BG’s Tori Suda tries to pass the ball to an open Jayslin Henderson (#13) with Greene’s Mia Yahner (#5) and Mya Leggett-Carlin (#35) pressuring on defense. Suda led the Bobcats with six straight shots in the fourth quarter to help B-G earn the 48-35 victory. (Photo by Morgan Golliver)

BAINBRIDGE— The Bainbridge-Guilford Bobcats and the Greene Trojans girls’ basketball teams faced off in a battle to the finish in the first round of the Section IV, Class C tournament. Both teams fought hard to qualify for sectionals with Greene having to win out and B-G fighting for a higher seed to get a first-round bye, but ended up as the third-seed.

B-G came away with a 48-35 victory to advance to the next round, where the Bobcats will host the second round game as the highest seed in the next matchup as the third seed.

B-G will host the six-seed Elmira Notre Dame on Friday, February 27 at 6 p.m.

Mya Leggett-Carlin and Mia Yahner were strong defenders inside the paint as well as the rest of the Trojans defense, who pressured B-G for a while, causing them to put up bad shots with the shot clock winding down. However, B-G kept its strength up, where they also added fierce intensity in the defensive battle, limiting Greene to single digit scoring until the final eight minutes.

Greene had a strong fourth quarter with a best 18 points, lead by efforts from Lexi Cloyd (eight points), Hailey Butler (seven points), Deirdre Colgan (two points), and Kaitlyn Youngs (one free-throw). However, B-G matched efforts with a strong fourth as well with 18 points to extend its lead to 14 points halfway through the final eight minutes.

Tori Suda was a big contributor in the fourth quarter, making six straight shots for the B-G offense halfway through the quarter. She led the Bobcats with 13 points, with the 12 in the fourth quarter.

Marissa Mayo was consistent throughout the contest with 11 points as Jayslin Henderson had 10 points, all but two points in the first half and went four-for-four at the free-throw line.

Mayo also added eight rebounds and four steals as Henderson finished with six rebounds, six assists, and five steals.

Kamry Patten, who was knocked down multiple times, got back up again and saw a solid performance with six points, going two-for-two at the free-throw line.

Overall, B-G finished seven-for-eight at the free-throw line.

Emma Kinter added five points as Jalyn Winans knocked down a three in the second quarter.

Kinter also had five rebounds, three assists, and three steals as Peyton Umbra finished with four rebounds, five assists, and three steals in the win.

Hailey Butler led the Lady Trojans with 10 points, all in the second half, where she went three-for-four at the free-throw line.

Lexi Cloyd followed with eight points, all in the fourth quarter, as Kaitlyn Youngs also had eight points, going four-for-six at the free-throw line.

Mia Yahner added five points in the first half as Deirdre Colgan finished with three points and Mya Leggett-Carlin had one single-throw.

Greene finished the 2025-26 season with a 8-13 record under first year head coach Matt Davern. Best of luck to senior Mya Leggett-Carlin.