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WOODVILLE &8212; Ariana DeLaSalle, Hannah Southerland and Katie Anne Swinny scored all but three points for the ACCS Lady Rebels against the Amite School Center Lady Rebels.

Yet, somehow the host Lady Rebels &8212; despite having Southerland and Swinny foul out late in the game &8212; defeated the visiting Lady Rebels 48-45 Friday morning at the WCCA New Year&8217;s Shootout.DeLaSalle finished with a game-high 25 points despite being fouled almost every time she touched the ball by Amite School Center.

&8220;Ariana shot 26 free throws and she made 13 of them,&8221; ACCS head coach Chuck Bauerle said. &8220;They fouled her a lot. Thankfully she made 13 of them.&8221;

Southerland wound up scoring a season-high 11 points and Swinny had nine points. After they both committed their fifth fouls, Amite School Center nearly came back to win the game.

Thankfully for ACCS, Amite School Center had three players that fouled out.

&8220;We went up nine with about four minutes to go and we were basically trying to hold on,&8221; Bauerle said. &8220;(Ansley) Dykes hit a three-pointer with about two seconds left to make it a three-point game. But they were a little more tired than we were toward the end.&8221;

ACCS went on a scoring drought that started late in the first quarter and lasted until midway through the second quarter. And as Bauelre put it, his Lady Rebels were lucky to be trailing by one point at halftime.

&8220;They led most of the game,&8221; Bauerle said about the opposing Lady Rebels. &8220;We couldn&8217;t make a bucket. We couldn&8217;t make a free throw.&8221;

Casey Alexander led Amite School Center with 14 points. Brittan Ann Harden had 10 points and Anna Blalock added nine points.

Tensas Academy girls 40,

Oak Forest 33

WOODVILLE &8212; Mary Miller Ratcliff scored a game-high 16 points as the Lady Chiefs held the Lady Yellow Jackets to just two first-quarter points and held on for a seven-point win Friday afternoon at the WCCA New Year&8217;s Shootout.

Tensas (4-15) jumped out to a 12-2 lead at the end of the first quarter, by Oak Forest cut the lead to three points by the end of the third quarter. But the Lady Chiefs ended any thoughts of a comeback win by outscoring the Lady Yellow Jackets 16-12 in the fourth quarter.

Brookhaven Academy boys 50, Huntington 33

BROOKHAVEN &8212; What had been a close game through three quarters ended up with a decisive 17-point win by the Cougars over the Hounds Friday night at the Brookhaven Academy Tournament.

Huntington (15-2), the No. 1 team in Class A, knew it would be in for a battle against Brookhaven Academy, the defending Class AA state champions. And for three quarters, the Hounds stayed right with the Cougars and trailed by just four points, 33-29.

But the fourth quarter belonged to the host Cougars, who outscored the Hounds 17-4 for the win.

T-Boy Lynch led Brookhaven Academy with 19 points. Ricky Dunbar led Huntington with nine points.

Port Gibson girls 51, Jefferson County 42

FAYETTE &8212; Katrina Wilson and Regina Grigsby were going to make sure that the Lady Blue Waves left the Jefferson County Holiday Tournament with the girls&8217; first-place trophy Friday night.

Trailing 18-16 at halftime, Wilson and Grigsby led Port Gibson&8217;s charge in the game-changing and momentum-switching third quarter. Add to that a stingy defense and the Lady Blue Waves outscored the Lady Tigers 18-5 for a 34-23 lead.

Wilson finished with a game-high 19 points and Grigsby poured in 14 points as the Lady Blue Waves went 3-0 in the tournament.

Even though Jefferson County (4-8) scored 19 points in the fourth quarter, its defense couldn&8217;t stop Port Gibson (13-7), which scored 17 points.

The Lady Tigers finished wound up with the second-place trophy and had their three-game winning streak snapped. They were led by Veronica Miller with 18 points.

Wilkinson County girls 54, Clinton (La.) 46

FAYETTE &8212; Toni Anthony had a game-high 28 points and Tyeshia Lee scored 18 points as the Lady Wildcats defeated the Lady Eagles Friday afternoon for their only win at the Jefferson County Holiday Tournament.

Wilkinson County (8-10) played solid defense in the first quarter as Clinton couldn&8217;t get much of anything to drop. The Lady Wildcats took a 14-5 lead at the end of the quarter and increased their lead to 12 points at halftime.

The Lady Eagles managed to cut the lead to six points at the end of the third quarter, but that would be as close as they would get. Whitney Bankston led Clinton with 22 points and Marketta Jarrel chipped in with 14 points.

Central Private girls 44, Huntington 31

BROOKHAVEN &8212; After three quarters of play, it was still anyone&8217;s game between the Lady Rebels and the Lady Hounds Friday afternoon at the Brookhaven Academy Tournament.

But the fourth quarter, unlike the first three quarters, was completely one-sided. Central Private, led by Sonni Kirkwood&8217;s 24-point performance, outscored Huntington 17-5 to pull away for the 13-point win.

Central Private had a 10-7 lead at the end of the first quarter, but Huntington had a one-point edge in each of the next two quarters &045; 10-9 in the second and 9-8 in the third, to cut the lead to one heading into the fourth quarter.

Katie Moak led the Lady Hounds (3-16) with 10 points.

Brookhaven Academy girls 62, Trinity Episcopal 30

BROOKHAVEN &8212; The Lady Saints were no match for the host Lady Cougars in a winner&8217;s bracket game Friday night at the Brookhaven Academy Tournament.

The Lady Cougars were led by Drew Holland Tigner with 18 points and Betsy Lynch and Kelli Snider with 11 points each.

Brookhaven Academy scored no fewer than 13 points in any of the four quarters while Trinity had no players score in double figures and was held to single digits in all four quarters.

Eliza Jones had seven points and Molly Butts had six points for the Lady Saints, who will take on Bowling Green today at 4 p.m. in the consolation round.

Jefferson County boys 49, Port Gibson 35

FAYETTE &8212; Coming off a big win over a good Wilkinson County team Thursday night, the Tigers didn&8217;t play with the same intensity in the first half against the Blue Waves at the Jefferson County Holiday Tournament.

In fact, the Tigers trailed by one point at halftime before shifting the momentum in their favor with a big third quarter on both ends of the court.

Jefferson County (13-3) trailed Port Gibson 20-19 at the half, but once the third quarter started, it was all Tigers as the outscored the Blue Waves 21-5 for a commanding 40-25 lead en route to a 14-point win.

The win also secured the Tigers of the first-place trophy in the boys division as they went 3-0. Kadon Day led the way with 15 points and Keldrick Scott had 13 points.

Wilkinson County boys 83, Clinton (La.) 70

FAYETTE &8212; Thursday night&8217;s 33-point loss to host Jefferson County turned out to be the wake-up call the Wildcats needed as they responded with a 13-point win over the Eagles Friday night to take the second-place trophy at the Jefferson County Holiday Tournament.

Corey Anthony, Mitchell Thompson and Gary James, who each scored eight points in the loss to the Tigers, had much better games against the Eagles.

Anthony led Wilkinson County (15-4) with 24 points. Thompson had 19 points and James added 16 points. And after being held to just six points by Jefferson County, Lawrence Cage responded by scoring 15 points.

And perhaps it was a good thing the Wildcats had four players score in double figures.

Clinton&8217;s Luther Loyell had perhaps his best offensive game of the season as he torched the Wildcats for a game-high 40 points. However, he didn&8217;t get much help from his teammates. Joshua Robinson was the Eagles&8217; second-leading scorer in the game, but he had just 10 points.

Wilkinson County led 26-18 after one quarter of play and continued to increase its lead in the second quarter, eventually taking a 44-30 halftime lead. And despite Loyell&8217;s monster game, the Eagles couldn&8217;t rally in the second half.