Freshman Bela Smith scored the game-winning basket with this free throw that put the Lady Gators up 33-32 over the visiting Lady Cavs from Mount de Sales. Gatewood won the game 36-32. IAN TOCHER/Staff
Junior Natalie Sills brings the ball up the floor for the Lady Gators. IAN TOCHER/Staff
Gatewood girls basketball started 2025 with a 36-32 win over Mount De Sales last Friday at home, but a day later, it dropped a 39-36 road decision to Presbyterian Day in Macon.
The game in Eatonton started slowly. After the opening quarter, the Lady Gators led only 3-1, and MDS was on top at 11-9 at halftime.
“Yeah, we had kind of a rough first half,” Gatewood coach Ferdinand Farley Jr. acknowledged…
