NATCHEZ &8212; Led by a big performance from Ariana DeLaSalle, who had 22 points, the ACCS Lady Rebels took out Tensas Academy 60-42 Thursday night at home.

First-year Lady Rebel coach Chuck Bauerle was taking on his old team for the third time this season, and he said feelings will always come up in such a situation.

&8220;Oh yeah, you feel a little strange seeing girls you used to coach on the other side,&8221; Bauerle said. &8220;But this is the third time we&8217;ve played them this year, so it&8217;s a little less now. You want to win, but you also want them to have a good game.&8221;

ACCS (13-2) jumped out to a 13-4 lead before the Lady Chiefs made things interesting for a while.

Mary Miller Ratcliff drove to the basket for two points and was fouled to cut the lead to 13-8, then missed her free throw, grabbed her own rebound and hit a jumper to pull Tensas within three.

The game would never be that close again.

When the Lady Chiefs pulled to within four at 22-18 midway through the second quarter, the Lady Rebel full court press kicked in in earnest, setting up a 12-2 run that put the game into double digits before halftime. The two teams went into halftime with ACCS leading 36-24.

&8220;We started out kind of slow,&8221; Bauerle said. &8220;We gave them too many lay-ups in the first quarter and part of the second quarter, but I felt like our press got to them right before halftime.&8221;

A DeLaSalle three-point play midway through the third quarter pushed ACCS&8217;s lead to 21 points at 52-31, and the fourth quarter featured whole-sale substitutions.

Katie Anne Swinny scored 10 points for ACCS. Ratcliff led Tensas with 14, and Kaitlen Emfinger had nine points.

&8220;Ariana and Katie played very well tonight,&8221; Bauerle said. &8220;We missed a few chip ins, but over all we shot the ball OK. Hopefully we didn&8217;t wear ourselves out, because we&8217;ve got Silliman (tonight).&8221;

In playing his old team, Bauerle said he did have to put a few considerations into how the game played out.

&8220;Their two guards, Mary Miller (Ratcliff) and the Emfinger girl, I coached them,&8221; he said. &8220;You want to win, but they want to win, too. Of course, I still live up there, so I can&8217;t make too many enemies.&8221;