UNIONVILLE — Haley Mitchell reached the 1,000-point plateau for her basketball career and the Community Viqueens closed out the regular season and Senior Night with an undefeated record in District 7-AA play as the Viqueens defeated the Grundy County Lady Jackets 86-49 Friday night.
Community (20-6, 6-0) scored 56 points in the middle two quarters to put the game out of reach.
The Viqueens took the early lead and never trailed as Mitchell opened the game with two treys. 
Meanwhile, M.J. Simmons scored 10 points inside as the Viqueens jumped out to a 14-2 lead. 
Community took an 18-12 advantage to the second quarter.
A three-pointer by the Lady Jackets eight seconds into the quarter got Grundy County within three, but it was as close as the Lady Jackets would get as the Viqueen offense went into another gear.  The Viqueens went on a 10-0 run, culminated with a field goal by Mitchell at the 6:16 mark that put the Community senior over 1,000 points.
"She's a great offensive player and she's glad to get past that now," Coach Cody Pierce of the Viqueens said.
With Jacey Collier coming off the bench to score eight points and Simmons, Mitchell, Shelby Cawthon, and Addison Brothers each adding five, the Viqueens went on another run of eight consecutive points to take a 36-18 advantage.  When the dust had settled, Community finished with 31 points in the quarter and took a 49-28 lead to the intermission.
It was more of the same in the third quarter as the Viqueens stayed hot with 25 points. 
Simmons had 11 points while Cawthon added seven and Mitchell had five as the Viqueens went on an 11-0 run to take a 62-31 lead with 4:30 left.  Community added the final eight points of the quarter and led 74-40 with one quarter to play.          
The game finished with a running clock as the Viqueens won their 20th game of the season.  
"Grundy did a good job of hitting a lot of outside shots early," Pierce said. "We just knew we had to get a few more stops to get that big lead."
"We got after it with the press and it helped us get some easy baskets," Pierce added.
"Just a good overall night."
Simmons had 28 points to lead four Viqueens in double figures. 
Mitchell had 16 points while Cawthon added 14.  Collier netted 10 points for the Viqueens.
Carlee Smartt had 19 points and Wrylee McDaniel added 15 to lead the Lady Jackets.
The Viqueens were 13-of-21 at the free throw line while Grundy County was 4-of-8.  
The focus is now on the district tournament which will be played at Forrest.
Community opens play against Grundy County in a 6 p.m. game Thursday night.
"Everybody's 0-0 now," Pierce said. "Now we've got a job to do and we need to take care of the district once again."                                                                         
Grundy Co.    12  16  12  9 — 49
Community   18  31  25  12 — 86
 
Grundy Co.: Carlee Smartt 19, Wrylee McDaniel 15, Jaidys McDaniel 9, Kasadee Crabtree 4, Kati Davidson, Elyce Rymer 2, Kathryn Lusk, Gracie Panter, Mallory Woodlee, Haley Smith.
Community: M.J. Simmons 28, Haley Mitchell 16, Shelby Cawthon 14, Addison Brothers 9, Zoey Dixon 6, Jacey Collier 10, Anna Haskins 3, Izzy Martinez, Stevie Dickenson.
3-Point goals: Grundy Co. (7): Smartt 3, W. McDaniel 2, J. McDaniel 2; Community (7): Mitchell 4, Brothers, Dixon, Haskins.
Halftime score: Community 49, Grundy Co. 28.