With Central-Talbotton having only one player taller than 6-foot-2, Turner County coach Eric Holland had every intention of taking advantage of his team’s size.
Turner County forwards Demetrius Ewing and Tray Pearce combined to score 37 points as Turner County cruised to a 73-52 win against the Hawks in the Class A quarterfinals on Friday
night at Columbus State’s Lumpkin Center.
With the win, the Rebels will play the winner of Southwest Atlanta Christian and Wilkinson County on Wednesday at 8:30 in the semifinals at the Macon Coliseum.
“The whole game plan was to get it inside,” Holland said. “That’s the way we wanted to play. We are a half-court team.”
Ewing led the way for the Rebels (27-4) with 25. He scored Turner County’s first 10 points of the second half and finished the half with 16. Pearce did most of his damage in the first half, scoring 10 of his 12. Champ Spikes made four 3-pointers and had 14.
Central (21-10) struggled at the start and end of the first half. The Hawks didn’t score their first point for almost three minutes, and Brandon Davis made their first field goal with 4:29 left in the opening quarter.
The Hawks only scored one field goal in the final 4:27 of the second quarter. The Rebels took advantage of the scoring drought, outscoring them 11-2 to end the half. Turner County led 35-22 at the half.
Davis led the Hawks with 15, while Domonick Steverson scored 12 and Xavier Carter had 11.
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