East Hamilton’s Mississippi State signee Madison Hayes poured in 27 points and yanked off 19 rebounds to lead the Hurricanes past Greeneville 71-54.
Hayes’ sister, McKenna, a sophomore, scored 17, while Dezah Lacy scored 13 and Eliziah Laboo 12 for a balanced East Hamilton attack.
Greeneville got another stellar effort from freshman Lauren Bailey, who scored 23. Dalana DeBusk netted 11 and Chloe Marsh got eight.
The Hurricanes were up 23-16 after one, but spread the gap in the middle two quarters, leading 40-28 at halftime and 57-38 after three.
East Hamilton advances to the sixth place game on Tuesday at 1:30.
EAST HAMILTON (71): Evans 1-3 0-0 2, Dezah Lacy 5-9 2-2 13, Madison Hayes 12-18 2-2 27, McKenna Hayes 6-12 1-3 17, Eliziah Laboo 5-8 0-0 12, Strickland 0-0 0-2 0, Copeland 0-0 0-0, Choudree 0-0 0-0 0, Bone 0-2 0-0 0, Petitt 0-1 0-0 0, Sue 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 29-53 5-9 71.
GREENEVILLE (54): Lauren Bailey 7-17 7-8 23, Carter 0-5 2-2 2, Kennedy 2-4 1-2 5, Delana DeBusk 5-8 0-0 11, Weems 1-3 0-0 2, Bookhamer 0-0 0-0 0, Hayes 0-5 0-0 0, Marsh 2-4 3-3 8, Martin 0-0 0-0 0, Ellenburg 1-3 0-0 3. TOTALS: 18-49 13-15 54.
3-Point Goals: EH—8 (Mc.Hayes 4, Lacy, Ma.Hayes, Laboo 2.) GHS—5 (Bailey 2, DeBusk, Marsh, Ellenburg).
Score by quarters:
East Hamilton 23 17 17 14—71
Greeneville 16 12 10 16—54
