February 8, 2008

Maroon Tide wins; Lady Tide loses at Ocean Springs

by Carey Meitzler

The Picayune Maroon Tide completed their regular season with 65-51 win against the homestanding Ocean Springs Greyhounds.

The win pushes the Maroon Tide to a 26-4 overall record.

Tied at 17-17 after one quarter, Picayune went on an 13-2 run.  Vince Gable started the spurt with a three pointer, then

Fortenberry scored on putback, a reverse layup, and a short jumper off the glass while Dees scored on an assist from Reggie

Bailey. After a Greyhound layup by Blake McMillian, Dees scored again on an assist from Travis Aubin.  Picayune lead 32-23

at the intermission.

Dees had 20 points and 11 rebounds while Fortenberry finished with 18 points, 4 rebounds, 3 steals, and 4 assists.

Tre Brown had 16 points, Colin Goley had 12, and McMillian had 11 for the Greyhounds (12-15).

Ocean Springs 67  Lady Tide 61

Picayune's Andrea Jackson came off the bench to score 10 points for the Lady Tide in the second quarter in building a 33-26

halftime advantage, but Ocean Springs stormed back to claim a 67-61 win.

Jackson entered the game for Monique Brown who was saddled with 3 personal fouls early in the second quarter.  Jackson

scored five putbacks and Ebony Jones added 10 points of her own including a long range three ball at the buzzer.

Ocean Springs rallied to take the lead 37-36 on April Carter's layup with 4:58 left in the third quarter.  Picayune's Brown scored

on two short jumpers for a 40-37 lead and Jackson hit a 15 footer for a 42-37 lead with three minutes left.  Carter put Ocean

Springs up for good on a layup with 1:07 on the clock. 

The Lady Hounds scored the first seven points of the fourth quarter to build a 55-46 lead .  Picayune got a free throw, a short

jumper, and a three pointer from Brown and a basket by Karly Moran to pull to within one point at 55-54 with 4:47 left in the

game.   Carter scored on two layups and nailed a three pointer in the final 3 minutes to seal the win for Ocean Springs.

Jones led Picayune (11-14) with 14 points, Brown had 13, and Moran and Jackson each finished with 12 points.  Autumn Jackson

scored 6 points and pulled down 14 rebounds.

Carter paced Ocean Springs (15-16) with 21 points.