Lady
Patriots win three at Classic
By BARRY BURLESON
Editor
The Marshall
Academy Lady Patriots made it a happy New Year with three
wins last week in the Clarksdale Lee Holiday Classic.
Coach Tommy
Gunn’s team knocked off Washington School, Tunica
Institute of Learning and Lee-Marianna, Ark. to improve
their season record to 11-7.
The Patriots
also competed in the Holiday Classic. They lost to
Washington and then beat both TIL and Lee-Marianna to up
their record to 10-5.
Kim Shaw
scored 67 points in three days for the Lady Patriots,
starting with a 30-point effort in a 78-54 win over
Washington School on Monday, Dec. 27.
Shaw was 11
of 12 from the free throw line in the 24-point win.
Others in
double figures for Marshall were Wynne Boatwright with 13
and Chelsea Faulkenbery with 12.
The Marshall
girls were on top 42-33 at the half and then outscored
the Lady Generals 20-10 in the third quarter to secure
the win.
Shaw gunned
in 21 points on day two of the Lee Holiday Classic as the
Lady Patriots turned back Tunica 43-30.
Marshall
couldn’t pull away until the fourth quarter, when it
outscored TIL 14-6.
Faulkenbery
added eight points.
The Lady
Patriots closed the three-day event with a 66-43 rout of
Lee-Marianna on Wednesday of last week.
Shaw and
Boatwright were the top scorers with 16 and 13 points,
respectively. Shaw hit four three-point shots.
Marshall had
a commanding 37-21 lead at halftime.
“We
played some good basketball,” said assistant coach
Christopher Hedglin. “It was a good way to return
from the holiday break.”
The Marshall
Academy boys started cold against Washington School and
went on to drop a 71-52 decision. The Generals are ranked
fifth in the state in Academy AAA by The Clarion-Ledger.
The Patriots
did not score in the first quarter, trailing 13-0, but
then sliced the deficit to 22-19 at the half. They were
down 48-32 after three periods before losing by 19
points.
Scoring 11
points each for the Patriots were Will Forester, Robby
Autry and John David Sanders. Forester also had seven
assists and six steals. Autry led in rebounds with seven.
On Tuesday
of last week in the Lee Holiday Classic, the Patriots
rallied from a 22-18 halftime deficit to defeat Tunica
48-43.
Marshall
shot 46 percent from the field and 56 percent from the
free-throw stripe in the victory.
Boyce
Hollingsworth and Steven Gresham tossed in 12 points
each. Forester added 11. Gresham also had eight rebounds.
The Patriots
again found themselves behind at the half on Wednesday of
last week against Lee-Marianna but bounced back for the
49-41 win.
Thomas
Rodgers had a big game. He scored 13 points and pulled
down 13 rebounds. Autry also had 13 points. Thomas
Carlisle and Gresham scored eight each.
Marshall was
11 of 18 or 61 percent from the free throw line.
The Lady
Patriots and Patriots were scheduled to invade Rossville,
Tenn., on Monday of this week. On Tuesday the girls
hosted Immaculate Conception.
Wednesday
through Friday, the varsity teams will compete in the
Magnolia Heights School Classic at Senatobia. Both the
Lady Patriots and Patriots open tourney play Thursday
night against DeSoto at 6:30 p.m. and 8:15 p.m.,
respectively. With a win, the Lady Patriots will play
Magnolia Heights Friday at 7 p.m. in the semi-finals.
With a win, the Patriots will face the Delta versus
Memphis Home Education Association (MHEA) winner Friday
at 5:45 in the semi-finals.
The
consolation and championship games will start at 4:30
p.m. on Saturday. Others schools in the tournament are
Delta, Marvell and Strider.
Next
Tuesday, Jan. 11, the Lady Patriots and Patriots host
Carroll Academy in district competition.
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