Oak Ridge sophomore post Mykia Dowdell (34) had 15 points for the Lady Wildcats during a first-round quarterfinal game in the Lenoir City Christmas Tournament on Monday, Dec. 28, 2015. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
LENOIR CITY—The Oak Ridge Lady Wildcats advanced to a semifinal game in the Lenoir City Christmas Tournament with a 49-29 win over Sequoyah on Monday.
Sophomore Mykia Dowdell led Oak Ridge (10-2, 5-0 District 3-AAA) with 15 points. Senior Caelyn Thompson scored eight, and junior Courtney Ellison and freshman Jada Guinn each added six. Nine players scored for the Lady Wildcats, who got off to an 8-0 start in the first quarter and never trailed.
Madi Haymes scored 10 for Sequoyah, a 6-8 Class AA team from Madisonville, and Bailee Lane and Haley Isbell had six each.
Oak Ridge will play Lenoir City (7-6, 1-3 District 4-AAA) in a seminal game in Lenoir City at 6 p.m. Tuesday, December 29. The winner of that game will play the winner of the Upperman-Stone Memorial game in a championship game at 6 p.m. Wednesday, December 30.
The Upperman-Stone Memorial game was scheduled to start at 3 p.m. Tuesday. Stone Memorial beat Powell 64-44 in a first-round quarterfinal game on Monday.
More information will be added as it becomes available.
Sophomore Mykia Dowdell (34) scored a game-high 15 points for the Lady Wildcats during a 49-29 win over Sequoyah in a first-round game at the Lenoir City Christmas Tournament on Monday, Dec. 28, 2015. At left is senior Caelyn Thompson (22), who had eight points. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Freshman point guard Jada Guinn (24) scored six points for the Lady Wildcats during a 49-29 win over Sequoyah in a first-round game at the Lenoir City Christmas Tournament on Monday, Dec. 28, 2015. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Junior Courtney Ellison (10) scored six points for the Lady Wildcats during a 49-29 win over Sequoyah in a first-round game at the Lenoir City Christmas Tournament on Monday, Dec. 28, 2015. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
Oak Ridge senior Caelyn Thompson (22), who scored eight points for the Lady Wildcats, passes during a 49-29 win over Sequoyah in a first-round game at the Lenoir City Christmas Tournament on Monday, Dec. 28, 2015. (Photo by John Huotari/Oak Ridge Today)
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