Potts Camp
girls beat rival Byhalia, division foe Jags
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Cardinals drop two matchups
By BARRY
BURLESON
Editor
The Potts
Camp Lady Cardinals upped their win streak to seven last
week.
They
defeated county rival Byhalia on Tuesday and division foe
DeSoto Central on Friday, both on the home floor. The
Potts Camp boys lost to the same two opponents.
The Lady
Cardinals outscored Byhalia 21-11 in the fourth quarter
to wrap up the 56-52 win, their first over the Lady
Indians this year in three tries.
“We
wanted to be within striking distance in the fourth
quarter,” coach Kevin Harris said. “Byhalia is
one of the toughest teams we’ve played. They’re
a fine, fine team. It was a tremendous test for us.”
Latrece
Walker led the winning team with 20 points. Kenyotta
Jenkins and Arnetta Howell followed with 14 and 13,
respectively.
Sade
Daviston had a game-high 23 points for Byhalia, 11 of
those in the first quarter. Santana McKinney scored 14.
“I’m
proud of the girls,” Harris said. “They
executed our game plan, which was to go inside early and
often. The previous two times we played them they killed
us early on fast breaks. We took that away this time. As
the game went on, we got better defensively.”
The Potts
Camp boys fought talented Byhalia tooth and nail before
dropping a 69-56 decision.
The
Cardinals trailed 25-15 after one period but cut the
deficit to 38-35 at the half. The Indians tucked the win
away by ourscoring Potts Camp 16-8 in the fourth.
“Byhalia
is a great team with a great coach,” said Chris
Ferrell, head coach of the Cardinals. “I was pleased
with our inside game.”
Reggie
Lesure poured in a game-high 22 points for Potts Camp.
Stephen Simon was close behind with 16.
Powering the
Indian offensive attack in the win were Adarryl Richmond
with 17, Demarius Moore with 16 and Lavar Craine with 10.
Two seniors
lifted the Lady Cardinals to an important 58-44 division
win over the Lady Jaguars. Potts Camp improved to 4-0 in
the division and 16-7 overall.
Howell and
Taquita Evans, both in the last high school season,
scored 19 and 14 points, respectively. Potts Camp
dominated the second quarter, 19-4, and Howell and Evans
combined for 16 of the 19 points.
“The
two seniors picked us up,” Harris said.
Walker
scored 18 points, 13 of her’s coming in the fourth
period.
“Different
people picked us up throughout the course of the
game,” Harris said.
He was not
pleased overall with his team’s shooting. He said
the Lady Cardinals won by 14 but could have won by 34.
“It’s
the first time in a long time we shot the ball
poorly,” he said. “We missed a ton of shots
inside.
“I felt
we had control defensively from the get-go. Their scorers
were having a hard time getting good looks at the
basket.”
The
Cardinals played short-handed in a 66-57 setback to
DeSoto Central on Friday.
Simon scored
eight points before going down early with a bad ankle
sprain, and another starter missed the entire game for
disciplinary reasons.
“We had
two starters out, and the rest were in foul trouble, and
we didn’t get good production from the bench,”
coach Chris Ferrell said.
The
Cardinals trailed 40-34 at the halftime recess.
Lesure led
Potts Camp with a game-high 25 points. Luther Jones had
11.
“I’m
pleased with the way Reggie (Lesure) and Stephen (Simon)
have played lately,” Ferrell said. “I felt bad
that we let the game slip away Friday night.
“I’m
looking for some folks to step up. We will try to get
better before division tournament time and then see what
we can do.”
The
Cardinals dropped to 8-14 overall and 1-3 in division
play.
Potts Camp
teams visited West Union Tuesday, and they go to Myrtle
this Friday. Both are division contests.
On the
girls’ side, both West Union and Myrtle were also
unbeaten in division action entering this week.
“We
control our own destiny as far as seeding for the
tournament,” Harris said. “I hope our tough
schedule has prepared us.”
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