December 15, 2007

Picayune rallies past Northeast Lauderdale 56-55

by Carey Meitzler

The Picayune Maroon Tide pulled off another close win with a 56-55 victory over the Northeast Lauderdale Trojans at the War

on the Shore played at St Stanislaus in Bay St Louis.

Picayune trailed 29-19 at the half and 45-38 at the end of the third quarter, tu rallied in the fourth quarter and got what proved

to be the game winner when Brandon Fortenberry drove in the lane and pulled up to make a jumper from 8 feet away with

:07 left in the game.

Fortenberry had 24 points and fellow senior David McClain added 11 points for the Maroon Tide (11-0, 3-0).

Romero Osby, a Clarion Ledger Dandy Dozen and pre-season favorite to win the Mr. Basketball award, had 19 points and

teammate Julius Lanier added 18 points.