Upperman's Davis Chosen Miss Basketball; Marshall County Wins AA State Title

  • Saturday, March 8, 2008
  • by special report to The Chattanoogan

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- The winner of the Division I Class AA Miss Basketball Award was announced at the conclusion of the championship game Saturday at the Murphy Center
on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University.

LaShay Davis of Upperman High School was chosen Miss Basketball for 2008. The other two finalists were Chantel Poston of Milan High School and Crystal Riley of Hillcrest High School.

Davis is a 5-foot-7 junior guard. She is a three-year starter at Upperman
who averages 18.9 points, 2.5 rebounds, 3.4 assists, and 2.5 steals per game.

She shoots 51.4 percent from the field, 37.2 percent from three-point range, and 70.3 percent from the free-throw line. She has been chosen the District 7-AA MVP in 2007 and 2008 and was chosen the Region 4-AA MVP in 2007.

She was an All-Midstate and All-State selection in 2007, who has scored more than 1,600 points in her career at Upperman. She has a 3.5 GPA.

Official Basketball Box Score
Marshall County vs Milan
03/08/08 5:00 p.m. at Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Murphy Center)

VISITORS: Marshall County 32-4
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
11 Hopkins, Danika..... * 2-6 1-3 1-2 2 0 2 0 6 3 1 0 1 30
12 McQueen, Jessica.... * 2-3 2-2 0-0 0 3 3 1 6 2 0 2 1 29
21 Moffett, McKenna.... * 1-6 1-6 3-4 0 2 2 2 6 2 4 0 0 32
24 March, Lauren....... * 4-12 1-2 4-5 4 5 9 2 13 2 2 1 1 32
33 Simmons, Jakerra.... * 6-9 0-0 1-1 1 0 1 2 13 1 1 0 0 32
03 O'Neal, LaRhonda.... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 McLean, Kanesha..... 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 5
TEAM................ 1 2 3
Totals.............. 15-38 5-14 9-12 8 12 20 9 44 11 8 3 4 160

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 8-22 36.4% 2nd Half: 7-16 43.8% Game: 39.5% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 3-9 33.3% 2nd Half: 2-5 40.0% Game: 35.7% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 0-0 0.0% 2nd Half: 9-12 75.0% Game: 75.0% 2


HOME TEAM: Milan 29-6
TOT-FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF TP A TO BLK S MIN
03 Gray, Shaniqua...... * 5-14 0-3 1-1 1 2 3 1 11 1 5 0 0 32
20 Hamm, Sarah......... * 0-5 0-4 0-0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 14
32 Simpson, Dequashia.. * 1-2 0-0 0-0 4 2 6 4 2 0 2 0 0 27
42 Glenn, Perica....... * 4-8 0-0 1-2 8 3 11 3 9 0 2 0 1 28
43 Poston, Chantel..... * 6-12 0-0 1-1 1 3 4 3 13 0 3 3 3 32
04 Joyner, Julianne.... 0-2 0-2 0-0 0 2 2 3 0 3 0 0 0 27
21 Bledsoe, Crystal.... 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0+
TEAM................ 1 4 5
Totals.............. 16-43 0-9 3-4 15 16 31 15 35 4 13 3 5 160

TOTAL FG% 1st Half: 9-17 52.9% 2nd Half: 7-26 26.9% Game: 37.2% DEADB
3-Pt. FG% 1st Half: 0-2 0.0% 2nd Half: 0-7 0.0% Game: 0.0% REBS
F Throw % 1st Half: 0-0 0.0% 2nd Half: 3-4 75.0% Game: 75.0% 1

Officials: Freddie Carpenter, Paul Moore, Stacey Rymer
Technical fouls: Marshall County-None. Milan-None.
Attendance:
Score by Periods 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total
Marshall County............... 7 12 11 14 - 44
Milan......................... 6 12 12 5 - 35

All-tournament team: Destiny Dishman(Stone Mem), LaShay Davis (Upper), Kylie Lambert(McMinn Central), Shaniqua Gray(Milan), Jessica McQueen(Marshall Co), Perrica Glenn(Milan),
Danika Hopkins(Marshall Co), Chantal Poston(Milan), Jakerra Simmons(MarshallCo), Lauren March-MVP (Marshall Co).

(E-mail Stan Crawley at wscrawley@earthlink.net)

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