NATCHEZ &045; Just like their first game on Nov. 12 at Monterey, La., Friday night’s contest between the Monterey Lady Wolves and the Cathedral Lady Green Wave was a close, low scoring game.

Cathedral led by one point at halftime, but a nightmarish third quarter enabled Monterey to pull out a 38-30 win over the Lady Green Wave to improve to 13-5 on the season.

&uot;It was very similar to the game in Monterey,&uot; Lady Green Wave head coach Peter Arnold said. &uot;The game turned in the third quarter. We hit a drought. We couldn’t catch up with them.&uot;

Cathedral was just 11 of 53 from the field and 8 of 21 from the free-throw line.

Brittany Woodruff scored a game-high 17 points to lead the Lady Wolves. Danielle Smith led Cathedral with eight points.

Cathedral (1-9) turned a 10-7 deficit after one quarter of play into a 16-15 halftime lead as the Lady Green Wave’s defense held Monterey to just five points in the second quarter.

Monterey then took advantage of Cathedral’s poor shooting and went on a 14-4 run in the third quarter to take a 29-20 lead going into the fourth quarter.

Cathedral boys 61, Monterey 49

NATCHEZ &045; Matthew Hall scored a team-high 18 points as the Green Wave overcame Roy Smith’s 25-point performance to defeat the Wolves to go to 3-7 on the season.

Russell Barmer had 13 points and Jonathan Jackson added 12 points for Cathedral.

Randy Crouch was the only other Monterey player to score in double figures with 12 points.

Cathedral got its offense going in the first quarter and scored 22 points to take a 22-13 lead going into the second quarter.

Wilkinson Co. boys 50, N. Pike 43

WOODVILLE &045; Despite playing a team that loves to play a slow tempo, the Wildcats still managed to pull out a seven-point win in a Division 7-3A game Friday night.

Timothy Jarvis led Wilkinson County (15-4, 4-1) with 24 points to help the Wildcats come back from a slow start.

&uot;We started off slow,&uot; Wildcats head coach Henry Story. &uot;We were down 9-0 at one point. Timothy Jarvis then started hitting the outside jumpers. At one time we were 0-for-something.&uot;

North Pike took a 13-8 lead at the end of the first quarter, but Wilkinson County outscored the Jaguars 16-7 in the second quarter

to take a 24-20 halftime lead.

&uot;The shots started falling in the second quarter,&uot; Story said. &uot;North Pike has the slow tempo game.&uot;

N. Pike girls 52, Wilkinson Co. 46

WOODVILLE &045; The Lady Jaguars outscored the Lady Wildcats 19-8 in the second quarter that helped them pull out the six-point win Friday night.

Nikkita Brown led North Pike with 18 points and Laquita Ard had 11 points.

Latasha Williams led the Lady Wildcats (1-4 in Div. 7-3A) with 18 points and Rosalyn Lacey had 15 points.

The Lady Wildcats play Tuesday at home against Crystal Springs.