All-Suwanee Boys Final in Region 7-AAAAA Basketball

The top-seeded North Gwinnett and Peachtree Ridge boys teams survived semifinal play Friday and will square off at 6 p.m. Saturday for the Region 7-AAAAA tournament title.

Also, the North Gwinnett girls, ranked No. 3 statewide, will take on Norcross for the girls title at 4:30 p.m. However, Norcross -- the defending state champion -- will have star player Diamond DeShields back for this game; she missed the last regular season game between the two with an injury.

Both games will be at Meadowcreek High.

The Bulldogs boys survived Mill Creek, 34-33, when Jalen Bracey's 3-point attempt at the buzzer rimmed out.

In the other boys semifinal, Peachtree Ridge trailed by a point at halftime but took control in the third quarter. Benny Johnson, who scored 11 points, scored the first six points of the third to spark the Lions.

The North girls slid by Duluth 55-51 in their semifinal. Lexie Brown had 11 of her game-high 26 points as North rallied after trailing by 1 point entering the fourth quarter.

All four of the teams in Saturday's final will advance to state tournament play beginning next week. The AAAAA boys and girls finals will be at the Gwinnett Arena on March 9.

Material from the Gwinnett Daily Post was used in this report.

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