BUFORD – It wasn't a great night from the foul line for the Buford Lady Wolves, but they'll take the outcome.
Tate Walters scored 23 points to lift the Lady Wolves (27-2) past Veterans 59-44 and advance to their 14th-straight semifinals Tuesday night at home.
The Lady Wolves were 14-of-27 from the foul line.
Tatum Ozment scored 13 points and Sarah Viti had 11 in the win.
Buford will play the winner of Southwest DeKalb/Griffin Saturday at Columbus State University. Game time is 2 p.m.
BEACH 64
DAWSON COUNTY 51
The Lady Tigers (22-9) were feeling pretty good through three quarters, then the fourth quarter happened.
Beach outscored Dawson County 27-13 in the final quarter to knock the Lady Tigers out of the Class 3A playoffs Tuesday night in Savannah.
"I am very proud of the Lady Tigers for making it to the Elite 8," Dawson coach Steve Sweat said. "We ran up against a good Beach team tonight."
Kaylee Sticker led the Lady Tigers with 16 points, finishing her career at Dawson County with 1,654 points – a school record. Marley Townley finished with 10 points.
After falling behind 8-5 in the first quarter, the Lady Tigers used a 9-0 run to build a 14-8 advantage late in the opening period. The second quarter was back and forth between the two foes, with Dawson taking a 24-20 advantage at the half.
In the second half, Beach (26-4) opened the third with a pair of baskets to tie the game, but Dawson pushed it back up six points before Beach rallied again to close the quarter, 38-37 Dawson, at the end 24 minutes.
The Bulldogs began their fourth-quarter rally by rolling off eight consecutive points to earn their first lead since early in the game, 40-38.
The Lady Tigers, however, were able to reclaim the lead 41-40 later, but Beach would take the lead for good with a 9-0 run.
Dawson's Sticker nailed a 3-pointer to cut the difference back to six points, but Beach implemented the stall game, forcing the Lady Tigers to foul and seal the win.
WESLEYAN 76
LAKEVIEW 51
Eliza Snyder scored 20 points and Jackie Allen had 14 in Lakeview's quarterfinal loss to Wesleyan Tuesday night at home.
Joelle Snyder chipped in 9 points in the loss.
Lakeview finished the season with a 25-5 record.
EARLY COUNTY 73
RABUN COUNTY 60
Early County outscored Rabun 19-5 in the fourth quarter to walk out of Tiger with the win.
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