Going To Jacksonville!
Knights Win Sub-Regional

High scorer (center) Jake Mann receives a celebration hug from his mom as the team celebrates their win over Southside Saturday night at the Arab High School Gym. Arab Today photo by Dwight Hayes

February 15, 2010
The Arabian Knights are headed to Jacksonville State University for the first round of the 5A Northeast Regional Tournament. The Knights won the trip to the tourney by defeating Southside in the 5A - Area 14 sub-regional game Saturday night. The Knights outscored Southside 67-55. Click for game photos and celebration.....

Arab will face off against Wenonah High School at 1:30 pm Tuesday in the Pete Mathews Coliseum on the Jacksonville Campus. Wenonah defeated Springville in sub-regional play Saturday night by a score of 107-46.

The Knights led by at least 15 points for a portion of the game but Southside pulled to within two points briefly in the fourth quarter before Arab began to pull away and Southside was forced to foul as the clock ran out. Jake Mann led the Arab scoring with 24 points. Mann was hot from the three point, area tossing in a total of 6 three point shots. Jonathan Embry followed with 15 points, Lake Graham added 10, and Blake Harbin contributed 8. Scoring was rounded out by John Richey with 4, and Connor Bedsole and Grant Lake with 3 each.

Mugsy Howard led the Southside scoring with 23, followed by James Boland with 18.