jamya Moore, Caylnn Singletary and Amareyia Knighton.
One of Walters-Smith’s 3-point shots was the initial basket of the game, 15 seconds into the first quarter.
Five Lady Packer athletes successfully stole the ball from Brooks County: D’Zeriyah Polite, Walters-Smith, Nyleigha Knighton, Singletary and Dalivia McBride.
Throughout the match the Lady Packers had 29 total rebounds coming from nine different athletes: Moore, Polite, Singletary, Nacardia Robinson, McBride, Walter-Smith, Ameris Johnson and both Knighton sisters.
All of those nine players also scored throughout the game.
Amareyia Knighton had the most baskets, bringing in 18 points, followed by Walters-Smith with 11.
The end of the game was emotional as Coach Williams received a thunderous cheer from the crowd when her 300th win was official.
Williams was presented with several gifts to commemorate her accomplishment, including a personalized basketball.
After the team made it into the locker room and Williams had a respite from well-wishers to be able to join them, the cheers could be heard well down the hallway.
Celebrations were well deserved, but now both Williams and her team are looking forward and preparing for the region tournament.
Game No. 1 for the Lady Packers is against Camden County, who finished their season second seed in the region with a record of 6-2.
In the two matches between Camden and the Lady Packers during the regular season both ended in a loss for the Lady Packers.
The first was played in an away game on Jan. 17. The game ended 61-40.
When they next faced Camden with home court advantage on Jan. 26, the Lady Packers were able to close that 21-point gap, though they didn’t have quite enough time to overtake the Wildcats.
46-42 – a difference of only two baskets – was on the scoreboard when the timer ran out.
The final battle between these two teams to determine who moves forward in the tournament will take place on Tuesday, February 13, at Lowndes.
Jump ball is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.