Prep Basketball Roundup: NCS' Wilson has big night

IOTA – Iota coach Meghann LeJeune was waiting for her Lady Bulldogs to have a breakout game following their 1-1 start in District 4-3A play.
And she got exactly that Friday night.
The Lady Bulldogs (11-10, 2-1) placed three players in double figures and scored 21 or more points in each of the first three quarters in a 70-34 thumping of Jennings.
Jillian Boone, who is playing with a torn ACL, got the Lady Dogs going early with eight first quarter points as Iota jumped out to a quick 21-11 lead.
Things only got worse for the visitors from there.
Whitney Landry and Mallory Faul combined for 17 points in the second quarter and the Lady Dogs raced out to a commanding 46-16 lead at the break.
Landry wasn’t finished, however. She added eight more points in the third quarter and Iota went on a 22-7 run to take a 68-23 lead.
The Lady Dogs finally took their foot off the gas in the fourth quarter and were outscored 11-2.
Landry and Faul paced the Lady Dogs with 16 and 13 points, respectively. Boone followed with 11.
Landry also had seven rebounds, two blocks and two steals on the night
Madeline Gatte and Avery Wriborg each contributed nine points in the victory,  Becca Fantroy scored six, Taylor DeVille had four and Shydee Johnson finished with two.
Jennings cruises
past Bulldogs
IOTA – The Iota Bulldogs struggled from the floor in the first half and were never able to recover in a 68-50 loss to Jennings Friday in the District 4-3A opener for both teams.
Jennings’ Draylan Perkins and D’Wayne Levi combined for 23 points in the first half to help the visitors take a 31-12 advantage at the break.
Iota (13-7, 0-1) connected on three 3-pointers in the third quarter, but Jennings was still able to outscore the Dogs 16-12.
Iota finally got going in the fourth quarter thanks to four long balls from Dylan Hebert as the hosts posted 25 points in the final eight minutes.
Levi scored 11 of Jennings’ 21 fourth quarter points
Hunter Andrus and Dylan Hebert led Iota with 13 and 12 points, respectively. Kade Hebert, Garrett Reppond and Landon LeJeune each scored six points, Triston Fontenot added five and Bray Latiolais had one.
Levi led all scorers with 25 points and Perkins had 19.
Midland holds off
pesky Cardinals
MIDLAND – The Midland Rebels jumped out to an early lead and then fended off a late rally to escape with a 60-52 victory over Lacassine Friday evening.
Wearing wrist bands honoring former Rebel Andrew Hains, who is recovering in Lafayette General Hospital from serious injuries sustained in a one-vehicle accident earlier in the week, the Rebels built up leads of as many as 16 points in improving to 18-5 overall and 3-0 in league play.
Randy Primeaux and Devin Gautreaux the Rebels started, combining for 14 points in the first quarter.
By the half, their lead was 10 points, 27-17  despite the efforts of Lacassine’s Alan Courville, who had 10 points in the first quarter and finished with 27.
Gautreaux went to work in the third quarter and poured in 11 of his team-high 24 points in the frame as the Rebels extended their cushion to 46--30, but even that lead wasn’t safe.
Courville led Lacassine on an ill-fated late run in the final quarter, hitting a pair of 3-pointers and scoring  12 points to make it a game.
Dagan Patin helped thwart the rally by scoring eight of   Midland’s 14 fourth quarter points.
Primeaux finished the night with 18 points and Patin had 12. Dylan Boudreaux added five points and Taatum Rubin had one.
Andy Ardoin was the only other Cardinal in double figures with 12 points while Tanner Pousson had eight.
Lady Cardinals
upend Midland
MIDLAND – The Lacassine Lady Cardinals picked up their 20th victory of the season when they slipped past Midland, 48-36, Friday evening.
The Lady Rebels (13-11, 2-1) trailed just 19-14 after the first quarter, but went cold from the floor in the second frame and scored just two points on a bucket from Bethany LeJeune.
Lacassine’s Madyson Brasseaux pumped in eight of her game-high 23 points during Midland’s drought and the Lady Cardinals took a 33-16 lead at the break.
Brasseaux was a one-man show as she poured in eight more points in the third quarter.
Both Midland and Lacassine scored eight points in the frame.
The Lady Rebels outscored the Lady Cardinals 9-3 in the fourth quarter.
Brooke Comeaux paced the Lady Rebels with 15 points on five 3-pointers. Kristen Breaux also hit double figures with 12 points.
Nicole Kraut scored four points in the loss while LeJeune and Hannah Credeur followed with four and two points, respectively.
Harley Cooley scored seven points for the Lady Cardinals and Madison Augustine had six.
Gents drop 4th
straight game
CROWLEY – The Crowley Gents went blow for blow with LaGrange in the first quarter and trailed by just one, 18-17.
  That, however, was as close as it would get.
  LaGrange went on a 28-9 run in the second quarter and handed the Gents yet another District 4-4A loss, 77-59.
  The Gents (8-11, 0-4) cut into the lead in the third quarter when they outscored the Gators 23-12.
But LaGrange answered with 17 points in the final frame to Crowley’s 10.
Jacq’Co Price was the game’s leading scorer with 22 points in the loss. Paul Goodley followed with 10 points and Perry Myles, Chris Osten and Tyrin Daniels each had six. Tiron Foreman and Alkwan Wesby each added four points and Quanterral Robinson had one.
LaGrange upends
CHS Ladies
CROWLEY – The Crowley Ladies fell to 8-11 on the season and 2-3 in District 4-4A play Friday with a 56-44 loss to LaGrange.
The Ladies jumped out to a 15-11 lead in the first quarter but the Lady Gators took over after that.
The visitors outscored the Ladies 17-8 in the second quarter and snatched a 28-23 lead at the half.
The Lady Gators went on to outscore the Ladies 28-21 in the second half.
Nykeila Winters led the Ladies with 14 points in the loss while Chelsea Yokum had 11. Myah Rogers followed with five points and  Hannah Hart scored four. Jailyn Smith and Teara Breaux each finished with two points.
Late run propels
Singer past Warriors
SINGER –  The Singer Hornets broke open a tight game by going on a 21-8 run in the fourth quarter to upend Northside Christian, 70-56, Friday evening.
The loss sent the Warriors to 11-14 overall and 1-2 in District 6-C play.
The Warriors struggled in the first quarter and found themselves in a hole early, trailing 14-9.
Bradley Ancelet and Ty Wilson got the Warriors going in the second quarter as the duo combined for 13 points to get Northside within two at the half, 31-29.
Wilson added 10 more points in the third quarter and Ancelet had seven as the Warriors trimmed the lead to 49-48 entering the final frame.
Singer put the game away in the final eight minutes by hitting eight shots from the floor, including two 3-pointers, and they hit three of their final five free throws.
The Warriors hit all of their six free throws in the final frame and got one bucket from Nick Martin.
Wilson led the Warriors with 22 points while Ancelet added 14. Cole Henry and Tyler Johnson followed with eight points each while Martin and Jonathan Herman each scored two.