MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- Red Bank's late charge toward a Class AAA championship ended Friday night.

The Lions put together a strong district, region and sectional effort in advancing to the state tournament, but White Station ended the Lions' hopes, 77-59, in a semifinal Friday night.

White Station raced to a 21-14 lead after one quarter and then took a 34-26 lead into halftime at Murphy Center on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University.

In the third quarter, White Station put the game away by outscoring Red Bank, 23-17.

Tim Benford led the Lions with 19 points while Nick Ross added 13 and Dominique McDuffie scored 10.

Official Basketball Box Score
Red Bank vs White Station
03/14/08 7:00 PM at Murfreesboro, TN (Murphy Center)

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VISITORS: Red Bank 27-8
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
20 Clay,Kelvin......... * 1-6 1-6 0-0 0 1 1 4 3 0 1 0 1 15
22 Benford,Tim......... * 8-19 1-4 2-6 4 11 15 3 19 2 3 0 3 30
24 Mitchell,Jared...... * 1-5 0-1 2-2 1 1 2 2 4 1 2 0 4 22
30 Britt,Bradley....... * 3-11 2-6 0-0 1 4 5 3 8 0 2 0 0 22
44 McDuffie,Dominique.. * 5-11 0-1 0-2 4 1 5 4 10 2 3 3 5 25
14 Ross,Nick........... 5-15 3-9 0-0 4 2 6 0 13 0 0 0 0 16
15 Joshen,Patrick...... 1-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 9
33 Davis,Corey......... 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
34 Maddox,Kerry........ 0-3 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 4 0 2 3 0 2 17
42 Hicks,Danny......... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
45 Wise,Aaron.......... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
TEAM................ 3 1 4 1
Totals.............. 24-72 7-27 4-10 17 21 38 21 59 7 16 3 15 160

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-32 34.4% 2nd Half: 13-40 32.5% Game: 33.3% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-10 30.0% 2nd Half: 4-17 23.5% Game: 25.9% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 1-1 100 % 2nd Half: 3-9 33.3% Game: 40.0% 3

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HOME TEAM: White Station 25-12
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
01 Jackson,Joe......... * 10-18 4-7 10-10 1 2 3 1 34 1 6 0 3 28
04 Burton,Julian....... * 2-6 0-2 2-3 0 3 3 1 6 4 1 0 2 21
30 Murrell,Marquette... * 1-3 0-0 2-5 2 9 11 1 4 1 6 0 2 25
33 Durham,Kaylon....... * 4-7 0-0 1-2 1 1 2 1 9 0 2 0 2 16
44 Hall,Ferrakohn...... * 3-8 0-1 3-6 5 10 15 2 9 0 6 0 0 25
10 Wright,Darryl....... 0-2 0-0 0-0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
11 Green,Harry......... 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4
20 Hollins,Andre....... 3-5 0-0 4-4 2 1 3 3 10 3 2 0 0 17
21 Coleman,Patrick..... 2-3 1-1 0-0 0 3 3 1 5 0 3 0 0 11
34 Williams,Marvin..... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 6
40 Williamson,Chance... 0-1 0-0 0-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
55 Harris,Danny........ 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
TEAM................ 1 1
Totals.............. 25-54 5-12 22-30 13 34 47 11 77 9 27 1 10 160

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 11-26 42.3% 2nd Half: 14-28 50.0% Game: 46.3% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 5-9 55.6% 2nd Half: 0-3 0.0% Game: 41.7% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 7-10 70.0% 2nd Half: 15-20 75.0% Game: 73.3% 3

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Officials: Dennis Whitson, Wes Spurling, Roy Dill
Technical fouls: Red Bank-None. White Station-None.
Attendance:
Score by Periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Red Bank...................... 14 12 17 16 - 59
White Station................. 21 13 23 20 - 77

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