![Stephenson's Naomi Holloway (24) drives past Tuckers Morgan Collins (5) during the Lady Jaguars 53-50 Region 4-6A victory on Tuesday. (Photo by Mark Brock)](https://www.dekalbschoolsga.org/athletics/files/2016/12/Steph-Naomia-Holloway-24-Tucker-Morgan-Collins-5.2-300x200.jpg)
Stephenson’s Naomi Holloway (24) drives past Tuckers Morgan Collins (5) during the Lady Jaguars 53-50 Region 4-6A victory on Tuesday. (Photo by Mark Brock)
The Stephenson Lady Jaguars improved to 6-0 in Region 4-6A play as they held off a strong comeback by the Tucker Lady Tigers in a tight 53-50 victory at Stephenson on Tuesday night.
A three-pointer by Jasoni Buchanan with 6:38 to play in the game gave Stephenson (6-4, 6-0) a 12-point lead (46-34) and the Lady Jaguars looked to be cruising to a win.
Tucker (8-2, 4-2) had other ideas as Morgan Collins heated up from outside hitting the first of three three-pointers in the next four minutes, including the game tying three with 2:36 to play, in 14-2 run that knotted the two teams at 48-48. Bria Bass added a three-pointer and Jemese Davis hit a layup in the run.
Naomi Holloway hit two of four free throws in a 20 second time span to give Stephenson a 50-48 advantage with 2:16 to play.
Bass tied the game with a pair of free throws with 2:13 to play and the two teams were knotted at 50-50.
The two teams each had a pair of turnovers as the clock went under a minute to play. Buchanan rebounded a Stephenson miss and was fouled with 22.3 seconds to play. She hit one of the two charity shots to give Stephenson at 51-50 advantage.
Tucker went down the floor, but had to foul Holloway after a pair of missed shots with 4.7 seconds to play. Holloway sank both free throws to make it a 53-50 lead.
The Lady Tigers tried to get up the court for a chance to tie the game, but the Stephenson defense slowed them enough to let the clock run out sealing the 53-50 region victory.
Holloway finished with a game high 22 points in the win while Jasoni Buchanan contributed 11 points and 7 rebounds.
Davis hit for 15 points and grabbed 13 rebounds for Tucker while Bria Bass added 15 points and Morgan Collins 13.
![Tucker's Joshua Cammon (10) glides between Stephenson defenders Trevon Daniel (12) and Drevion Evans (1) during the Tigers' 65-53 Region 4-6A victory on Tuesday. (Photo by Mark Brock)](https://www.dekalbschoolsga.org/athletics/files/2016/12/Steph-Trevon-Daniel-12-Tucker-Joshua-Cammon-10-Steph-Drevion-Evans-1.2-200x300.jpg)
Tucker’s Joshua Cammon (10) glides between Stephenson defenders Trevon Daniel (12) and Drevion Evans (1) during the Tigers’ 65-53 Region 4-6A victory on Tuesday. (Photo by Mark Brock)
(B) Tucker 65, Stephenson 53
Jevon Tatum and Joshua Cammon helped the Tucker Tigers lead from start to finish on the way to a 65-53 Region 4-6A road victory over the Stephenson Jaguars on Tuesday night.
Tatum had the hot hand in the first quarter scoring 11 of the Tigers (5-3, 5-1) 19 points on the way to a 19-15 advantage. Tatum broke a 2-2 tied with a pull up jumper in the line to give Tucker the lead for good at 4-2 with 5:56 to play in the first quarter.
He would go on to hit three treys from behind the arc to keep the Tigers out front heading into the second quarter up 19-15.
The Tucker guard opened the second quarter with a drive to the basket and his drive with 4:02 left in the half would extend the lead to 11 (29-18).
Cammon finished the half at the foul line after being fouled on a three-point attempt. He hit all three foul shots to send the Tigers into the break, up 34-25.
The two teams matched points in the third quarter scoring 10 each to head into the final quarter with the Tigers holding their lead at nine (44-35).
Tatum drove to the basket to open the final period of play and Nathaniel Ogbu took pass on the way to the basket from Nicholas Watson for a slam to increase the Tucker lead to 13 (48-35) with 6:58 reaming in the game.
Cammon hit an old fashioned three-point play and Trevon Flowers got inside three consecutive trips down the floor to push the Tigers’ lead to 17 (57-40) with 3:49 left in the game.
Watson would hit a three-pointer and Cammon added another three-point play to stem a Stephenson rally led by Bryce Latimer. Latimer would hit for eight points to cut the lead to 60-50 with 1:40 to play before Cammon’s three-point play with 57 seconds made it a 13-point advantage.
Tatum finished with 19 points and Cammon added 14 points and 9 rebounds for Tucker while Ogbu contributed 10 to reach double figures.
The loss was the first in region play for the Jaguars, now 6-5 overall and 5-1 in the region. Latimer hit for a game-high 23 points to lead the Jaguars.