BAKER — There is still a lot of basketball to be played before next month’s district tournament.
That said, Baker School’s girls basketball team is heading in the right direction. The Gators hosted Northview in a District 3-1A game Monday in a game that was all Baker.
Izzy Cain scored a game-high 27 points for Baker as the Gators rolled to a 61-19 win. The last 14 minutes, 30 seconds of the game was played with a running clock.
Ayajah Coleman hit a 3-point basket with 6:30 left in the third quarter to start the running clock, but the Gators had the game well in hand long before then.
“It’s always good to get that first district win and get a little momentum going,” Baker Coach Jamie Kerrell said. “The girls are playing with confidence and with a little attitude.
“They are playing aggressive and with a little attitude and that’s what you want to have going into district play.”
Baker (4-3, 1-1) scored more than enough points to win in the first four minutes of the game outscoring the Chiefs 20-1 in that stretch.
Cain got the Gators off to a fast start with a 3-pointer 12 seconds into the game. Thirty second later she hit a 2-point basket.
Coleman got into the act with as steal and score to put the Gators up 7-0. Baker’s quick start left one question unanswered, how quickly would the Gators get to the running clock?
Cain had 15 points in the first quarter as Baker led 30-7 at the end of the first quarter. The Gators stretched the lead to 44-11 at the half as fans anticipated the inevitable start of the running clock.
“We’ve spent a lot of time working on our defense,” Kerrell said. “I knew our guards were going to be able to pressure their guards. When you have attacking defense and get turnovers, that makes for easy offense.”
Coleman scored 16 points for Baker to join Cain in double figures. Amanda Parisi had eight points and Kaitlyn Watts scored five points.
Northview 7 4 4 4 – 19
Baker 30 14 13 3 – 61
NORTHVIEW (19)
De`Asia Fountain 5, Jamia Newton 4, Autumn Albritton 1, Jada Tucker 7, Lexy Smail 2. Totals 6 1 4-15 19.
BAKER (61)
Emily Ramey 2, Izzy Cain 27, Alena Banks 1, Amanda Parisi 8, Ayajah Coleman 16, Ashley Black 2, Kaitlyn Watts 5. Totals 19 4 11-19 61.
Baker-Northview girls basketball box
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