Cavs rally for OT win; Siegel?s top scorer ejected
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In other first-round action, Siegel routed White County 80-51, while Lebanon took a 56-42 victory over Blackman.
The sixth-seeded Warriors found themselves on top by a 61-51 score with just over three minutes left in regulation, but a 10-0 run by the Cavaliers allowed them to tie the game by the final horn, and they maintained their momentum through a four-minute overtime period to oust coach Brandon Burks? Riverdale squad.
With the win, Cookeville moved on to face Siegel in Thursday?s semifinal round.
Zack Hennigan led the way for Cookeville with 22 points, while Matt Hill had 17. Michael Young had 21 for Riverdale, which ended its season at 15-15, while Scott Thomas added 17 points.
Siegel 80, White Co. 51
Siegel?s Stars had little trouble reaching the semifinals, but one of the team?s individual ?stars? had to cheer them on from the sidelines, after being ejected from Tuesday night?s contest.
Jimmy Oden was tossed from Tuesday?s game for reacting to a White County flagrant foul, one of two calls against the Warriors in the first half.
Siegel coach Chris Harris was issued a technical after Oden?s ejection, and Sparta?s J.J. Taylor got his own technical foul moments later.
According to the TSSAA, Oden?s ejection will force him to sit out the next two games, which would be Thursday?s semifinal game against Cookeville and either the championship or consolation game tonight.
Apart from the pushing and shoving, the actual basketball action was all Siegel from the opening tip, as they scored 22 of the game?s first 25 points on their way to the easy win.
Darius Roper had 20 for the Stars, while Keith Ramsey added 17. White County (15-16) got 11 each from Zach Buckner and Kyle Delaney.
Lebanon 56, Blackman 42
The Blue Devils jumped out to a 17-point lead by halftime, and held off a fourth-quarter comeback attempt to send the Blaze home with a first-round loss.
John Presley hit four 3-pointers and led the way for Lebanon with 19 points, while Britton Winfree turned in 13 of his own.
Blackman, which lost leading scorer David Barnes to an off-court disciplinary incident prior to the tournament, cut its deficit to eight points in the fourth but could get no closer. Alex Carter led the Blaze with 15 points, while Blake Bragg had 12.