SMC Basketball
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Murphy won by 5 lady braves were up most the game both teams had a lot of foul trouble, very physical game
Murphy girls by 5. Rogers hit some big free throws at the end. They where pretty flat tonight
I was told tonight that Rogers had 33 against robbinsville and around 10 blocks. That girl is a beast
Newest bracket has Madison replacing Moravian Prep. Maybe they overbooked themselves? Still enough good teams there for a fun event. Franklin’s front court is really good-three three/four-year starters including a lanky 6-5 SF named Green that I think could be a steal for somebody at the next level.
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O&R do you know anything about the streaming of the Swain and Cherokee tournaments?
Don't know how accurate these are but someone texted me that at Swain Hiwassee Dam downed Tuscola, Smoky down Andrews and Hayesville running clock with MT Heritage.
Heritage girls won big over hayesville but Hayesville boys were up big over heritage when we left.
I had seen that Polk County replaced Tuscola on the boys side and HD beat Polk in OT. HD girls beat Tuscola girls. Smoky beat Andrews by 4 in boys and by a lot in girls. Swain girls beat Brevard by a lot. Swain boys beat Brevard by 7.
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Day 2 from Swain:
Girls: Tuscola 48, Andrews 30
Boys: Andrews 64, Polk County 53
Girls: Brevard 49, Hayesville 41 (also seeing as 49-44)
Boys: Mountain Heritage 54, Brevard 46
Girls: Smoky Mountain 70, Hiwassee Dam 60
Boys: Hiwassee Dam 85, Smoky Mountain 53
Girls: Mountain Heritage 77, Swain 53
Boys: Hayesville 86, Swain 58
Tomorrow's bracket:
7th Place Girls: Andrews v. Hayesville
7th Place Boys: Polk County v. Brevard
5th Place Girls: Tuscola v. Brevard
5th Place Boys: Andrews v. Mountain Heritage
3rd Place Girls: Hiwassee Dam v Swain
3rd Place Boys: Smoky Mountain v Swain
Girls Championship: Smoky Mountain v Mountain Heritage
Boys Championship: Hiwassee Dam v Hayesville
Girls: Tuscola 48, Andrews 30
Boys: Andrews 64, Polk County 53
Girls: Brevard 49, Hayesville 41 (also seeing as 49-44)
Boys: Mountain Heritage 54, Brevard 46
Girls: Smoky Mountain 70, Hiwassee Dam 60
Boys: Hiwassee Dam 85, Smoky Mountain 53
Girls: Mountain Heritage 77, Swain 53
Boys: Hayesville 86, Swain 58
Tomorrow's bracket:
7th Place Girls: Andrews v. Hayesville
7th Place Boys: Polk County v. Brevard
5th Place Girls: Tuscola v. Brevard
5th Place Boys: Andrews v. Mountain Heritage
3rd Place Girls: Hiwassee Dam v Swain
3rd Place Boys: Smoky Mountain v Swain
Girls Championship: Smoky Mountain v Mountain Heritage
Boys Championship: Hiwassee Dam v Hayesville
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Girls championship game will be Smokey Mountain vs Mountain Heritage.
Braves lost big to Lincoln charter, bishop McGuinnes and Richmond play in the boys championship
Lady braves lose a close one to north buncombe, NB plays east Rutherford in the womens championship
Lady braves lose a close one to north buncombe, NB plays east Rutherford in the womens championship
Heritage is definitely the best team, but strange things on the third day of tournaments. I still think it will be by 20 or more.
Your right, I’ve took this group of girls to tournaments since they were 5-6 years old. They never cease to shock me good and bad lol
Murphy girls play rabun county ga in the championship tonight in the battle of the states tournament.
Not that I know of. FYN is posting about the games but not live streaming
RidgelineTV--public access channel in North GA--used to live stream Battle of the States on their YouTube page every year. Wish they still did.
Good deal, thanks. Heritage girls came out flat but pulled away by 19 in 2nd half. Hats off to SM they played a hard fought game.
Murphy played the worst quarter they've played in literal years to open the game, Cherokee was up 14-2 at the end of the 1st. Lady 'Dogs battled back to tie it up in the 4th but lady Braves never relinquished the lead. You can't drop home games in this conference and expect to win the conference title, lady Knights in the driver's seat now with Cherokee and Murphy on their court.
Murphy girls are in a funk right now, they were poor in their last game against Highlands too, a monster game from Rogers is the only thing that saved them in that one. Hopefully they get the ship righted before playoffs start, they still have enough to win it all in my opinion if they are hitting on all cylinders but their margin for error is definitely not what it was for the last couple of Murphy girls teams.
Murphy girls are in a funk right now, they were poor in their last game against Highlands too, a monster game from Rogers is the only thing that saved them in that one. Hopefully they get the ship righted before playoffs start, they still have enough to win it all in my opinion if they are hitting on all cylinders but their margin for error is definitely not what it was for the last couple of Murphy girls teams.
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Murphy boys lose in double OT to HD. 'Dogs were up by 22 in the 3rd Q and lost, inexcusable
County rival schools--one three times bigger than the other. Then the small one's all-conference center transfers to the bigger school at the beginning of the school year. When they play, the small school comes back from 22 down and finishes off a season sweep. It's like the plot of an 80s sports movie. But I can see why you're mad.
Obviously if they can go to 3A West #3 RPI Enka and be neck and neck until the second half, and beat the 2A and 3A GA schools that they've beaten, Murphy has a good team. So then some of the losses they have must be extra frustrating.
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Murphy should really have 4 or 5 more wins right now, so yes it's frustrating for sure. This is the most talented team they've had in a decade talent wise and they're only going to be more talented in the next few years with last year's JV conference champs (plus Rummler) becoming upperclassmen and this year's undefeated middle school team that rolled everybody, moving up.
Next year's team should be one of the favorites in conference on paper with all their contributors, minus Hunter Laney, returning and the graduation losses of Hayesville and Swain. But one of the favorites, versus THE favorite probably depends on whether Ray is coaching them or not.
Murphy is 2-6 in games decided by five points or less. I'll let others decide what that infers.
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Crazy game in swain bunch of fans for swain got thrown out, Swains Groenewold got 2 T's and got ejected, hayesville boys beat swain for the third time this year 80-55
Hayesville starting to look like a legit title contender if they keep playing at this level.
Hayesville starting to look like a legit title contender if they keep playing at this level.
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