8:45 p.m. --- Norcross leads, 76-62, with just 38 seconds to go. Dalrymple, Paige and Daniels have all fouled out of the game. Redan's Olivia Sims will shoot two free throws after the end of the timeout, but appears to have seen its 58-game winning streak come to an end.

8:41 p.m. --- Following a long miss by Andrews, Paige was charged with over the back on the following rebound. Paige received her fifth personal foul, followed by a technical foul for arguing the call. Norcross has four shots at the line, and drained all four to give them their largest lead of the game, 71-62. They also have the ball with just 1:14 to play. Redan's winning streak is certainly in jeopardy now.

8:37 p.m. --- With 1:31 left to play, Redan has regained some momentum in the game, but still has a lot of work left to do. Norcross leads, 66-62, though Davis, the Lady Blue Devils' leading scorer, has fouled out of the game.

Norcross now has the ball after Mason hit two free throws, and has the opportunity to seal the game.

8:30 p.m. --- Redan has trimmed Norcross' lead down to three, 59-56. However, Daniels fouled out of the game with 3:21 remaining. The Redan crowd is now berrating the officials, as they feel that many of the foul calls have been unjust. Both sides are intensely into this contest, and with three minutes to go, Norcross leads by five, 61-56, following the timeout.

8:24 p.m. --- With 4:48, Norcross takes a timeout, though they have extended their lead seven points, 57-50. Evans is standing at the free throw line with a chance to narrrow that lead, though the momentum has been all Norcross. The crowd exploded following Jordan's layup and foul. She hit the ensuing foul shot, and the Lady Blue Devils continue to take advantage of Redan's foul situation.

8:23 p.m. --- Norcross took their first lead of game after Judean Hanks hit from beyond the three-point line to push the Lady Blue Devils ahead, 52-50, for the first time in the game.

With 5:26 to go in the game, Norcross now leads, 54-50, and the momentum of the game continues to go Norcross' way. The Lady Raiders appear desperate to change the momentum, and have been launching many outside shots. Andrews and Paige have not been able to hit shots with any consistency, and Jackson used a 30-second timeout inall likelihood to settle his team down.

8:20 p.m. --- Correction, the score was Redan, 49-47, at the end of the third quarter. Also, Redan's Daniels and Norcross' Davis have each picked up their fourth fouls respectively within the first minute of the fourth quarter.

8:12 p.m. --- Norcross outscored Redan, 16-14, in the third quarter and trimmed the lead down to three points with O'Neal's layup at the end of the quarter. The Lady Blue Devils finished the third on a, 8-2, run.

Evans, Daniels, Clark and Dalrymple all have three fouls for Redan, and the Norcross crowd, which was mostly dormant early on, has now become more of a factor in the game. Over the final eight minutes, it will be interesting to see if Redan's seniors can similarly ignore the distractions,as they did when they were behind against Milton yesterday.

8:00 p.m. --- Redan leads, 41-35, at the first TV timeout of the second half. After extending their lead to nine points, the Redan offense has had a tough time finding the rim over the last two minutes. Meanwhile, Norcross continues to pound the ball inside. Redan's Evans now has three fouls, though Norcross' top player, freshman Kaela Davis also has three fouls.

7:55 p.m. --- Through the first two minutes of the game, Redan has maintained their defensive pressure. Foul trouble has not come into play, and Redan has scored second half's first four points to extend their lead to nine, 39-30.

7:48 p.m. --- Redan leads, 35-30, going into halftime, tough Andrews narrowly missed a three-pointer from 30 feet away from the basket. Though Paige has been the team's leading scorer with 16 points, it's the bench players for the Lady Raiders that have given the team key contributions that have made the difference. 

Clark and Mason each have four points through the first half. Kiara King added two more points to give Redan's bench 10. Though Redan is known for its top four starters, its been Paige and the bench that have led them over Redan.

However, several of Redan's key players have two fouls, and foul trouble may come into play during the second half.

7:35 p.m. --- Norcross has taken a timeout with 2:22 to play, Redan leads, 31-29, following a floater by Andrews in the lane. Each team has traded buckets over the past two minutes and the pace has not slowed down despite the Lady Raiders' foul situation. Off the bench, Sydney Mason has contributed two key outside jumpers for Redan.

7:31 p.m. --- With 4:08 to go, Redan has taken a timeout with good reason. The Lady Blue Devils have trimmed the Lady Raiders lead down to one, 25-24.

There are several players on the Redan bench with two fouls including Daniels, Dalrymple and Cynia Clark. Throughout the game, it will be interesting to see what the foul situation does to Redan's bench.

7:27 p.m. --- Paige has scored the first seven points of the second quarter, and the Lady Raiders have extended their lead to seven points, 23-16.

Following a shootinf flurry by both teams over the first three minutes, Norcross trimmed the lead to five. Both teams would be hard pressed to continue the high-paced game that is currently going on.

7:22 p.m. --- After a turnover, Redan picked up their largest lead of the game, 18-14. Paige is leading the Lady Raiders in scoring through the first eight minutes with nine points. At the end of the first quarter, the Lady Raiders lead, 18-16.

7:17 p.m. --- With 3:48 to play in the first quarter, Redan's Daniels picked up her second personal foul on a charging call. Cynia Clark replaced her . On the next possession, Redan took its first lead, 12-10.

7:15 p.m. --- Tonight's game has already been a stark contrast to Redan's semifinal game against Milton. Both teams are shooting the ball very well from behind the three-point line. With 4:06 to play in the game, Redan and Norcross are tied at 10, though both teams have combined to hit three three-pointers to start out the game.

7:12 p.m. --- Though Norcrossstarted the first two minutes on a hot streak shooting, their lead is two, 7-5, with 5:25 to play after Paige sank two free throws.

7:09 p.m. --- The game is about to get under way, as both Norcross and Redan's starting five are prepared for the opening tip. Redan will go from right to left, and are wearing their home whites. Norcross is wearing their away blues with gray trim.

Redan's starting lineup: Alisha Andrews, Kierra Paige, Mackenzie Dalrymple, Nia Evans, Aneesah Daniels

Norcross' starting lineup: Briana Jordan, Bianca O'Neal, Kaela Davis, Alex DeMercy, Diammond DeShields

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6:45 p.m. --- It has already been a banner day for DeKalb County, as the county has already won two state championship in Class AAAA. Miller Grove routed Mays in the boys' final, while Southwest Dekalb knocked off Northwest Whitfield to win the girls' final.

Redan will attempt to repeat as champions in the Class AAAAA final shortly. However, they will run up against a very capable squad in Norcross (

Norcross is led by coach Angie Hembree. From 2001 to 2005, she led Collins Hill to three state championships before moving on to become an assistant coach at the University of Miami. According to the Gwinnett Daily Post, she returned to Norcross to coach as a result of her father becoming ill. Since then, the Lady Blue Devils' program has made great strides, and this state title game would mark its zenith.

The last time Hembree met Redan, coach Jerry Jackson was an assistant. However, Collins Hill defeated Redan in the 2005 Class AAAAA state semifinals, 62-45, en route to their third state championship in five years.

In order for Redan to extend its winning streak to 58 games and repeat as Class AAAAA champions, the Lady Raiders will need to reverse that history. Along with a history in Hembree, they will have to contend with Norcross' pedigree. Senior point guard Briana Jordan is former Atlanta Braves outfielder Brian Jordan's daughter, while freshman power forward Diammond DeShields is former Major League Baseball's Delino DeShields' daughter.

In just under 20 minutes, we will see whether or not the Lady Raiders can rebound from yesterday's slow start. Though Redan came out on top, Jackson was reluctant to call their performance anything but lackluster.