Pisgah Lady Eagles win 2A title in a shootout with Decatur Heritage:

An entertaining state final with both combining for 156 points:

GDW Analysis:

 BIRMINGHAM: High scoring, entertaining basketball was on display Friday morning in the AHSAA 2A championship between No. 1 Decatur Heritage Lady Eagles and No. 7 Pisgah Lady Eagles.
Pisgah shook off scoring only 14 in the 3rd, regaining momentum in the final 8:00 by a 25 to 11 tally to win the championship 84 to 72.
This was the first for Pisgah since 2022 and 5th since 2018 for coach Carey Ellison.
"I have never been a part of game to have as many as five players score in double figures," Ellison said. "We kept fighting and had to get aggressive. Decatur Heritage deserved to be No. 1 coming in for playing a tough schedule."
The 25 points in the 4th were part of the storyline for Pisgah. The Lady Eagles connected on 22 of 25 at the line and were 14 of 15 in the final period.
Decatur Heritage put on a scoring streak in the 3rd, getting 28 and overcoming a 12 point deficit. A three by PG Emma Eastman had DH on top as they went into the 4th with a 61 to 59 lead.
Decatur Heritage's shooting went off stride in the last period at 31 percent and 0 for 5 in the three point attack.
Pisgah was 5 of 12 from the floor during the 4th to go with 93 percent accuracy at the line.
Alli Romans would go 9 of 9 in the title game for Pisgah with Ashton Childress hitting 5 of 6 at the line and 5 of 6 from the floor.
Pisgah completes the season with 22 victories out of 30 games.
Decatur Heritage, playing in the state final for the first time, closed out at 28 & 8.
Genie McGhee scored 32 for DH with teammate Leslie Hames finding her range to net 23 points.
Madeline Flammia of Pisgah was selected the MVP.
McGhee and Hames were on the all tournament team.
Decatur Heritage reached the Final Four last week in defeating the Cold Springs Lady Eagles at the Northwest Regional.
"It was a great game," DH coach Johnny Jones said. "Pisgah played one of their best games. It was a dogfight. We fought to the end."
They were the No. 1 team all season ranked by the state sportswriters.
 

 Photo of Decatur Heritage G Emma Eastman in the 2A Final Four February 24 at the BJCC.
 Photo courtesy of the Decatur Daily.