Hawthorne defeats Graceville for 1A title: Live score updates from the 2024 FHSAA Class 1A girls basketball state championship game (3/1/2024)
LAKELAND, FLORIDA – The state title is on the line as Hawthorne and Graceville clash for the FHSAA Class 1A girls basketball state championship this evening at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland.
Hawthorne advanced with a 44-41 defeat of Wildwood and Graceville reached the final with a 44-37 win over Ponce De Leon in Friday’s semifinal contests.
FLORIDA GIRLS BASKETBALL SCOREBOARD
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Below is our Live Update Feed created and updated as the contest progresses. Read from the bottom up to follow the action chronologically from beginning to end.
Live Updates:
4TH QUARTER
- FINAL: Hawthorne 43, Graceville 40
- Adams hits two free throws, 42-36 with 40.7 seconds remaining
- Adams gets to the rim and makes the basket, 40-36
- Fountain makes the layup, Hawthorne 37-36
- Brianna Adams re-enters the game and scores, 36-34
- Adams hits a huge 3-pointer and now the Hornets lead 35-31
- Adams gets the steal, layup and Hawthorne leads 32-31 with 3:39 remaining
- Jackson forces her way to the bucket, goes 1-of-2 from the free throw line, 31-30
- Graceville now back up 31-29
- Jackson muscles her way to the bucket, ties the game at 29-all
- Fountain scores to give Graceville a 29-27 lead
- Jackson gets the bucket plus the foul, misses free throw, 27-27
- Brown makes the layup plus the free throw, 27-25
3RD QUARTER
- end of the quarter: Graceville 27, Hawthorne 22
- Zaria Nedd gets her first basket, 27-22
- Carter scores on a layup, 25-22
- Full timeout, Graceville. 2:11 left in the quarter.
- Graceville now up 25-19
- Brown gets the steal and layup, 23-19
- Fountain scores on the give-and-go, 23-17
- Curry hits a big 3-pointer, 21-15
- Adams makes the free throw, 18-15
- Adams makes the layup and gets fouled. Timeout Graceville.
- Jackson scores on a layup and it trims the Graceville's lead to 18-12
- Hawthorne has had trouble making free throws, but gets 1-of-2 to make it 18-10
2ND QUARTER
- HALFTIME: Graceville 18, Hawthorne 9
- Nyomi Daniels makes the layup plus the foul, 18-9
- T'Myrah Carter gets a layup followed by a steal and another score. Graceville up 16-9 with 25.6 seconds before halftime
- Aarshunni Curry hits a 3-pointer and it's now 16-5, Graceville
- Fountain knocks down another 3-pointer, 13-5
- Brown goes 1-of-2 at the line, 10-5
- Lakijah Brown is fouled and will shoot two free throws
- Adams connects on a 3-pointer, 10-4
- Camille Britt fouled on a layup attempt, missing on both attempts.
- No points scored two minutes into the second quarter
- Brianna Adams with the short jumper, 7-4
1ST QUARTER
- No change here after one quarter: Graceville 5, Hawthorne 4
- Jhalea Jackson makes a layup, Graceville 5-4
- After an extended break due to a scoreboard malfunction, we're back in action
- Zakena Ealy scores Hawthorne's first points, 3-2
- Charity Fountain hits a 3-pointer, Graceville 3-0
- 5:40 left in the first quarter and no score
- Hawthorne wins the opening tip and we are underway
HAWTHORNE VS. GRACEVILLE
- Tip-off is scheduled for 5:30 p.m.
