Tornadoes come back with victory against Morton

The Philadelphia Tornadoes came back from the Christmas break and got off to a slow start against Morton on Saturday.

While the Tornadoes may have started slow, they finished strong as they came from behind to beat the Panthers 56-48.

The Lady Tornadoes also rolled to another win as they beat the Lady Panthers 76-41.

Philly was scheduled to return to action on Tuesday as they travel to Leake County. Philly will then travel to Newton on Friday to open Division 6-2A play.

The Tornadoes will host the Philadelphia Shootout on Saturday. The Tornadoes teams play Newton County with the girls starting at 5 p.m. and the boys at 6:30 p.m.

The schedule for the Philadelphia Shootout is as follows:

11 a.m. — East Webster vs. McAdams girls

12:30 p.m. — East Webster vs. McAdams boys

2 p.m. — Leake Central vs. Caledonia girls

3:30 p.m. — Leake Central vs. Caledonia boys

5 p.m. — Philadelphia vs Newton County girls

6:30 p.m. — Philadelphia vs. Newton County boys

Tornadoes 56

Morton 48

The Tornadoes overcame a slow start as they outscored the Panthers in the last three periods to take an eight-point win on Saturday.

Morton led 11-5 at the end of the first period before Philadelphia got going and outscored the Panthers 22-16 to tie the game at 27-27 at the half. Philly took the lead in the third period as they outscored Morton 17-14 in the third and 12-7 in the fourth.

Jordan Hill led Philly with 21 points while Tanner Bowler added 14 points.



Philadelphia girls 76

Morton 41

The Lady Tornadoes outscored the Lady Panthers in every period and cruised to a 35-point win.

Philly jumped out to a 17-8 lead in the first period and then outscored Morton 25-13 in the second to lead 42-21 at the half. Philly kept on adding to its lead as they outscored Morton 18-11 in the third and 16-9 in the fourth.

Nia Luckett led Philly with 27 points while Zharia Leflore had 13 points.