Maroon Tide's Missed Free Throws Contribute to 57-56 Loss;

Lady Tide Cruises Past Hattiesburg 75-37

by Carey Meitzler

Boys:  Hattiesburg 57  Picayune 56

The  Hattiesburg Tigers stayed unbeaten at 3-0 in Division 5-5A play with a heart

stopping 57-56 victory over the Maroon Tide at Hattiesburg on Monday night. 

Hattiesburg trailed 49-36 after three stanzas, but rallied to win as Picayune missed

crucial free throws down the stretch.  The Tigers won a the Tigers Calvin Wilson,

a 6-8 Dandy Dozen football selection, rebounded a missed shot and put it back

in at the buzzer.  Wilson finished with 13 points, 11 in the second half.

Picayune (9-2, 0-1) led 33-23 at the half behind Jarvis Dantzler's 13 points and

Donairies Hair's 8 points.  Hattiesburg cut the lead to 7 points early in the 3rd

quarter, but Dantzler, who finished with a team high 21 points, hit consecutive

3 pointers to push the lead to 13 points.

Hattiesburg chipped away at the Maroon Tide lead in the fourth quarter and

Wilson sanked two free throws with 1:10 to play to cut the lead to 54-53. 

The Tigers eventually pulled even at 55-55 with :42 left in the game.  Picayune

missed 3 of 4 free throw attempts, the last coming with :16 left in the game that

enable Wilson's basket to become the game winner. 

The Maroon Tide will compete in the KSA Tournament in Orlando, FL on

Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

Girls: Picayune 75  Hattiesburg 37

The  Lady Tide (10-4, 1-0) poured it on from the opening tip and ran away

with an easy victory in their division opener.

Dedrea Magee and Ashley Bell lead the Lady Tide with 16 points each

while Shanquel Whitehead added 13 points.

The Lady Tide will not play again until Dec. 23rd at Northshore (Slidell, LA).