Picayune Sweeps Oak Grove in Division 5-5A Play

by Carey Meitzler

GIRLS: Picayune 57  Oak Grove 47

The Oak Grove Lady Warriors gave the Lady Maroon Tide all they could

handle for a half, but Picayune

turned up their defense a notch in the 3rd period and held off a late Lady

Warrior surge to win 57-47 at

Kelly Wise Memorial Gymnasium.  With the win, Picayune moves to 15-5

overall and 2-1 in division play.

Picayune jumped out to a 9-1 lead only to have that lead erased by a furious

Oak Grove rally that saw the Lady Warriors tie it at 11-11 with 1:34 to play

in the quarter.  Picayune got a bucket from Jamelle Clark on an assist from

Dedrea Magee to give the Lady Tide a 13-11 lead.

The two teams play a back and forth second stanza that saw the score tied

five times before Picayune eventually build a 24-17 lead with under a minute

to play.  Oak Grove's Colby Stallings 3 pointer from deep in the left corner

with :30 left made it 24-20 at the half.

Picayune's defense held Oak Grove scoreless until the 3:53 mark of the 3rd

quarter, while the Lady Tide's Ashley Bell caught fire to help Picayune increase

their lead to 39-27 lead after three quarters.

Bell, who finished with 21 points and 9 rebounds, was scoring from inside and

outside and at the free throw line as Picayune built a 19 point lead with 2:49 to

play.  The Warriors refused to quit and eventually cut the lead to 57-47 behind

the shooting of Stallings and Logan James down the stretch.

Bell's effort was supported by Toi Jones with 15 points and 10 assists. 

Shanquell Whitehead gave the Tide a huge boost with a 12 point effort and

some strong defense.  Jamelle Clark finished with 10 points and 7 rebounds. 

The Lady Tide also got some good minutes from Chanell Wills.

Stallings led Oak Grove with 15 points and James chipped in 10 points, all of

her points coming in the second half.  Oak Grove falls to 14-7 overall and 1-2

in division play.

The Lady Tide will play next Friday at home against Hattiesburg.

BOYS: Picayune 64  Oak Grove 31

Picayune jumped out to an 11-0 lead and coasted the rest of the way in running

their record to 17-3 overall and 2-1 in division play. 

Picayune led 22-9 after one quarter and 33-21 at the half before putting the game

away in the third period by outscoring the Warriors 17 to 5 to lead 50-26.

Picayune substitued freely throughout the second half allowing numerous Tide

players a chance to score.  Eric Vinanney and Donairies Hair each finished with

12 points.  Other point totals were as follows: Jarvis Dantzler (7), Mark Dragon

(7), Randy "Rooster" Perkins (5), "Cheezy" Chazz Hawkins (4), Darionne Jones

(4), Chris Griffith (4).  Tony Foster, Clydell Jones and Alan Moran each finished

with 3 points, all connecting on 3 pointers.

Picayune's next game is Tuesday at Columbia before returning home to take on

Hattiesburg next Friday in a big game at Kelly Wise.

JV Boys: Picayune 46  Oak Grove 33

The JV Boys (10-1) continued their winning ways as they have lost only once

this season.  Their lone loss came against Hattiesburg, who will be coming to

Picayune next Friday for a 5:00pm game before the Varsity Girls and Varsity

Boys action.