Area Hoops Roundup

West Mesquite outlasts Mabank, 64-58

Boys Hoops Results

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 hitting 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 to lead Wills Point.

               

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 Jurika 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 Ades Odun. 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 overcomes Panthers in second half

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 Woodard 7, Jordan Allen 7, Jacob Woodard 10, T.C.Greene 1, Tray Phillips ,Tyler Fisher 20.



Lancaster buries Panthers in 94-50 route

LANCASTER — Lancaster surged in the second quarter and kept getting hotter to route the Mabank Panthers, 94-50.

After taking a 14-0 lead after a quarter, the high-scoring Tigers scored 80 points in the next three quarters.

Tyler Fisher led Mabank scorers with 15 points. Jordan Allen had 12 and Griffin Marshall chipped in with 11.



Mabank — 9-11-11-17-13 — 50

Lancaster — 14-23-23-34 — 94



MABANK (50): Chance Hall 2, James Burkhalter 2, Unterrious Toliver 2, Griffin Marshall 11, Jordan Allen 12, T.C. Greene 6, Tyler Fisher 15.

LANCASTER (94) Lynch 24, J.J. Williams 14, B. Fisher 5, S. Earl 6, M. Taylor 4, J. Bohannon 18, Etheridge 2, G. Williams 5, W. Keaton 4, T. Jones 7, Monk-Sowells 5.



Ladies Hoop results

Lady Dogs come close but lose to Van, 35-29

EUSTACE: The Lady Dogs took a 17-15 halftime lead over the Van Lady Vandals but couldn't hold it down the stretch and lost, 35-29.

Cantania Grants and Allie Cass led the Eustace effort.

"Our post played a great ball game for us, said Coach Dallinda Cassel. They have been consistent throughout district play. We need to get the ball to them more on offense."

Cassell praised her team's effort on the boards, both offensively and defensively.  “Our goal for the second round in district is to go 3 and 2 which is very achievable.  If we will do the little things right we can win the ball game.  It hasnt been the big picture that has cost us games;

"It has been the little mistakes. We plan to correct those and end district 3 and 2. 



Eustace: 6-11- 5-7 — 29

Van:      8-7-8-12  — 35

 EUSTACE (29): Catania Grant 8, Allie Cass  8, Ashlie Phillips 8, Harmony Allen 3, Jenny McConathy 2.



Wills Point edges Eustace girls,

36-34



Eustace      4-11-11-8 — 34

Wills Point  7-16-5-8 —36

 

  The Lady Dogs kept Wills Point out of double-digit scoring in three of the four periods, but a second-quarter splurge helped Wills Point take a narrow 36-34 victory over the Lady Dogs..

"We did a good job defensively on thier post players," said Coach Dalinda Cassell. " Harbaugh had 6 points and those 6 points were from free throws and Robinson had 6 points.  We held P. Spencer to 4 points." 

Cassell said Wills Points' four treys in the second period proved the Lady Dogs' undoing.

 " We played well and I thought that Allie, Jenny, Catania, and Vanessa did a good job defending the post," Cassell said. "We played as a team offensively and I was proud of their play and effort." 

Catania led Eustace with 8 points followed by Allie Cass 7, Ashilie Phillips 7, Harmony Allen 5, Jenny McConathy 5, Megan Renteria 2. \

The Lady Dogs meet Van Friday at home.



Lancaster hands Mabank girls

seventh district loss



The Mabank Lady Panthers lost a 38-37 third quarter lead, then failed to keep pace with Lancaster in the final period, losing its seventh District 15-4A game in a row without a victory, 54-48.

Ashton Norman and Jeanice Mojica each had 11 points in the loss, but Lancaster had three players in double figures, led by Fisher's 15 game-high points.



Mabank): 10 - 13 - 15 - 10 — 48

Lancaster 9- 16 - 12 - 17 — 54



MABANK (48): Ashley Hammack 4, Jeanice Mojica 11, Sara Springer 8, Chelsea Alldredge 6, Ashton Norman 11, Olivia Pannell 8.

LANCASTER (54): Lauren Thomas 8, Bianca Fisher 15, Jandra Walton 2, Dashia Hurst 8, Quanclacia Lane 10, Jimailla Price 11.





Canton rolls past Kemp in 14-3A showdown of unbeatens



CANTON — The battle between two unbeaten 14-3A opponents turned into a night of disappointment for the Kemp Lady Jackets as they took a 52-36 beating.

Coach Kent Smith wasn't happy with what he saw, and it wasn't all just mistakes from his team.

" I do not want to lay blame on the officiating," he said.

However....

"It played a huge role in what happened,” Smith said. 23 to 7 was the foul count in their favor. 

"More significantly, we had two players foul out," he said. "Nineteen of their 52 points came off free throws.  We never got into a 1 and 1 situation since they only had 3 and 4 fouls each half,” he said. 

And to some it up:

"As I said, I am not laying blame of the outcome on the officials. However, the numbers speak for themselves. 

"We didn't do what we were supposed to do," Smith said.

One reason was the loss in the first half of star player Michelle Ritterbach, who finished with just six points, or nine below her average.

Ritterbach finished the first half on the bench getting treatment.

Canton was in the double bonus early in each half. 

  Brianna Powell had a good night with 12 points (2 threes) and although Michelle was off on her scoring she still pulled down nine rebounds. 

In spite of it all, the Lady Jackets still own a 19-8 seasons record and a 4-1 mark in 14-3A.

Van and Wills Point are slated this week. The Lady Jackets close out their regular season against Canton on Kemp's home court.



Lady Jackets roar past Mineola, 51-35



Kemp's Lady Jackets overwhelmed Mineola in the opening period with a 21-2 run and never looked back, winning 51-36.

 "We played almost a perfect  quarter defensively outscoring Mineola 21-2; their only bucket coming in the last fifteen seconds of the quarter off of a steal," said Coach Kent. 

"Our defense held them scoreless for almost the entire period causing multiple turnovers off the press along with  steals in the halfcourt," he said.

  Michelle Ritterbach started off with 8 points in the first (2 threes) and Amanda Lawrence had 9 points (one three). 

The Lady Jackets kept Mineola off balance the entire game with a full court pressure, causing 32 turnovers and having 15 steals.  

Ritterbach had 19 points (three 3s, just missed a double double with 9 rebounds), Lawrence had 13 points (two 3's) and Brittany Simmons had 9 points (one 3, 5 assists, and she added another charge to her State-Leading total of 23).  Underneath, Shannon Shipp had 5 points and 7 rebounds.

Kemp finished the game at 19-7 for the year and 4-0 in district, leading up to what would become their first district loss against Canton.





























 



 





 

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