It was a good night for three of the parish teams, as both the Pine Prairie Panthers and Lady Panthers secured huge district victories and the Mamou Lady Demons picked up their second league win of the year.
Here is a rundown of all three games.
Church Point (G)
vs. Pine Prairie
The key to any win is to get off to a good start and the Pine Prairie Lady Panthers did just that, opening up a seven point advantage after the first quarter of play and finished strong in a 59-46 win over the Church Point Lady Bears.
Pine Prairie improves to 17-10 on the year and 5-5 in district competition.
Behind Kameron Allen’s nine points in the opening period, Pine Prairie owned a 16-9 lead as the quarter came to a close. The Lady Panthers edged out Church Point 11-10 in the second quarter to take a 27-19 lead at the half.
Pine Prairie slipped in the third quarter, as they were out scored 9-7 by the Lady Bears. But a huge 25 point fourth quarter including a six for eight effort by Kailey Doucet, allowed the Lady Panthers to close the door on Church Point.
Allen led the way with 19 points.
Church Point (B)
vs. Pine Prairie
Behind Isaiah Payne’s 34 points, Pine Prairie blew past the Church Point Bears 79-42 to move to 15-4 on the season and 6-2 in league play.
Pine Prairie led 18-3 after the first quarter and 36-19 at the half. The Panthers continued to cruise on offense in the second half, scoring 17 points in the third quarter and 26 points in the final period.
Raylin Thomas chipped in 16 points for Pine Prairie in the win.
Pine Prairie will travel to Port Barre on Tuesday.
Mamou (G) vs.
Port Barre
Despite trailing 18-7 after three quarters of play, the Mamou Lady Demons blew open the game in the fourth quarter, scoring 22 points to slide past the Port Barre Lady Devils 29-22.
Mamou is now 7-16 on the season and 3-7 in league competition and will travel to Iota on Tuesday for another district game.