Season Comes To An End For Lady Cats

Friday night the Gilmer Lady Cats traveled to the Marist School in Brookhaven for their first-round State playoff game.

The Lady cats 21-7 overall on the season faced the Marist Lady War Eagles out of Region 7-4A with an overall record coming in at 20-7.  Coach Nunn had her girls ready to play hard and fight for the opportunity to play a second round game in the GHSA State playoffs.  The Lady War Eagles came out of the blocks fast with an 11-6 lead at the end of the first.  As the second period started, the Lady Cats found their rhythm and outscored Marist 20-15 to bring a halftime score at 26-26.  Leading the second period scoring for the Lady Cats was Hope Colwell with two big three-pointers(6 points in the period), Bailey Teague with 5 points including a three-pointer of her own. Four Lady Cats had two points each in the 20 point period to tie the score.  Mallory Kiser, MaryLee Callihan, Beth Burnette, and Emma Deyton.

Coming out of halftime, the Lady Cats started slowly(6 Points) as the basket seemed to have a lid on to prevent the ball from going through.  The Lady War Eagles played slowly as well with just 7 points in a period that appeared to drag on due to the pace of play.  Marist held a 33-32 lead as the buzzer sounded to end the third period.  After a minute with the coaches, the Gilmer Girls came back to the floor ready for the fourth and final period.  With the help of several argumentative calls that coaches and fans showed disagreement with, the Marist Lady War Eagles showed a renewed energy.  Marist stretched out a 10 point lead midway in the period.  The Lady Cats fought hard through the aforementioned adversity but in the end, Gilmer came up short.   The 51-41 loss to Marist Lady War Eagles brings to a close the 2018-2019 season for a great group of girls.  The Lady Cats gave all they had each and every game.  This loss also brings to an end the high school careers of two seniors.  MaryLee Callihan and Mallory Kiser have been friends, leaders and role models to the Lady Cats for the present and those that will play in the future.

Great Season Ladies and Thank you Mallory and MaryLee!!