Parish basketball teams pick up wins this week

Hard court teams from around the parish saw plenty of action this past week, as the 2019-20 basketball season ramped up into high gear.
One of the teams feeding off of their success from last season is the Pine Prairie Lady Panthers. On Monday and Wednesday, the Lady Panthers picked up a couple of wins to improve to 10-2 overall on the season.
In their game on Monday, Pine Prairie collected their second win in as many games against Sacred Heart, as they pushed past the Lady Trojans 47-33. In that game, Kameron Allen (14 points), Asia George (11 points) and Brianna Wall (10 points) all scored in double digits for the win. Sacred Heart’s Olivia Hernandez knocked down 12 points.
On Wednesday, the Lady Panthers were back at their winning ways, this time in a close 49-45 victory over the Welsh Lady Greyhounds. In that contest, Allen collected 22 points, while George added 13 points.
The week was not a total waste for the Lady Trojans. On Tuesday, Sacred Heart took to the road to battle the Ascension Episcopal Lady Gators.
The Lady Trojans took control from the start, jumping out to a 21-7 lead after three quarters to play, on their way to a 33-14 win. Sacred Heart finished the week with an overall record of 6-7 on the year.
Staying in girl’s basketball, the Ville Platte Lady Bulldogs improved their season record to 4-3 with a 38-32 win over the Crowley Ladies. Ville Platte trailed by one, 19-18, at the half, but rebounded with an 11-3 advantage in the third quarter to set the tone for the rest of the game. Nine players scored in the game for the Lady Bulldogs with Shayla Hickerson netting eight points to lead the way.
In boy’s action, the Sacred Heart Trojans earned a split in their two games this past week as they took down the Pine Prairie Panthers 49-41 on Monday and fell to the Ascension Episcopal Gators 52-39 on Tuesday. In the Pine Prairie contest, Jacques Leger blew up the nets with 27 points, while Wyatt Fontenot led the way against the Gators with nine points.
The Panthers’ week did not go so well, as they also took a loss to the Welsh Greyhounds at home 58-51. Chase Freeman busted loose for 28 points and Bryce Ardoin chipped in 14 points in the loss to the Greyhounds.
The Ville Platte High Bulldogs were able to run their record to a perfect 7-0 on Tuesday night, as they slid past the Crowley Gents 64-61. Ville Platte found themselves behind 17-8 after one period of play, but an 18-11 advantage in the second quarter brought them within two as the first half buzzer sounded.
The Bulldogs outscored the Gents 20-17 in the third quarter and 18-16 in the final period to seal the win. Three players scored in double digits for Ville Platte as Tye’Wuan Byers scored 21 points, Ernest Roberts picked up 20 points and Terrian Roy added 13 points in the winning effort.
Finally, the Mamou Demons dropped to 3-8 overall on the season as they fell 69-33 to the Lafayette Christian Knights this past Monday night.
TJ Edwards had 14 points for the Demons.