Pickett County’s Courtney Pritchett finished with 21 points and 11 rebounds in Wednesday’s Class A quarterfinal loss to South Greene.
MURFREESBORO — The Pickett County girls’ trip to the Class A tournament was a short one.as the Lady Bobcats suffered a 76-65 quarterfinal defeat to South Greene on Wednesday at MTSU’s Murphy Center.
“We just did some uncharacteristic things that we’re not used to doing,” Pickett County coach Brent Smith said. “Everybody wants to win at the end, and unfortunately we didn’t. We’re disappointed — our sights were on a gold ball — and we fell short of that.”
After a fast-paced, back-and-forth first half, South Greene (33-4), which shot 60.5 percent from the field, claimed a 45-33 advantage following back-to-back 3-pointers from Braelyn Wykle with six minutes left in the third quarter.
And while the Lady Bobcats eventually countered, pulling to within 48-45 on an Alahna Bilbrey’s 3-pointer, that was as closed as they’d come.
“We got it to three, but they just made some big shots,” Smith said. “I knew they could shoot it really good. I didn’t know they could shoot it that good.”
South Greene’s Taylor Lamb, who pulled down a team-leading 12 rebounds, finished with a game-high 23 points on 9-of-11 shooting, while Wykle added 20 points, four rebounds and six assists.
“We’ve got such a solid team that we don’t just rely on one,” said South Greene coach Stephen Gregg, who captured his 150th career win. “We have a bevy of players that can come out and lead us in different categories, but it’s special when Taylor (Lamb) is playing the way she is.”
Pickett County (29-3), which shot 44.6 percent from the field while being outrebounded 31-25, was led by Courtney Pritchett’s 21-point, 11-rebound, seven-assist effort. Jayna Ferrell added 19 points.
Reach Michael Murphy at 615-269-8262 and on Twitter @Murph_TNsports .