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By Brian Pitts
Enterprise Record

In the Davie JV girls basketball team’s game at Reagan on Jan. 38, the War Eagles did everything but lose.
But all’s well that ends well.
“We probably played the worst game we could have played,” coach Lamar Russell said after a 33-32 overtime victory. “We missed anywhere between 20-25 uncontested layups. We were bad for the free-throw line (13-30). So we couldn’t have played any worse.”
Davie took a 22-16 lead into the fourth quarter, but Reagan pushed the visitors to the brink by scoring 14 points in the fourth and forcing overtime at 30-30.
“We were making passes that were just not right,” Russell said.
In OT, Lucy Portman scored to give Davie a 32-30 lead. After the Raiders tied it at 32, Gracyn Coleman scored the game’s final point from the free-throw line. Reagan got a potential game-winning shot, but it was off the mark as Davie improved to 5-1 in the CPC.
“They had a shot in the corner and somehow it got knocked over to the other side of the floor,” Russell said. “Emily Hernandez, if I remember correctly, was the one that got her hand to knock it toward halfcourt, and they didn’t get another shot up after that.”
Coleman was a huge part of Davie’s third win in a row. She was responsible for eight of her team’s 10 points in the first, he converted 9 of 12 foul shots, and her output in three JV games has gone from five points to 12 to 17 in this one.
“Gracyn really carried us,” Russell said. “She’s doing whatever she can to help the team. If that means taking over, she’s doing that. If that means passing the ball, she’s doing that. She had some very good on-point passes that were not caught by us, which led to a turnover. So that’s something we’re going to work on.”
Notes: Portman had nine and Zahmirah Summers five. … There were 49 fouls in the game, including 24 on Davie. … Sarenity Miller and Audrina Bledsoe fouled out. “Those are two of my top two defenders,” he said. “Sarendity can alter a shot and Audrina is aggressive all the time.”
Tabor 45, Davie 36
The War Eagles’ winning streak was a fun little ride while it lasted. On Jan. 31 in Winston-Salem, Mt. Tabor put the game out of reach in the third quarter and prevented Davie from tying the Spartans for first place.
Tabor is the only team that’s beaten Davie (5-6, 5-2) in the CPC.
The War Eagles, who trailed by nine at halftime, watched Tabor rip off a 13-1 run in the third. Davie responded with a 13-1 run of its own in the fourth, but it was too little too late.
“We started to play (in the fourth), but it was too late,” Russell said. “Within a 30-second range, we got (the deficit) down from 16 to nine. We started getting after it. We got downhill like we should have. We got the shots that we wanted.
“What I think gave the game away was 10 for 32 from the free-throw line. Against Reagan, we were 13 for 30 from the line. That’s 23 for 62 (37 percent) in the past two games. That right there is a killer.”
Davie’s scoring leaders were Coleman (11), Mabyn Morris (10) and Portman (six).
“I’m not mad about that game,” he said. “We’re just going to have to bounce back and play better against West Forsyth and take it to them.”
Davie 33, Reagan 32 (OT) – Gracyn Coleman 17, Lucy Portman 9, Zahmirah Summers 5, Kate Nicholson 1, Sarenity Miller 1.
Tabor 45, Davie 36 – Gracyn Coleman 11, Mabyn Morris 10, Lucy Portman 6, Zuria Turner 3, Zahmirah Summers 3, Kate Nicholson 2, Sarenity Miller 1.