Shooting better than 71% from the field, top-ranked Bradley Central ended Coffee County's campaign for the third straight year.
After knocking them off in each of the last two TSSAA State Tournaments, the Bearettes had little trouble with a repeat performance in Monday's Region 3-4A semifinals, leading from pillar-to-post for a 59-40 blowout.
McDonald's All-American nominee and defending Miss Tennessee Basketball Kimora Fields also outscored the girls from Manchester by herself, hitting 17-of-19 shots on her way to 38 points.
Riding a 47-game winning streak, the Bearettes (30-0) will tangle with fourth-ranked Cookeville (27-3) for their 11th straight region crown Wednesday evening.
The Lady Cavaliers knocked off Cleveland 66-52 in Monday's other region semifinal contest.
A quick start saw Bradley find the net for the game's opening eight points before a 3-pointer from Patton put the Coffee County (23-8) on the board.
Despite missing her only two shots of the evening, Fields put up her first 10 points in the frame as the Bearettes continued to push ahead, holding the Lady Raiders to just one more basket for a 17-5 edge at the first buzzer.
Winning the second period by a 13-9 margin, Coffee County briefly cut the lead to nine points early, but the state's winningest hoop program pushed it back into the double digits before settling for a 26-18 halftime advantage.
Bradley answered with a dominant third quarter with Fields ripping the cords for 16 markers during an 19-8 streak to head into the fourth quarter up 45-26.
The teams evenly split the 28 points of the final eight minutes, with Fields capping her night with 10 more points before the clock struck zero.
Along with her second-highest point total of the season, the Clemson signee also grabbed a trio of rebounds, handed out four assists, copped a pair of thefts and blocked a couple of shots.
Junior Jada Francis helped out with 11 points, five boards and four helps in the victory.
Sizzlin' the strings as an 83.3% clip in front of the arc, Bradley also made 5-of-11 (45.5%) beyond it, but struggled to just 4-for-10 at the free throw line.
The Bearettes won the battle of the boards by a 24-13 margin, while both teams committed just eight turnovers apiece.
Jenslee Nogodula led Coffee County’s offensive effort with 11 points. Patton followed with nine points on a trio of 3-pointers. Harris and Barnes finished right behind with eight points each.
The Lady Raiders went just 8-of-23 (34.8%) fro distance and put up just 14 two-pointers, sinking only six (42.8%), while going 4-for-6 (66.7%) at the charity stripe.
GAME SUMMARY
Region 3-4A
Girls Tournament
Semifinal
Monday, March 2
at McMinnville
Coffee County 5 13 8 14 — 40
Bradley Central 17 9 19 14 — 59
LADY RED RAIDERS (40) — Jenslee Nogodula 11, Audri Patton 9, Hayleigh Harris 8, Natalie Barnes 8, Morgan, Spears 1, Mathorne, Ja. Nogodula.
BEARETTES (59) — Kimora Fields 38, Jada Francis 11, Geren 3, Ki. Johnson 3, Stewart 2, Stroud 2, Rymer, Long.
3-POINTERS: CC 8-of-23, 34.8% (Patton 3, Je. Nogodula 2, Harris 2, Morgan); BC 5-of-11, 45.5% (Francis 2, Fields, Geren, Ki. Johnson).
2-POINTERS: CC 6-of-14 (42.8%); BC 20-of-24 (83.3%).
FREE THROWS: CC 4-of-6 (66.7%); BC 4-of-10 (40%).
RECORDS: Coffee County 23-8; No. 1 Bradley Central 30-0.