The Tigers dropped their Roundball Classic opener to Monroe 65-56 on Monday.

Mt. Zion, Colquitt County’s Wednesday opponent, defeated Baker County 60-34 on Monday and beat Miller County 47-35 on Tuesday.

The Colquitt County girls suffered their second straight close loss in Tuesday’s next-to-last game.

On Monday, the Lady Packers lost a seven-point lead with 1:02 remaining and fell to Dougherty in overtime 59-56.

Colquitt trailed by eight after three quarters on Tuesday against Stockbridge, but scored the first seven points of the fourth quarter.

The Lady Packers finally took their first lead since early in the game when Ashley Patillo hit a pair of free throws to give her team a 43-42 led with 2:44 remaining.

But Synamon Martin tied the game with a free throw 14 seconds later and Alexis Taylor added two more free throws with 2:20 left and the Lady Tigers never trailed again.

The Lady Packers got as close as two on a basket by Patillo with 1:20 left, but could get no closer.

Kyra Chandler of Stockbridge led all scorers with 21 points. Martin added 19.

Patillo had 13 and Umeika Henry had 12 for Colquitt County.

Also for the Lady Packers, Nicolle Thomas had nine, Bria Wallace had six, Persephone Taylor had four and Shay Lovett had one basket.

The Colquitt County girls, now 5-4, will try to stay above .500 when they meet Camden County at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

The Lady Wildcats defeated Dougherty 57-48 on Tuesday.

In other scores from Tuesday’s games, the Albany High girls won over Savannah 48-37; the Lee County girls defeated Monroe 53-38; the St. Francis boys won over Baker County 71-62; and the Monroe boys defeated Mitchell County 52-39.