NATCHEZ &045; Much like their entire season to date, the Adams Christian Rebels just had to be patient.

It’s no secret turnovers have slowed them down like a bad case of the flu, but the Rebels made better passes and ran their inside-out offense well late in the game to take a 50-46 win over Parklane Friday night.

The Pioneers scrapped their man defense in the second half for a 2-3 zone, and the Rebels just remained patient.

&uot;We expected them to play man, and we knew at some time or another they’d come out in zone,&uot; AC head coach Kyle Smith said. &uot;We tried to be patient. We didn’t want to throw the ball away, and I thought we did a good job of being patient. I thought our man offense was working well tonight.&uot;

The Rebels kept pecking away all game and finally got over the hump after for most of the first three quarters. Parklane led 40-36 heading into the fourth quarter, but the Rebels got three straight buckets to start the fourth with Casey Gould accounting for the final two.

The Pioneers answered with two buckets from Ben Boyd to take a 44-42 lead, and Gould and Parklane’s Tyler Cunningham traded baskets as they kept the two-point lead. Then Dustin Case hit a jumper from the side to tie it up, and Gould knocked down a shot with 37 seconds left to give AC the lead.

Case came up with a steal in the halfcourt with 24 seconds left, leaving the Pioneers to foul. The Rebels finally went to the line with nine seconds left but missed the front end of a one-and-one.

Foster came up with a steal with four seconds left and followed with two free throws right after to close the deal.

Forest Hill 79, Natchez 76

JACKSON &045; Forest Hill scored 24 points in the first quarter to stun Natchez High and held on in the final three quarters as the Rebels moved into first place in the division standings.

The Rebels rolled over Natchez (4-2, 15-9 overall) offensively in the first in taking at 24-17 lead at the end of the first.

The Bulldogs only had a one-point advantage, 17-16, in the second quarter; two points, 22-20, in the third quarter; and one point, 20-19, in the fourth.

Michael Chatman led Natchez with 17 points.

Prairie View 53, Trinity 37

BASTROP, La. &045; Trinity (14-11) had problems getting the shots to fall in the first half as the Saints were held to just nine points in the first and eight in the second.

On the other hand, Prairie View (18-10) got hot as Josh Jones and Jarod Edwards helped the Spartans take a commanding 38-17 halftime lead.

While the Saints scored 15 points in the third, their defensive intensity picked up and held the Spartans to four points, cutting their deficit to 10 going into the fourth quarter.

Wilkinson 54, Amite 52

LIBERTY &045; The Wildcats (4-6, 12-13) beat Amite County (8-2, 13-5) after coming back from a big first-half deficit.

Going into the locker room, Wilkinson trailed 30-14, but the Wildcats came out in the second half as a different team, outscoring their opponents by 17 points to take the win.

Huntington 45, River Oaks 39

FERRIDAY, La. &045; Take away the first five minutes of the game and it wouldn’t have even been close. After spotting River Oaks an 11-0 lead, Huntington settled down and got back into the game.

In the second quarter, getting five points from Ples Arthur during a 14-10 run that put Huntington down just 23-20 going into halftime.

Jefferson 64, North Pike 61

SUMMIT &045; A 23-14 advantage in the second quarter turned the momentum to the Tigers and gave them a five-point halftime lead as they held of a fourth-quarter rally to defeat the Jaguars.

Franklin 60, Hazlehurst 46

HAZLEHURST &045; The Bulldogs broke open a close game by outscoring the Indians 18-9 in the second quarter and pulled away with a 14-point win.

Vidalia 80, Cathedral 32

VIDALIA, La. &045; Six players scored at least nine points, led by Brandon Hawkins and Jarvis Whittley with 14 points each, as the Vikings (9-15) got back on the winning track.

Franklin 66, Tensas 26

ST. JOSEPH, La. &045; The Cougars took control of the game by outscoring the Chiefs 18-7 in the first quarter and never looked back.