Here are some of the top stories in Class AAAAA basketball:
*One still standing: The two remaining undefeated boys teams in AAAAA participated in the Blue Collar Basketball MLK Classic at Berkmar on Monday, and only one emerged with its perfect record intact. Fourth-ranked Clarke Central fell to 17-1 when it lost to Class AAA No. 4 Morgan County 76-67 in overtime. Tookie Brown scored 24 points to lead Morgan County, which put the game away with an 18-2 run in the fourth quarter and overtime. Second-ranked Allatoona improved to 19-0 with a 65-57 victory over Class AAAA No. 2 Fayette County. Rodney Brown had 24 points and 10 rebounds and Daniel Fowler had 19 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds for Allatoona. The Buccaneers will be back in action on Tuesday at home against Rome in a Region 5-AAAAA game.
*Wolverines lose: The top-ranked Miller Grove boys team led 51-49 after three quarters but was outscored 21-10 in the fourth in a 70-61 loss to Roselle Catholic (N.J.) on Monday in the Flyin' To The Hoop Invitational in Dayton, Ohio. Keith Pinckney scored 18 points and Alterique Gilbert had 13 for Miller Grove (15-5). James Walker finished with 10 points and nine rebounds. Roselle Catholic's Isaiah Briscoe, who has offers from Arizona, Syracuse Ohio State and about 15 other top Division I schools, led all scorers with 24 points. This was the first of three challenging games this week for Miller Grove, which plays at No. 10 M.L. King on Friday and hosts No. 7 Stephenson on Saturday.
*Rankings: M.L. King's boys team moved into the rankings at No. 10 this week after Villa Rica, which was No. 8 last week, lost to New Manchester and fell out of the top 10. M.L. King plays Southwest DeKalb on Tuesday before facing Miller Grove and Douglas County this weekend. All three games are at home. The top 10 girls teams remained the same, but Southwest DeKalb moved into the No. 1 spot after previous No. 1 Tucker lost to sixth-ranked Forest Park 45-43 on Saturday. Tucker fell to No. 2.
*Coming up
There are several good girls game on the schedule for Tuesday night. Here’s a brief look at three of the best:
- Stephenson at Tucker: Second-ranked Tucker will try to recover from its loss to Forest Park when it hosts fifth-ranked Stephenson in a Region 6 game. This will be the first of two meetings between the DeKalb County teams over the final three weeks of the regular season. They will meet again at Stephenson on Feb. 7.
- Drew at Forest Park: Sixth-ranked Forest Park will try to maintain its slim lead over No. 7 Drew for first place in the Region 4 subregion A standings. Forest Park comes in with a six-game winning streak that began with a 58-54 victory at Drew on Jan. 4. Forest Park has not lost to a Class AAAAA team this season.
- Creekview at Sequoyah: The top two teams in Region 7 meet in an important subregion A game. Ninth-ranked Sequoyah is unbeaten in region play and has a two-game lead over Creekview with six region games remaining. Sequoyah beat Creekview 40-33 on the road in their first meeting in November.
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