No charity from the stripe

By Rhett Manuel on Thursday, January 27, 2022
Iota’s free throws lead to win over Lady Bulldogs
Davontae Fontenot (0) tries to maintain possession of the basketball in Ville Platte’s home game against Iota last Friday night. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)
Davontae Fontenot (0) tries to maintain possession of the basketball in Ville Platte’s home game against Iota last Friday night. (Gazette photo by Rhett Manuel)

VILLE PLATTE – Friday night, the Ville Platte Lady Bulldogs proved it could go tit-for-tat with the Iota Lady Bulldogs through three quarters when they hosted Iota in a District 5-3A affair. Ultimately, foul shooting proved crucial for Iota in pulling away for a 51-38 win. Iota took an astounding 18 free throw attempts in the final quarter, sinking 13 of them. Iota’s Avery Young was unflappable fr…