Aided by a 17-0 third quarter run, the Bogue Chitto Bobcats came to Natchez and went home with a 67-61 win over Cathedral Tuesday.

Despite a 38-point performance by Juan Gray, the Green Wave (3-6, 0-1 district) was unable to get over the hump even after leading throughout much of the first half.

The Green Wave took their first lead at 15-13 late in the first quarter, and were not behind again until a Bobcat basket with 6:07 to go in the third.

That basket was part of a 17-0 run that turned a 26-24 Cathedral lead into a 41-26 deficit.

Keyonna Perkins led Bogue Chitto with 24 points, and Dante Ratcliff scored 13. Antwain Lyons and Mario Addison pitched in 12 apiece.

Keylann Hinson scored 11 for Cathedral.

“The key was we switched from a zone defense to a man and were more aggressive in the second half,” said Bogue Chitto coach Andy Smithie. “We created some fast break opportunities.”

Those fast break opportunities were just what Cathedral coach Peter Arnold went into the game looking to avoid.

“Our strategy was to play strong team defense in the 2-3 zone, rebound the ball well and grab every loose ball,” Arnold said. “We did that in the first half, but for about five or six minutes in the third quarter we weren’t making our shots and we weren’t doing any of those things.

“Overall, this was a pretty good performance. We’re just not playing 32 minutes yet. We wanted to keep the tempo down, and in the second half we weren’t able to do that as much.”

Cathedral pulled within three with two minutes to go after a Gray jumper, but two layups in a row by Lyons put the game away.

The win improved Bogue Chitto to 3-2 on the season, and 1-0 in district play.

“It feels good to come in here and get a district win,” Smithie said. “We were lucky to get a win with as poorly as we shot in the first half.”