Stories from Friday, February 27, 2015

Marmaduke led early but couldn't find an answer for Marked Tree's Laquentin Miles as he came off the bench to score 40 points helping the Indians to a 75-60 win in the quarter-finals of the 2A-3 district tournament in Lepanto this past Friday. Eddie Page gave Marmaduke a 2-0 lead with two free throws before Cameron Mitchell drilled a three-pointer and Tirek Young made a layup for Marked Tree to make it 5-2. ...

The EPC Lady Warriors won their game of the district tournament and second straight upset to reach the 2A-3 district finals in Lepanto. The Lady Indians were victim number three as EPC took a 66-58 win. Lexi Perry, who finished with a game high 29 points, opened the game with an inside basket before Becca Bishop canned a three-pointer, Synteria Ward hit a jumper in the lane and Christian Hinson scored inside to give EPC a 7-2 lead. ...

EPC let a three point lead get away from them in the last minute of the game as BIC pulled out a 72-71 win in the semi-finals of the 2A-3 district tournament in Lepanto. The Warriors jumped out to a 5-0 lead behind an inside basket from Aaron Scales and a three-pointer from Clay Malone. ...

Bay's Katie Ferguson scored 18 points as the Lady Yellowjackets took home the 1A-3 East district title with a 39-33 win over Armorel this past Monday at Ridgefield Christian School. Armorel scored first to go up 2-0 only to see Baylee Bowers score inside and Sydney Higgins can a three-pointer to give Bay the lead at 5-2, a lead they would not give up the rest of the night. ...

Bay got off to a slow start trailing Hughes 14-10 at the end of one. Colton Watson had a huge second quarter and Tyler Pritchett got red hot in third as Bay built a 30 point lead by the end of the third and coasted to the 1A-3 East district title this past Monday at Ridgefield Christian School...