Basketball Round-Up

Cedar Creek Pilot

Gun Barrel City — West Mesquite outlasts Mabank, 64-58



MABANK — The Panthers seemed to have West Mesquite under control after three quarters, leading 49-47, but the Wranglers sucked it up in the final period to win, 64-58.

West Mesquite led by just a point at half time, 31-30 after Mabank finished the first quarter on top, 19-16.  But three treys in the final period helped the Wranglers to take the lead, outscoring the Panthers 17-9 in the fourth.

Both teams passed up opportunities with poor nights at the free throw line. Both teams hit just 56 percent. Mabank was nine of 15 and the Wranglers were 14 of 25.

 Jorik led all scorers with 20 points, but hit just 10 of 15 free throws. Jacob Woodard led Mabank with 19 points, but was only one of three from the line.



West Mesquite — 19-12-16-17 — 64

Mabank —16-14-19-9 — 58

WEST MESQUITE (64): Jorik 20, Green 17, Davis 2, Rayson 10, Bio 6, Love 3, Fielder 6.

MABANK (58): James Burkhalter 4, Unterrious Toliver 13, Jacob Woodard 19, Jordan Allen 3, T.C. Greene 3, Tray Phillips 5, Tyler Fisher 11.



Wills Point runs away from Eustace, 62-25



Eustace fell to Wills Point 62-25 Tuesday night dropping its district 14-3A record to 1-1. Wills Point improves to 1-1.

 The Dogs were led by Guy Hargrow with 11 points. Steve Cunigan scored 15 points.

              

Eustace:  4-10- 4- 7 —  25

Wills Point 19-16-11—16 — 62

EUSTACE –  Guy Hargrove 11, Trevan Johnson 8, Braden Strickland 4, Addison Scott 2.

WILLS POINT —  Steven Cunigan 15, Marquis Burch 10, Trent Jurica 9, Junior Hamilton 8, Clay Deen 7, Evan Padilla 4, Daryan York 4, Josh Boyd 3, Bret Bradshaw 2



Poteet erupts in fourth quarter to down Mabank, 65-49



 MESQUITE —  Mabank kept it close for three quarters but sent the Pirates to the foul line while trying to catch up in a 23-point fourth quarter for Poteet for a 65-49 victory.

 Poteet used balanced scoring with five players in double figures and a good night at the foul line (17 of 22) to post the District 15-4A victory.

 The Pirates led by just two at the half, 27-25 and the Panthers trailed by four going into the final period, 42-38.

 Tyler Fisher led Mabank with 12 points, followed by Jacob Woodard with 11. Griffin Marshal had nine.

 Of Poteet's five players in double figures, none had more than the 13 points by Adesodun. Three others scored 10 and T. Zachery had 12.

 The Panthers had problems at the foul line again, hitting just nine of 16 (56 percent).



Poteet — 20-7-15-23 — 65

Mabank — 12-13-13-11 — 49

MABANK (49) — Tony Burkhalter   8, Unterrious Toliver 3, Griffin Marshall 9, Jacob Woodard 11, T.C. Greene 1, Tray Phillips 5, Tyler Fisher 2.

POTEET (65): E. Adesodun 13, T. Zackery 12, D. Bridgeforth 10, S. Emopgu 10, J. England 4, A. Lucas 6, B. Flint 10.



Forney rallies past Panthers, 59-54



 MABANK — The Panthers had a 35-32 half time lead over Forney, but things slowed down in the second half and the Jack Rabbits left town with a 59-54 District 15-4A victory.

 Tyler Fisher led the Panthers in scoring with 20 points, followed by Jordan Allen's10.

 Forney — 18-14-14-13 — 59

Mabank — 16-19-10-9 — 54

FORNEY (59): Jackson 5, Fields 12, Britton 2, Qurrindonjo 3, Hancock 23, Morgan 6, Youngman 2, Shaw 6, Eubank 5.

MABANK (54) — James Burkhalter 2, Unterrious Toliver 1, Griffin Marshall 7, Jacob Woodarad 7, Jordan Allen 7, Jacob Woodard 10, T.C.Greene 1, Tray Phillips 6,Tyler Fisher 20.



Wills Point beats Kemp by 10

WILLS POINT — The Tigers used a strong second period to put some distance between themselves and the Kemp Yellowjackets last Friday.

 Kemp had a two-point lead after the first period but the Jackets were outscored 15-6 in the second quarter.

The Tigers had an 18-10 edge on two pointers. The Jackets had a good night at the line but only shot four times, all four going in.

 Wesley Kerr scored 14 points for Kemp, while Steven Cunigan (11 points) and Junior Hampton (10 points) led Wills Point scorers.

KEMP: 11-6-10-6 — 33

WILLS POINT: 9-15-9-10 — 43

KEMP (33): Jake Goldman 3, Zach Allison 2, Wesley Kerr 14, Jeremy Quick 4, Jeff Goldman 3, Ryan Emfinger 7.

WILLS POINT (43): Evan Padilla 6, Marquis Burch 2, Trent Jurica 71, Darryl Park 5, Josh Boyd 2, Junior Hampton 11, Steven Cunigan 11.

 

Stiggers' 40 points too much for Panthers

MABANK — Despite a 23-point scoring effort by Griffin Marshall and four Panthers scoring in double figures, it wasn't enough to put Mabank past the James Stiggers led Terrell Tigers.

 Stiggers 40 point outburst was enough to give Terrell an 81-71 victory.

 Stiggers hit seven three pointers in the game and 11 of 12 free throws and just four two-pointers in accumulating his 40.

Only one other Tiger, T. Henderson, who had 13 points, could score in double figures.

Adding to Marshall's scoring were Tyler Fisher's 13, and 12 point efforts by Tray Phillips and Jacob Woodard.

Again though, the Panthers gave up valuable points at the line, hitting just seven of their 12.

They continually put the Tigers on the line, and they sank 27 of 39 attempts.

 

Terrell: 14-17-23-27 — 81

Mabank: 18-9-13-31 — 71

Terrell (81)—T. Henderson 13, G. Kennedy 5, D. Turner 4, D. Simpson 9, J. Stiggers 40, D. Ayers 4.

Mabank (71)—James Burkhalter 6, Toliver Unterrious 3, Griffin Marshall 23, Jacob Woodard 12, T.C. Greene 2, Tray Phillips 12, Tyler Fisher 13.



Lady Jackets punish Wills Point, 60-41

 Michelle Ritterbach continued her scoring pace, pouring in  22 points (five of six two pointers and four of eight treys), she also had seven rebounds, five assists, and three steals. 

  The Jackets  outscored WP 19-8 in the second period with an aggressive full-court press.  But Wills Point made adjustments, forcing the Jackets to change presses, leading to four quick steals, igniting a seven-point run and a 35-19 half time lead.

The game was well in hand by the end of the third with Kemp holding a commanding 46-29 lead. The teams pretty much traded baskets in the fourth with the Lady Jackets outscoring Wills Point by a bucket, 14-12.

  Kandace Rose played a tough game underneath, scoring 8 points in the second quarter, with 14 points total for the game along with seven rebounds and a block.

 Amanda Lawrence had nine points and Brittany Simmons, although only scoring three points, had an outstanding game at point guard, handling the Wills Point pressure with 7 assists and 3 steals. 

 Brittany also added to her charge total by taking a 24th of the season, which still ranks No. 1 in the state.

The Jackets are 21-8 on the year and 6-1 in district. 

"I'm proud of the way the team has responded following the loss to Canton," said Coach Kent Smith.

 "We have been playing complete games and our shooting has improved.”

 Kemp was 20 of 34 from two-point range (58 percent) and five of 22 from the arc (23percent) for 43 percent shooting overall. 



Kemp: 16-19-11-14 — 60

Wills Point: 11-8-10-12 —41

KEMP (60): Briana Powell 5, Amanda Lawrence  9, Brandy Simmons 3, Michelle Ritterbach 22, Brittany Simmons 3, Shannon Shipp 6, Kandace Rose 14.

 Michelle Ritterbach scored 22 points to lead.



Mineola edges Lady Dogs, 44-39

  The Lady Dogs had spurts on offense where they executed well, but poor showings in the second and fourth quarters helped Mineola to a 44-39 overtime victory. 

"The reason we went flat in the fourth is because our point guard Jenny McConathy fouled out with two minutes left in the game," said Coach Dalinda Cassell.

   "Ashlie Phillips and Harmony Allen ran point for us,"  she said. "We went into overtime, and I thought our girls played well for not having Jenny in the game."

  Allie Cass led the Lady Dogs with 12 points.



Eustace 9-5-15-6-4 — 39

Mineola 8-13-5-9-9 — 44

 EUSTACE (39): Allie Cass 12, Harmony Allen 8, Ashlie Phillips 7, Jenny McConathy 5, Catania Grant 4, Megan Renteria 2.

 



 Canton overpowers Eustace, 52-30

Eustace: 10- 7-5- 8 — 30

Canton  14-13-16-8 — 52

 Eustace stayed competitive until the third period against league-leading Canton.   But the talented Lady Eagles were too good, and the Lady Dogs wound up on the wrong side of a 52-30 score in District 14-3A.

 "They are a very good ball team and have had that same tradition about them," said Eustace Coach Dalinda Cassell. "They did not press us and we played well against their man to man.  They got hot in the third quarter and we went flat. 

"I was very pleased with the way that we played throughout the game," she said.















 













 

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