GAME 7 – Thomas Dale, Va. 52, Oak Ridge 48

The Thomas Dale Lady Knights of Chester, Va., held off Oak Ridge 52-48 in a highly competitive game that featured a number of momentum swings.

The Knights got the first surge as they pulled to an 18-11 first period lead, but the Wildcats owned the second stanza and rallied to a 30-25 lead by intermission after outscoring the Knights 19-7.

Then it was Thomas Dale’s turn, and they used a 10-0 run at the start of the third quarter to regain the upper hand, but had to settle for a 41-40 lead heading into the home stretch.

The fourth period was a see-saw affair, with the score being tied for the final time at 46-46 with 2:30 remaining. A basket by Nylah Wilson with 2:26 to go put the Knights ahead 48-46. Each team squandered some scoring chances before Wilson got a layup after an Oak Ridge turnover to build the lead to 50-46 with 22 seconds left.

The Wildcats responded, but used too much time as they got two offensive rebounds off misses before Ayana Porter got one to fall with just under a second left to cut the gap to 50-48. Two free throws by Tamyah Webb of the Knights provided the final points.

Wilson scored 24 points and had eight rebounds to lead Thomas Dale, who improves to 7-0 on the year. Webb finished with 10 and Zoe Foster had nine.

Oak Ridge (3-8) was led by Dimitria Strickland with 21 points while Ze’Yana Stewart had 10 and Porter eight points and 12 rebounds.

The Knights move to Thursday’s 4:30 quarterfinal game, while Oak Ridge will play in the 3 p.m. loser’s bracket game Thursday.

OAK RIDGE (48): Dimitria Strickland 6-10 5-6 21, Ze’Yana Stewart 2-5 6-8 10, Porter 3-8 2-2 8, Green 2-9 0-0 5, Johnson 2-9 0-0 4. TOTALS: 15-41 13-16 48.

THOMAS DALE (52): Nylah Wilson 9-18 3-5 24, Dawson 1-10 0-0 2, Tamyah Webb 4-8 2-4 10, Broadus 2-5 1-2 5, Givens 0-1 0-0 0, Jones 0-0 0-2 0, Foster 4-6 1-2 9, Jackson 1-3 0-0 2. TOTALS: 21-51 7-15 52.

3-Point Goals: OR—5 (Strickland 4, Green). TD—3 (Wilson 3).