Lambert High School

Basketball: Longhorns upset No. 6 Woodland

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On the surface, a matchup with the No. 6-ranked team in the state didn’t look like a prime opportunity for Lambert’s boys basketball team to halt a five-game losing streak.

But, as evident in their second-half comeback, the Longhorns thought otherwise.

Lambert erased a 14-point halftime deficit Saturday to earn a 50-47 victory against previously undefeated Woodland in Cartersville.

 The Horns had lost their previous five contests by an average margin of 15 points.

“[It was a] big lift,” Lambert coach Derrick DeWitt said. “[We] got the ugly giant monkey off our back.”

The streak began with losses to Creekview and Chattahoochee, two of the region’s top three teams along with Woodland, but ended with a 12-point loss to South Forsyth Friday.

Logan Bush (11 points, 8 rebounds) led the way for the Longhorns (12-7 overall, 3-6 Region 7-AAAA) against Woodland (18-1, 8-1), and Lambert returned to its spread-the-love offensive ways with five players scoring six or more points.

Corey Tobin scored a game-high 15 for the Wildcats.

The Longhorns trailed 30-16 at halftime and 39-27 after three quarters but produced a 17-5 run to start the fourth.

Forward Danny Edgeworth turned a length-of-the-court pass into a three-point play with two minutes remaining. His layup and successful free throw gave the Horns a 47-44 advantage they never relinquished.

Woodland entered the game as one of two AAAA teams with unblemished records. Chattahoochee took over possession of first place in the region.