Grace Christian Cougars advance to Region Championship and Lady Cougars will play for third-place at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College
Published 11:01 am Wednesday, February 12, 2025
The GCA Cougars defeated Crisp Academy in the semi-finals of the 3A Region Tournament on Tuesday night. (Graphic submitted by GCA Athletics).
The Lady Cougars lost to arguably the best team in 3A and will play the Westwood Wildcats Friday evening at 4:00 p.m. at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. (Graphic submitted by GCA Athletics)
Layout of the Region 3A Girls basketball tournament where the top three teams advance.
Layout of the Region 3A Boys basketball tournament where the top three teams advance to State.
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The 2025 Region 3A Basketball Tournament is being held at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Georgia. The Grace Christian Cougars, who started as the No. 1 seed, demonstrated their dominance by defeating Crisp Academy 71-52 last night. This victory secured their spot in the Championship Game against the Fullington Academy Trojans on Thursday at 8:30 p.m.
Standout performances came from No. 2 Luke Boyett and No. 12 Owen Earnest, who scored 21 and 20 points respectively. Boyett contributed 10 rebounds, three steals, four assists, and two blocks, shooting 53 percent from the field and 3-for-5 from beyond the arc. Earnest, shot 47 percent from the field and perfect from the free-throw line, added a team-high eight assists, four rebounds, and three steals.
No. 22 junior Jacob Elkins scored 13 points and hit three of his seven three-point attempts against Crisp Academy. No. 10 Keith Eidson tied for a team-high plus/minus rating of +24 alongside Earnest and No. 5 Cade Wells. Eidson’s stat line included nine points, nine rebounds, and five steals.
A key factor in the Cougars’ comfortable win was their ability to force turnovers and share the ball effectively. They created 14 turnovers while only surrendering seven, and as a team, they recorded 22 assists.
The No. 4 seeded GCA Lady Cougars fell to Fullington Academy 48-27 at ABAC and will now face the Westwood Wildcats on Thursday at 5:30 p.m. in the third-place and elimination game.
The Lady Cougars were led by No. 5 senior forward Kate Poitevint, who had a double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds. No. 2 junior Lanie Gay netted eight points and grabbed four rebounds, while No. 33 senior Chloe Brogdon contributed six points, four rebounds, and three assists.
The Lady Cougars struggled offensively, managing to score double-digit points only in the third quarter against the Lady Trojans (22-4, 8-0), who have lost just once since the new year began. The upcoming third-place matchup against Westwood will serve as a rubber match, as the teams split their regular-season meetings with a 26-20 win for Westwood on January 14 and a 34-26 victory for the Lady Cougars on their senior night. Now, they face each other for the second time in 14 days to determine whose tale will reach its finale.
