Tharptown girls, boys sweep visitors Shoals Christian

The Tharptown High School varsity girls' and boys' basketball teams swept Shoals Christian on Tuesday night with the Lady Wildcats winning 33-23 and the THS boys extinguishing the Flame 48-27.

Tharptown's girls got the evening started with a 10-point victory to improve their record to 2-6.

Down 11-10 after the opening period of play, the Lady Wildcats allowed just one point in the second quarter to take a 22-12 lead into halftime.

Led by 13 total points from Carly Cason, who also grabbed 10 rebounds to finish with a double-double, Tharptown maintained it's advantage in the second half to walk away the victors.

In addition to her double-double, Cason also added five blocks. Senior Alyssa Fischer added seven points and 15 rebounds for Tharptown, and Allie Gann scored five points to go along with five steals.

In the boys' game, the Wildcats took care of business with a 21-point win to improve to 5-3 on the year.

Leading the way for Tharptown was Zach Riley, who ended the night with a game-high 19 points.

Two other Wildcats also put up double figures: Evin Lawson scored 12 points and Cody McKlusky scored 10.

Tremont is up next for Tharptown. The Wildcats are set to host the Eagles on Friday, December 12.