The Oak Mountain Academy basketball teams both advanced to the championship game of the Praise Academy Tournament in Lithia Springs on Friday night, with the boy’s team knocking off Unity Christian, 52-40, while the Lady Warriors won a 53-34 contest against Unity.

The Warriors (7-1) were led by Blake Mason’s 16-point effort, while Colton Pollard added 12 points and James Hughes finished with 10. OMA will play at 3 p.m. today.

The Lady Warriors (8-0) got a 14-point performance from Jessi Fuller, while Merideth Sammon posted 13 points. The OMA girls will play the winner of the Praise Academy/Colonial Hills matchup today at 1:15 in the championship round.

In other prep basketball action from Friday:

Bowdon girls 53, Haralson County 42: Whitney McClure led the Red Devilettes (4-1) in the home win with 16 points, while Jacole Stephens added nine points. Sydney Boddie pulled down a team-high 11 boards for Bowdon, with Reshay Brewer corralling 10 caroms. Bowdon travels to face county rival Mt. Zion today at 4:30 p.m.

Carrollton JV boys 49, New Manchester 44: The Trojans (6-1) overcame a four-point deficit entering the fourth quarter to pull out the five-point win, as Isaiah Boyd scored eight of his 15 points in the fourth quarter to lead the comeback charge. Montae Glenn scored a game-high 16 points for Carrollton and T.J. Cochran led the defensive effort with six steals and six rebounds.

New Manchester 9th grade boys 60, Carrollton 51: The Trojans (2-2) were led by Angelo Osorio with 14 points, followed by Mike Boykin with 11 and Desmond Webb with nine.

North Georgia boys 61, Holy Ground 44: After battling the Chargers to a 29-29 halftime tally, fouls and another injury to one of the Stallion guards limited Holy Ground’s offense in the second half. Three of Holy Ground’s guards were saddled with a total of 12 fouls collectively, while another guard was not able to play due to injury. Chandler Dedman and Blake Lee took scoring honors with 15 and 10 points, respectively, and Dedman also pulled down 15 boards.

North Georgia JV boys 46, Holy Ground 19: The Stallions suffered the road loss on Thursday night.

Mt. Zion Middle School girls 39, Bowdon 36: The Lady Eagles were led by Tricia White with 17 points in the win on Thursday night. Jordan Ackles added 12 points and Kayla Evans chipped in eight points for MZ.