Lady Indians at Upson-Lee Tonight

The Stephens County Lady Indians will take to the road for the first time in the post-season tonight when they travel to Thomaston, Georgia to face undefeated and top-ranked Upson-Lee.

Upson-Lee features a balanced scoring attack led by the school’s all-time scoring leader Jakera Ellerbe. The 5-11 senior averages 16 points a game.

Like Stephens County, the Lady Knights are a senior laden group. Three other seniors: Alonzea Montgomery, Ja’khia Parker, and Tyla Zellner, average in double figures, and fellow senior Ty’keria Geiger falls just short at 9 points per game.

The Lady Indians enter the game at 19-6 and winners of six straight. The Lady Indians are led by senior Ranajah Verdell averaging 16 points and 11 rebounds per game. Senior point guard NaNa Eades is averaging close to 12 points and over 6 assists per game. Senior guard KiKi Howard is averaging just under 10 points per game for the season, but has really picked up the scoring in the post-season averaging over 16 points per game. The senior nucleus for the Indians include starters Savana Broska, and Briana Taylor, who they hope to have back after missing Friday’s game due to injury, and key contributors Brooklyn Steeple, and Lindsay Moore.

Other quarterfinal games tonight in the AAA state playoffs include: Johnson vs. Greater Atlanta Christian, Lumpkin County vs. Pierce County, and Cross Creek vs. Sonoraville. Other area teams playing tonight include Elbert County in AA, and Commerce in A-Public. Area teams still in it on the boys side include: Hart County, who will host Thomson in the AAA quarterfinals, and Rabun County will travel to Thomasville tomorrow in the AA playoffs.

This reminder that tickets for tonight’s game at Upson-Lee are limited to 50% of the gym capacity or around 800 tickets. Tickets are on sale at the GoFan website or up to 800 at the gate. Tickets are cash only at the gate.

If you can’t make it to tonight’s game, WNEG will broadcast the game live with airtime scheduled for 5:45 P.M. You can listen to the game at 93.1 FM and AM-630 WNEG as well as at wnegradio.com and the free WNEG app for iphone and Android users.