Glenn Hills boys and girls at the Class AAA semifinals in Macon.

The Carrollton fans have already started in on the Glenn Hills team. They began heckling the Glenn Hills girls during warm-ups today. They were counting up missed shots in a row for the Lady Spartans.

It was pretty much the only noise in the building while the Spartan girls warmed up early.

It's 3:58 PM. The Glenn Hills girls are dressed in Carolina blue. Carrollton's Lady Trojans are in white.  The starting lineups are going on right now.

Next up: Carrollton (28-2) vs. Glenn Hills (22-8) from the Macon Coliseum.

Conventional wisdom and a smattering of opinion from sportswriters around the state says the Lady Spartans are the underdogs in this one. The Lady Trojans only give up 35 points per game this year.

Glenn Hills senior guard Ciara Lyons averages 24 points per game on her own.

One of those strengths will have to give. Check back soon for an update.

4:06 PM UPDATE: Carrollton 5, Glenn Hills 5. 1Q 5:45

4:12 PM UPDATE: Carrollton 15, Glenn Hills 8. 1Q 1:56

4:20 UPDATE: Carrollton 16, Glenn Hills 13. E1Q.

Carrollton's fan base is at least three times as loud as the Glenn Hills crowd. With both teams at the state semifinal, that was unexpected. Carrollton's Karisma Boykin is controlling this game in the early going. She had 11 points in the first quarter.

4:25 PM: Carrollton's taking over. CHS 22, GH 13. 5:51 2Q

I'll quote a fellow media member sitting next to me at press row right now.

"Wow," that writer said. "Carrollton is running Glenn Hills off the floor."

4:35 P.M. HALFTIME. CHS 32, GH 25.

It's a good thing Jessica Morton of Glenn Hills got hot in the second quater. It could have been worse. Morton hit two treys in that quarter to keep it tight. The Lady Spartans were down as much as 13 points at one point in the second quarter.

Lyons leads all Glenn Hills scorers with her seven points at the half.  

4:50 PM UPDATE: CHS 39, GH 27. 4:32 3Q

4:58 PM UPDATE: CHS 47, GH 32. 1:17 3Q

5:00 PM UPDATE: CHS 47, GH 32. End of the 3Q.

Not good for the Spartans. Down 15 points with eight minutes to go. Ciara Lyons also has three fouls.

5:20 UPDATE. Not happening for the Lady Spartans. CHS 63, GH 44. Final.

I found it odd Carrollton was still shooting three-pointers with its second team and blowout tick minutes squad in during the final minutes. Not a shining example of gamesmanship or sportsmanship in my book.

5:45 PM UPDATE: Good news for Spartan fans. The boys are up 10-4 with 4:27 left in the first quarter. Jihad McCloud has two dunks. The Spartan boys appear very determined right now.

This is already as much intensity as they have played with all season.

5:54 PM: Glenn Hills boys 18, Hart County 12. E1Q

Glenn Hills senior Chris Reynolds had a great first quarter. He had eight points and three rebounds.

6:10 PM UPDATE: GH 24, HC 22. HALF.

Interesting end to the half. Jerel Stephenson missed a shot off a soaring drive into the paint. The ball was promptly collected and hoisted into the air by Hart senior center Quint Clinkscales. He let it go in the outer semi-circle before his own free throw line.

We see this all the time. Well, sort of. I bet all the TV videographers who were sitting idle with their cameras sheathed on press row wish they were rolling on that one.

That heave looked like a hot air balloon rising up and up as it zinged its way down court. And since I'm taking the time to tell you about it, you know what happened.

His answered prayer gave his team a momentum jolt heading into the half. Will the buzzer-beater be enough to spark a team that's been a step behind Glenn Hills for most of the half?

6:34 PM UPDATE: Glenn Hills 40, Hart County 30. E3Q

6:55 PM UPDATE: The looooongest quarter in history is still going on. Hart County is fouling Glenn Hills non-stop whenever one of its players has the ball.

GH 54, HC 38. 2:00 4Q

7:00 PM UPDATE. Glenn Hills 61, Hart County 45.

Spartans face Carver of Columbus (22-9) tomorrow night at 8:45 PM. Do the team a favor and fill up the gas tank and come out and support a hard-working bunch of coaches and players that sure deserves the support.

Carver-Columbus also won the Class AAA state football championship this year. Several of the key Tigers have started for both teams.

Glenn Hills and its shiny 28-2 record has to be considered the favorite to bring home the first state basketball title in the history of its boys program tomorrow night.