Colquitt County and Archer are the first teams in history to average 50 points per playoff game entering the state finals since the GHSA went to a 32-team field in 1996. They are playing each other for the Class AAAAAA title this week. Here are the highest-scoring pairs of finalists based on points per game in the playoffs since '96. Only one of the pairs - Brookwood and Colquitt County in 2010 - exceeded their average in the championship game. Brookwood won 58-32.

103.50 - Colquitt County (53) vs. Archer (50.5) 2014

92.00 - Buford (47) vs. Calhoun (45) 2008

88.25 - Buford (39.5) vs. Washington Co. (48.75) 2013

83.75 - Calhoun (44.5) vs. Buford (39.25) 2011

81.25 - Charlton County (39) vs. Calhoun (42.25) 2005

81.00 - GAC (41.75) vs. Benedictine (39.25) 2014

80.75 - Peach County (43.5) vs. Dougherty (37.25) 2005

79.50 - Jefferson (43) vs. Calhoun (36.5) 2012

79.25 - Dublin (48.25) vs. Charlton County (31) 2006

79.00 - Buford (44.5) vs. Calhoun (34.5) 2010

78.75 - Sandy Creek (39) vs. Ridgeland (39.75) 2012

78.50 - Washington Co. (42.25) vs. Americus (36.25) 1996

78.25 - Washington County (48.5) vs. Calhoun (29.75) 2014

77.75 - Sandy Creek (42) vs. Carrollton (35.75) 2010

77.00 - Buford (44) vs. Charlton County (33) 2003

76.75 - Norcross (34) vs. Lovejoy (42.75) 2012

76.25 - Brookwood (37.25) vs. Colquitt County (39) 2010

75.25 - Lovett (40) vs. Lamar County (35.25) 2013

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