BASTROP, La. — In the first half, the Prairie View Academy Lady Spartans played like the No. 4 team in all of Class AA as they dominated Trinity Episcopal on both ends of the court en route to a 14-point halftime lead.

But then the Lady Spartans had to hold off a furious second half rally to defeat the Lady Saints 39-37 Tuesday night and win the District 3-AA championship.

Led by Caroline Oliphant and Lena Kate Thompson, Prairie View (31-4, 7-0) jumped out to a 13-2 lead after one quarter of play and took a 22-8 lead into halftime. But Trinity Episcopal found its offensive rhythm in the second half and nearly pulled off what would have been a huge upset win.

The Lady Saints outscored the Lady Spartans 15-9 in the third quarter to cut that halftime lead in half and then had a 14-8 advantage in the fourth quarter. Unfortunately, the Lady Saints ran out of time and the Lady Spartans escaped with the win.

Oliphant led Prairie View with 14 points while Thompson scored nine points. Madelyn Cross led Trinity Episcopal (20-13, 5-2) with 12 points and M.C. Iles had nine points.

Jefferson County 70, Wilkinson County 67

WOODVILLE — Led by Charlita White and Erin Wells, the Jefferson County Lady Tigers rallied in the fourth quarter to defeat the Wilkinson County Lady Wildcats Tuesday night in a much-needed win in Region 7-3A.

After road losses at South Pike and Amite County and at home to North Pike, Jefferson County found itself in the middle of the pack at 5-5 in region play. And it looked like the losing streak would continue after Wilkinson County outscored Jefferson County 26-17 in the third quarter to take a 53-47 lead at the end of that quarter.

White and Wells made some key baskets for the Lady Tigers during the final eight minutes.

White finished with a game-high 31 points and Wells followed with 26 points. Tyeshia Harris led Wilkinson County with 18 points and Breshiana Day added 16 points.

Monterey 51, Epps 38

MONTEREY, La. — Brooke Baker finished with a game-high 18 points as the Monterey Lady Wolves overcame an early deficit to defeat the Epps Lady Panthers Tuesday night in District 3-B action.

Epps led Monterey 18-13 at the end of the first quarter, but Monterey outscored Epps 16-10 in the second quarter to take a 29-28 halftime lead. The second half belonged to the Lady Wolves, who outscored the Lady Panthers a combined 22-10 to pull away.

Kristen Lipsey and Kendall Lipsey each scored 11 points for Monterey (10-17, 2-1). Steele led Epps with 10 points.

Salem 59, Cathedral 48

TYLERTOWN — Jamie Davis and Tiffany Turner scored 13 points each to lead the Salem Lady Wildcats past the Cathedral Lady Green Wave in Region 8-1A play Tuesday night.

Salem took a 16-9 lead over Cathedral after one quarter of play and never looked back from that point.

Epiphany Jackson scored 17 points and Ana Perry chipped in with 10 points to lead Cathedral (9-14, 6-5).