The Parklane Academy Lady Pioneers defeated the Centreville Academy Lady Tigers for the second time this season, 59-47, in their opening game of Parklane’s Thanksgiving tournament on Monday.
The Lady Pioneers maintained control of the lead throughout the game. Lana Moak led with a 13-point performance and Tootie Carter had 11 points.
The Lady Pioneers went into halftime with a 31-20 lead and never looked back.
A 3-point play by Moak at the end of the third quarter put Parklane up 49-33.
The Tigers, unable to find an answer in the fourth quarter, continued to fall behind 58-42 before Marti Ann Longmeir knocked down a 3 to make it 58-45 with just over a minute remaining in the game.
Sydnie Lyon finished with 22 points for the Lady Tigers, Katelyn Chandler had 15 and Longmeir had 6 The Lady Tigers made 4 of 12 three point shots on the night.
“I think our point guard, Lana Moak, had a terrific game tonight. She ran the offense well and helped us get open shots. Tootie Carter did a good job on the boards tonight. Destini Brown handled the ball well, and Taylor Murray always hustles and gives us 110 percent every night,” Parklane Academy assistant coach Tammy Gillihan said. “We knew that Katelyn Chandler was a good a ball player for them, and we just played good man-to-man defense tonight while also doing a good job on the offensive boards and I think that was the difference in the game.”
The Lady Tigers face the Oak Forest Academy Lady Yellowjackets at 1:15 p.m. today in their final game of the tournament.
The Lady Pioneers tip off against the Brookhaven Academy Lady Cougars at 6 tonight.
Brown leads Pioneers to win
Quartez Brown led the 3-0 Parklane Pioneers to a 60-37 win over the Centreville Academy Tigers on Monday night in their first matchup of the Thanksgiving tournament. Brown finished with 33 points.
The Pioneers started out on a 12-0 run in the first quarter until Austen Addington made a free throw to make it 12-1 with 3:33 remaining in the first. Parklane led 18-5 at the end of the first quarter. Extending their lead to 17 at halftime, Brown made a buzzer-beating shot at the half to put the Pioneers up 34-17.
Brown and Newlon Gillihan scored a combined 11 points in the third quarter to propel the Pioneers to a 47-24 lead at the end of the third.
The two also led the Pioneers on an 11-2 run to start the fourth quarter as Parklane went ahead 58-26. Both teams began to take out their starters throughout the final minutes of the game, as Parklane secured the victory.
Addington and D.J. Parent both had 9 points for the Tigers, and Lane Sebastian finished with 6 points.
“I thought we played hard, but I think we could’ve played smarter. I was proud of them, we had played that team before, so they had to come back and get themselves mentally ready and sometimes that’s not easy to do,” Parklane Academy head coach Todd Foster said.“We knew they kind of had one primary ball handler, so we knew if we could get the ball out of his hands that we could make some other guys make some mistakes.” Foster said.
He also commended Brown’s stellar play.
“He’s a really good player. He was a scorer for us last year, but now he has started to become a really good basketball player,” Foster said. “It’s him and a bunch of sophomores, so he kind of sets the table for us.”
The Tigers will take on the Oak Forest Yellowjackets at 2:30 p.m. today following the varsity girls’ game.
The Pioneers will wrap things up on tonight against the Brookhaven Academy Cougars at 7:15 following the varsity girls’ game.
