WOODVILLE — It should come as no surprise that the South Pike Eagles won in their opening game of the District 7-3A tournament.
Jefferson County had fought to a double overtime win 20 hours earlier, while the Eagles hadn’t played in nearly six days.
The 93-37 victory clinched a home court first round playoff game and earned the Eagles a shot at Franklin County, the last district team to defeat them.
“They kept us from getting it last year,” South Pike head coach Marcus Flippin said of the Eagles’ loss to the Lady Bulldogs in the district championship game. “We’ll be ready.”
The first quarter was all that was needed to get back in the groove as the Eagles scored 26 and 31 points in the second and third to put away any chances the Lady Tigers had.
South Pike ran 14 players at the Tigers and the third string played almost the entire fourth quarter.
Shaquetta Anderson led the Eagles with 17 points, including five 3-pointers. Kierra Addison followed with 16, Brittany Martin put in 11, and Kentoria Harrell added 10.
The Eagles’ pressure, along with Jefferson County’s tired legs accounted for 41 turnovers from the Tigers.
FRANKLIN COUNTY 64, AMITE COUNTY 29
The Lady Bulldogs didn’t have quite the prolific performance the Eagles did, but they soundly defeated the Amite County Trojans 64-29 behind Shareka Hunt’s 16 points.
Franklin County held the Lady Trojans to eight points or less in each quarter to hold them under 30 for the game.
Amite County’s Cikia Patterson scored 15 points before fouling out in the fourth quarter.
The Lady Bulldog front line was able to neutralize the rebounding advantage Amite County enjoyed against North Pike in the first round of the tournament. Franklin County scored off putbacks and kept the Trojans to one shot a possession for the first three quarters.
Paige Webster and CeeCee Davis scored eight points for the Bulldogs.
