LITHIA SPRINGS, Ga. — The Griffin Christian Lady Crusaders basketball team reached a big milestone with a team small in numbers Tuesday evening.

The Lady Crusaders defeated the Colonial Hills Lady Rams 44-36 in GISA Region 4-AA action on the road, nabbing their first region win in two years.

“We didn’t win a region game at all last year, so this is great,” said Lady Crusaders head coach Melanie Foster. “The girls played well. They moved the ball well and took good shots. I’m really proud of them.”

GCHS improves to 2-5 overall and 1-2 in region play. The girls aren’t in action until Saturday at Oak Mountain at 4:30 p.m.

Brittany Foster led Griffin Christian with 12 points and 12 rebounds, followed by Kellie Dingler with 9 points, Leyah Brown and Jamiee Tidwell with 7 each, Sarah Conort with 5 and Caroline Smith with 4.

Despite Smith’s low points total, she really played big against Colonial Hills — she added 10 rebounds, 7 steals and 7 blocks.

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Griffin Christian 61, Colonial Hills 40 (boys): LITHIA SPRINGS, Ga. — Griffin Christian sprinted to a 14-5 first quarter lead and never looked back, drubbing the Colonial Hills Rams 61-40 Tuesday night in GISA Region 4-AA action.

The Crusaders bounced back from their first region loss last Friday to lead the Rams 34-18 at the half and 51-29 heading into the final period.

Griffin Christian High improves to 7-2 overall and 2-1 in the region.

Crusaders guard Anthony Lewis led the team with 14 points and 4 steals, followed by Taylor Frederick with 12 points and Elias Seise with 9 points, 10 rebounds and 3 blocks against the Rams.

Lee Neidert also chipped in 7 rebounds and Blake Yancey added 5 assists for the visiting Crusaders.

The GCHS boys team host non-region foe Ballard tonight at 6 p.m., then travels to play Oak Mountain Saturday at 6 p.m.