BASKETBALL PREVIEW

Today, we look at some of Friday's top basketball matchups. We'll have recaps of tonight's top games and will be live from the Pebblebrook at Douglas County top 10 showdown in Class AAAAAA. Also, don't forget to follow us this weekend as we gather all the results from the Area wrestling duals.

In This Issue

Trivia

Boys Basketball Rankings

Girls Basketball Rankings

Score Newspaper

Friday Hoops Preview

Top Stories

Trivia

Question:

What Pebblebrook basketball star is already signed to play with UGA?

Today's answer can be found in the newsletter!

Thursday's Answer:

Brookwood's Alex Taylor broke invitation records in the 200-medley and 50 meter freestyle last weekend.

BOYS BASKETBALL RANKINGS

Class AAAAAA

1. Wheeler

2. Shiloh

3. Tift County

4. Pebblebrook

5. Tucker

6. Douglas County

7. Pope

8. Norcross

9. Hillgrove

10. Duluth

Class AAAAA

1. Miller Grove

2. McIntosh

3. Gainesville

4. Allatoona

5. Tri-Cities

6. M.L. King

7. Drew

8. Northside-Columbus

9. Brunswick

10. Richmond Hill

Class AAAA

1. Jonesboro

2. Johnson-Gainesville

3. Lithonia

4. Columbia

5. St. Pius

6. Bainbridge

7. Carrollton

8. Burke County

9. Liberty County

10. Stone Mountain

Class AAA

1. Laney

2. Cedar Grove

3. Jenkins

4. North Clayton

5. Morgan County

6. Johnson-Savannah

7. Butler

8. Savannah

9. Rutland

10. Westminster

Class AA

1. Pace Academy

2. Holy Innocents'

3. Thomasville

4. Vidalia

5. Greater Atlanta Christian

6. Bryan County

7. Seminole County

8. Model

9. Harlem

10. Early County

Class A

1. St. Francis

2. Greenforest

3. Athens Christian

4. Hancock Central

5. Treutlen

6. Whitefield Academy

7. Wilkinson County

8. Calhoun County

9. Greenville

10. Turner County

GIRLS BASKETBALL RANKINGS

Class AAAAAA

1. McEachern

2. North Forsyth

3. Westlake

4. Archer

5. Osborne

6. Parkview

7. South Forsyth

8. Norcross

9. Woodstock

10. North Cobb

Class AAAAA

1. Brunswick

2. Greenbrier

3. Stephenson

4. Southwest DeKalb

5. Forest Park

6. Sequoyah

7. South Effingham

8. Mays

9. Effingham County

10. Coffee

Class AAAA

1. Veterans

2. St. Pius

3. Jonesboro

4. Buford

5. Americus-Sumter

6. Redan

7. Mary Persons

8. Thomson

9. Marist

10. Griffin

Class AAA

1. Dawson County

2. Kendrick

3. Laney

4. Decatur

5. Morgan County

6. Beach

7. Johnson-Savannah

8. Dodge County

9. Peach County

10. Washington County

Class AA

1. Holy Innocents'

2. Darlington

3. Pelham

4. Wesleyan

5. Model

6. Vidalia

7. Lovett

8. Putnam County

9. Union County

10. Thomasville

Class A

1. St. Francis

2. Southwest Atlanta Christian

3. Taylor County

4. Turner County

5. Mt. Pisgah

6. Mitchell County

7. Savannah Country Day

8. Stratford Academy

9. Claxton

10. Tattnall Square

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Friday, January 9, 2015

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FRIDAY HOOPS PREVIEW

By Craig Sager II

No. 6 Douglas County hosts No. 4 Pebblebrook in Region 3 showdown

It's the final month of regular season basketball action and the first weekend back from the holidays has set up some great matchups to watch for. In Class AAAAAA, the game to watch is No. 4 Pebblebrook at No. 6 Douglas County. These two teams are both undefeated in Region 3 and have dominated their other region opponents.

Photo by Ty Freeman

Pebblebrook's Derek Ogbeide is a force in the paint at 6-foot-8, 240 pounds and is signed to UGA. Ty Hudson (Clemson commit), Trhae Mitchell and Jared Harper also star in the Falcons lineup.

Douglas County is led by combo guard Brandon Robinson and a lineup with the size and athleticism to compete with anyone. Douglas County sits at 11-3 but its only instate loss was to St. Francis in November. Robinson is considered the No. 4 junior prospect in the state according to 247sports.

The Milton Boys are at Walton is a Region 5 game where both teams are looking for improvement. Milton was trounced by Wheeler 83-35 last Saturday but responded with a 57-48 win over Roswell on Tuesday. Milton is led by 6-foot-8 junior Chris Lewis and football star Q'uarte Sapp.

In Gwinnett County, No. 10 Duluth visits No. 8 Norcross. Norcross, Duluth and Collins Hill all enter Friday night with 4-1 records in Region 7-AAAAAA. Norcross comes off a thrilling 87-84 Tuesday night victory over Mill Creek and Duluth looks to bounce back after a 50-43 loss to Collins Hill on Tuesday.

On the girls side, the stat's top teams look find themselves in intriguing region match ups Friday night. In Class AAAAAA, Region 5's Woodstock (14-0) hosts Wheeler and Region 3's Westlake (13-0) will visit Hughes (9-3). Region 6 will see 10-3 Chattahoochee visit No. 2 North Forsyth (14-2). Harrison at No. 5 Osborne, North Paulding at No. 1 McEachern, Dacula at No. 6 Parkview, No. 4 Archer at Berkmar and Duluth at No. 8 Norcross are key matchups featuring a top 10 team in Class AAAAAA. In Class AAAA, No. 2 St. Pius is at Arabia Mountain and No. 4 Buford is at North Oconee.

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and find roundups of tonight's games on ScoreAtl.com and the AJC High School page.