VIDALIA, La. &045; It took a while for Class 2A’s No. 1 team to find itself, but once the McCall Lady Dragons did, they lived up to the hype.

Bettina Fountain scored just two points in the first half before finishing with a game-high 23 in leading undefeated McCall (27-0, 6-0) to a 75-27 defeat of Vidalia (0-12, 0-5) on Tuesday.

&uot;We started out playing real sluggish. I don’t know if the reason was warm-ups or getting here late, but nobody played well in that first half,&uot; Lady Dragons head coach John Holmes said. &uot;We had a good talk at halftime and they finally got into a groove.&uot;

After leading by just 12 at halftime, McCall caught fire on offense and turned the heat up on defense to put the game away early on in the third period.

Donna Fair, who was consistently blistering all night, six of her 22 points in less than 90 seconds to put the Lady Dragons up 20, 37-17.

&uot;Donna Fair stepped it up a little bit until (Fountain) found her groove,&uot; Holmes said. &uot;Everything sort of fell into place, but we still didn’t play our best ball. Some nights are like that.&uot;

Central Private 52, ACCS 35

NATCHEZ &045; A second-quarter swoon put the Adams Christian Lady Rebels in a world of hurt before they played better in the second half in their final regular season contest.

The AC Lady Rebels (16-12, 1-8) got down by 25 points in the second quarter before outscoring Central Private 24-18 in the second half. It gave the AC Lady Rebels some solace in their second half effort after struggling the first half.

&uot;Our shot selection wasn’t the best, but Central Private had something to do with that,&uot; AC head coach Keith Walters said. &uot;We didn’t make good decisions late in the first and early in the second. Central Private is very deserving of their ranking. They’re very good. We played Brookhaven Friday night, and I don’t see much difference between the two.&uot;

Central Private (26-6, 6-2) jumped out to a 34-9 lead late in the first half after a Stefanie Kirkwood three-point play with 1:20 left. It capped a 16-3 run and a 24-7 advantage from the start of the second quarter when Central Private got some easy baskets thanks to steals in its press.

But AC put together a couple runs of its own in second half. April Boyd scored the first six points of an 8-0 run that cut the lead to 38-19 with 3:26 left, and Anna McLemore canned two free throws at the start of the fourth quarter to put the deficit at 44-21.

Kim Robertson hit one of two free throws with 3:34 left in the game to start an 11-4 run to end the game.

Franklin Co. 72, Amite Co. 54

MEADVILLE &045; The Franklin County Lady Bulldogs are right back in the thick of things for the battle for the third seed in the Region 7-3A tournament thanks to a 72-54 win over Amite County.

Franklin County (12-5, 6-4) moved to just a half-game behind North Pike, who were at 6-3 going into Tuesday, with two game left &045; home against Hazlehurst Friday and at Amite County next Tuesday.

The Lady Bulldogs took command of the game in the first quarter, and by the time the quarter was over they had a 23-11 lead.

Amite County then tried to play catch up with Franklin County, but to no avail. The Lady Trojans cut the lead to 10 at halftime, but the Lady Bulldogs outscored them in the final two quarters.

Harrisonburg 44, Monterey 32

HARRISONBURG, La. &045; Despite having their center out with an illness and only one player scoring in double figures, the seventh-ranked Lady Bulldogs still managed to win this District 3-B matchup thanks to good defense.

Harrisonburg (31-7, 5-1) took a 13-6 lead over Monterey (12-11, 1-5) after one quarter of play, but was only able to increase its lead by two points by halftime.

Randi Hamner led Harrisonburg with 10 points. Morgan White led&160;Monterey with a game-high 12 points.

Davidson 48, Block 42

ST. JOSEPH, La. &045; The Lady Warriors overcame an early deficit to defeat the Lady Bears Tuesday night to get back in the District 4-1A race.

Jessica Winzer led Davidson with 17 points.

Block (10-13, 3-2) was hoping to keep the pressure on district front-runner Delhi, and appeared to be on its way after taking a 17-13 lead at the end of the first quarter.

But Davidson (11-9, 3-3) got back in the game by outscoring the Lady Bears 11-9 in the second quarter and eventually took the the lead with a 15-11 advantage in the third quarter to take a 39-37 lead going into the fourth.

Murrah 88, Natchez High 51

JACKSON &045; Four Murrah players scored in double figures as the sixth-ranked Lady Mustangs cruised to a 37-point win over a young Lady Bulldogs team Tuesday night.

Yet Murrah (21-5) wasn’t able to put away Natchez (7-11) until the second half. The Lady Mustangs held just a 10-point lead, 36-26, at halftime.

But the final two quarters belonged to the Lady Mustangs, who outscored the Lady Bulldogs 26-13 in the third and 26-12 in the fourth.