Jays avoid Ardmore winless with rally in fourth quarter

The Guthrie boys basketball team did not want to go 0-for-3 in the Ardmore Holiday Festival and thanks to a fourth quarter rally they didn’t.

The Jays used a 12-4 fourth quarter run to escape Southeast 45-40 in the seventh place game Thursday afternoon at the Ardmore middle school.

Sophomore guard JT McFadden scored a career high 15 points for the Jays, who will return back to action next with a home, conference game against Noble on Tuesday.

The Spartans held leads at the end of each of the first three-quarters. Guthrie improves to 3-2 overall after starting the tournament with back-to-back losses to 6A schools (Yukon and Midwest City).

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Southeast	12	9	15	4	40
Guthrie	8	10	15	12	45

Day One Ardmore Tourney | Day Two Ardmore Tourney

Guthrie Scorers: JT McFadden 15, Kai Callins 9, Codee Gross 9, Tim Zupo 7, Bailey Nichols 3, Shron Parker 2

Day Three of the Ardmore Tournament
Guthrie 45, Southeast 40 – 7th Place Game
Midwest City 62, Ardmore 58 – Consolation Game
Putnam City West 82, Carl Albert 67 – 3rd Place Game
Del City 55, Yukon 52 – Championship Game

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Smith helps lead Guthrie in third place finish

Sophomore forward Gracynn Smith had good timing to score a career high for the Guthrie Lady Jays basketball team.

The Guthrie Lady Jays pose with the third place trophy in Duncan. Photo By Annie Chadd

Smith poured in 24 points and 11 rebounds to give her team a 61-36 win over tournament host Duncan to capture third place by winning two of three games. Guthrie improves to 3-2 overall on the season.

Senior forward Allyson Chadd also added a double double by scoring 11 points and bringing down 15 rebounds. Ahsley Shiels scored double figures with 12.

“We came out quick today,” assistant coach Jeff Ball said. “We played good defense which led to offense with easy buckets.” Guthrie outscored Duncan in each quarter.

Ball said the coaching staff was concerned with the slow starts and free throw shooting. Something that was not a factor on Thursday afternoon. The Lady Jays jumped out to a 24-12 first quarter lead and shot 78% (11-14) from the charity stripe.

Guthrie Scoring: Gracynn Smith 24, Ashley Shields 12, Allyson Chadd 11, Melinda Murillo 7, Macey Brown 4, Mikaela Murillo 3 

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Duncan	12	11	5	8	36
Guthrie	24	16	12	9	61

Day One of the Duncan Tournament | Day Two of the Duncan Tournament

Day Three Duncan Tournament

Madill vs U.S. Grant – 7th Place Game
Idabel vs Malakoff, TX – Consolation Game
Guthrie 61, Duncan 36 – 3rd Place Game
Blanchard vs Norman North – Championship Game

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