Friday 1/16/04:
Boys: Picayune 73 Oak Grove 69
The Picayune Maroon Tide (17-6 overall, 5-0 in Division 5-5A) rallied from a 31-26 halftime deficit with a 14-4 run in the opening
minutes of the third quarter to overtake the Warriors and hang on to win at Oak Grove in a game marred by a total of 53 personal fouls.
The Tide built its biggest lead at 68-60 with 2:39 to play before Oak Grove rallied behind two long range three pointers from Web
Williams and Chad Knight sandwiched around two Tide free throws to close the gap to four points. The Tide's Manny Jackson and
Radale Brumfield hit some clutch free throws down the stretch to allow the Tide to hang on and win. On the night, the Tide struggled
at the free throw line missing 17 of 43 attempts from the charity stripe.
Brumfield led the Tide with 23 points, including 5 three pointers, and Jackson had 21 points with 2 three pointers. Mark Dragon
finished with 11 points, 4 assists, grabbed 5 rebounds, 4 on the offensive end that led to Tide baskets. Dragon drew 3 charges on
defense to compliment his all around solid effort for the Tide. Sophomore Darionne Jones gave the Tide some quality minutes in third
quarter run by the Tide as both Donairies Hair and Tony Foster sat on the bench saddled with three fouls each. Web Williams, who
had six three pointers on the night, led the Warriors with 22 points in spite of sitting out most of the third period while the Tide made
their run to regain the lead. Roderick McMillian added 12 points and Sam Blunt had 10 points.
The Tide will return to action Tuesday in a non-division game as they host the Lumberton Panthers at Kelly Wise.
3-Radale Brumfield 15-Manny Jackson 33-Mark Dragon 24-Ashley Bell 22-Dedrea Magee
Girls: Picayune 57 Oak Grove 34
The Lady Tide led 36-17 at the half and were never threatened as completed a sweep of their games against the Lady Warriors.
Ashley Bell paced the Tide with 23 points followed by Dedrea Magee with 11 points. Breonne Spikes chipped in 8 points and
Toi Jones had 7 points.