Putting together a scouting report on Bryan County’s girls basketball team is not the easiest thing to do. On most nights Jasmine Mikell and Ashanti Brown will lead the scoring attack.

But that doesn’t mean the Redskins don’t have others who are capable of scoring. 

Take junior Liz Harvey for example.

In last Friday’s game with Claxton, the Tigers defense was obviously geared toward Mikell who has been on a tear in recent games. Then when Brown got in the game, they were looking to cut off the inside pass.

Fine, take Mikell and Brown away. Do so at your own risk.

Harvey, who is an outstanding softball and soccer player having made all-region in both sports, found herself with some open looks and took advantage to score a game high 15 points to lead Bryan County (14-2, 7-1) to an easy 53-17 win over Claxton in the Region 3A-DII game.

The win enabled Bryan to remain in a three-way tie for first-place with Screven County and Metter. All three teams are ranked by the AJC with Bryan County at No. 4, Screven at No. 7 and Metter at No. 9.

The Redskins’ two losses have come against ranked teams: at Metter, 68-63, and at No. 3 Telfair County, 52-50. Bryan County will host Metter next Tuesday 21 and Screven on Jan. 28. They played McIntosh County Academy at home on Tuesday night and will be at Portal on Friday.

Against Claxton the Redskins hit a season high eight 3-pointers with Harvey accounting for four in addition to playing her usual strong defense and rebounding. She was the only Redskin in double figures as Briana Crawford scored eight and Laney Sehr seven. Brown and Soniya Whitaker added six as nine different players scored. 

Claxton’s Jayda Jordan hit a 3-pointer to start the game but that was the highlight of the night for the Tigers. The Redskins scored the next 11 and led 16-5 after the first quarter and pushed it to 31-12 at the half then went on a 16-2 tear in the third. 

Harvey’s scoring outburst did not surprise Mincey who said she was certainly capable although she prioritizes defense. 

“Liz is going to play hard,” Mincey said. “She is a defender. She’s shooting the ball better but the biggest thing with Liz is she’s going to play defense and rebound. She wants to be the Defensive Player of the Year in the region so that’s why we put her on everybody’s best player.

“She shuts them down or affects their game,” Mincey said. “That’s what she does for us. She’s a system kid…she shoots the ball within the system. She understands when we expect to get the ball inside. She understands that inside out so that’s what I mean by a system kid.”