Redan’s Chae McLaurin saves a ball from going out of bounds behind Arabia Mountain’s Jamal Middleton (23). Redan won the DCSD title in a 44-42 thriller. (Photo by Mark Brock)

Tyonn Stuckey hit an off balance jumper from about 10 feet on the right side of the basket just before the final buzzer to give the Redan Raiders a thrilling 44-42 championship game victory over the host Arabia Mountain Rams at the DCSD Pre-Holiday Tournament at Arabia Mountain.

Arabia Mountain’s Darius Giles had drained a three-pointer with 25 seconds to play to knot the game at 42-42 to set up the final play for the Raiders (9-4).

Following a timeout, the Raiders inbounded against pressure from the Rams (6-7) and moved the ball up court as the clock wound down. Stuckey, the tournament MVP, drove between a pair of defenders as he moved to the right. As he dribbled between the defenders he stumbled, but with his eyes on the basket he jumped and lofted the shot towards the basket where it went through the net for the game-winner.

Arabia Mountain trailed 38-33 with 5:12 to play and had to rally twice to tie the game. Walter Cunningham’s drive for a bucket and Giles first three of the final period knotted the game at 38-38 with 3:12 to play.

Redan regained the lead on a basket by Chae McLaurin with 2:58 to play and held a 42-39 lead on a basket from Darryl Moody off a nice pass from McLaurin with 2:10 to play.

The Rams held Redan to just a basket by Stuckey in the opening period as Giles and Jamal Middleton hit for four points each in the quarter to give Arabia Mountain a 13-2 advantage heading into the second period of play.

Moody went to the boards in the second quarter for Redan to grab five rebounds and score eight points to give the Raiders a brief 21-19 lead.

Cunningham had a drive to the basket and a free throw to send Arabia Mountain into the half with a 22-21 advantage.

McLaurin’s long three-pointer just before the third quarter buzzer propelled Redan to a 35-31 lead heading into the final quarter.

Darryl Moody finished with a double-double of 14 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Raiders. Darius Giles had 15 points and Walter Cunningham added 10 for Arabia Mountain. Arabia’s Jermon Clark grabbed 10 boards in the game.

Arabia Mountain’s Samantha Pringle (30) drives against Stone Mountain’s Jamila Dickerson. Pringle won tournament MVP honors in leading Arabia Mountain to its second consecutive title. (Photo by Mark Brock)

Girls Championship
Arabia Mountain 49, Stone Mountain 27
Tournament MVP Samantha Pringle powered the Arabia Mountain Lady Rams to their second consecutive DCSD Pre-Holiday Tournament title 49-27 over the Stone Mountain Lady Pirates.

Pringle gave the Lady Rams (10-3) a 19-11 lead heading into half with two free throws with 13 seconds left in the second quarter.

She then teamed up with Marissa Mills as both scored six points in the third quarter to give Arabia Mountain a 21-point advantage (37-16) heading into the fourth quarter. Mills scored four of her points in the first 33 seconds of the period as the lead expanded to double digits.

Pringle scores all six of her points in the final four minutes including back-to-back baskets in just over a minute of play that pushed the lead to 35-15. Mills final points of the period came with 47 seconds to play as she pulled up for a jumper to make it 37-16 with one quarter to play.

Stone Mountain (7-6) would get no closer than 20 points (46-26) the rest of the way.

Pringle’s 16 points tied for the game-high while Marissa Mills and Kennedi Manning hit eight points each for Arabia Mountain. Alexis Warren hit for 16 points to lead Stone Mountain.

Dunwoody’s Kayla Blaise (14) on the move against Eagles Landing. (Photo by Mark Brock)

Girls Consolation
Eagles Landing 39, Dunwoody 33
Ashley Foster had a game high 19 points to lead Eagles Landing past Dunwoody in the girls’ third place game of the tournament.

Dunwoody (7-5) and Eagles Landing (6-6) were all knotted up at 18-18 at the half before Eagles Landing’s defense put the clamps on Dunwoody in the third quarter.

The Lady Wildcats managed just three points on three free throws by Anjanice Cutno in the final two minutes of the period while Foster hit on of her three three-pointers in the game and added another basket in a 9-0 run to open the second half.

Eagles Landing was up 27-21 heading into the third quarter when Foster hit her third trey of the game to open the period and Kearra Howard converted three consecutive steals into easy layups to open a 36-23 lead with 5:02 to play in the game.

Dunwoody would get no closer than the final of 39-33 the rest of the way despite Cutno scoring six points in the final 2:48 to close the gap.

Cutno finished with 16 points to lead the Lady Wildcats.

Stephenson’s Aaron Sterling (50) gets inside for a basket against Chamblee’s Glenn Robison (10). (Photo by Mark Brock)

Boys Consolation
Stephenson 39, Chamblee 34
The Stephenson Jaguars hit 10 of 12 free throws in the final 2:19 to seal a 39-34 victory over the Chamblee Bulldogs in the boys’ third place game of the tournament.

Chamblee’s Odell Ferrell drove to the basket with 2:27 to play to pull the Bulldogs (3-10) to within four (29-25) of the Jaguars (5-6).

Julian Larkin then began a 7-0 Jaguar run all from the free throw line as he hit four, Anthony Newsome two and Charles Fairchild one to expand the lead back out to 36-25.

Fairchild hit one more and Newsome added two as the Jaguars held off Chamblee for the win.

Newsome finished the game with 17 points to lead the Jaguars. Ferrell had 11 points to lead Chamblee.