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’Jackets make Pirates walk the
plank
Monitor Staff Reports
KEMP–Kemp’s boys used strong defensive pressure and rebounding to ease
past the visiting Crandall Pirates Tuesday, 48-36.
Now 11-11 on the season and 2-0 in District 13-3A basketball play, the
Yellowjackets were scheduled to visit Kaufman in a key district matchup
Friday.
Tuesday, Jan. 23, the Kemp boys will host Ferris in a battle of
Yellowjackets, and Friday, Jan. 26, Kemp will visit now-unbeaten Mabank
in another critical district game.
Each evening’s slate opens with 4:30 p.m. sub-varsity contests.
Against the visiting Pirates, Kemp’s defensive pressure and rebounding
limited Crandall to one shot, or led to Pirate miscues, which provided
fast-break opportunities.
When the Pirates managed to get back on defense, the ’Jackets took their
time setting up a half-court attack, often getting open layups off
pin-point passing.
Kemp forged a 10-point halftime lead, 22-12, and stretched that margin
to 18 points in the third quarter before the Pirates hit some 3-point
baskets late in the quarter to cut the margin back to 10.
In the fourth quarter, the ’Jackets again pushed their lead back to 18
points before giving up some late treys to the Pirates.
Jacarri Culberson led the ’Jackets with 13 points, 11 rebounds and one
block, while Justin Gibson added nine points (on three treys) and
grabbed four rebounds.
Joseph Simmons scored seven points, grabbed five steals and dished out
five assists, while Kevin Freeman scored 10 points and grabbed five
rebounds.
The ’Jackets also got four points and four rebounds from Josh Carr, two
points and seven rebounds from Matt Brown and three points from James
Trim.
Monitor Photo/Kerry Yancey
Kemp Yellowjacket senior Kevin Freeman (15) starts to drive inside
during a 12-point District 13-3A victory over the visiting Crandall
Pirates Tuesday.
Panthers pull away from
Bulldogs, 65-53
Monitor Staff Reports
EUSTACE–After a surprisingly close first half, the Mabank Panthers put a
big run together in the third quarter to pull away from the hosting
Eustace Bulldogs Tuesday, 65-53.
The win gave the Panthers a 10-7 season mark and a 2-0 record in
District 13-3A play, while the Bulldogs fell to 0-2 in district
competition.
Both teams continue district play this week; Mabank was scheduled to
host Ferris Friday, while Eustace was scheduled to visit Crandall.
Tuesday, Jan. 23, the Bulldogs will host Kaufman, while the Panthers
will visit Crandall. Friday, Jan. 26, Mabank will host Kemp, while
Eustace travels to Ferris.
Each evening’s slate opens with 4:30 p.m. sub-varsity contests.
At Eustace Tuesday, both teams posted first-half runs.
In the first quarter, the Panthers pulled away late, outscoring the
Bulldogs 18-11, but the Panthers went ice-cold in the second quarter and
the Bulldogs took advantage with an 18-13 run, making it a two-point
ballgame at halftime, 31-29.
Bulldog junior David Graves helped spark the Eustace run, hitting a trio
of 3-point baskets as he scored 15 of his game-high 33 points in the
quarter.
Graves wound up hitting six treys in the game, but was shut out in the
third quarter, when the Panthers took control with a 23-7 run.
Kolton Browning and Jarred Batson keyed the Panther run, combining for
17 points (each hitting a 3-point basket) during the quarter.
The burst put the Panthers up by 18 points, 54-36, going into the fourth
quarter.
During the final stanza, Graves hit another two treys, scoring 13 of the
Bulldogs’ 17 points, but the Panthers’ lead was too much to overcome.
Browning finished with 24 points (including three treys) to lead the
Panthers, and Batson, who also had three treys, finished with 17 points.
The Panthers also got eight points from Haydon Blair, six points from
Barry Prather, one trey from Wayland Pharms, two points from Mark
McDonald and a free throw from Steven James.
In addition to Graves’ 33 points, the Bulldogs got seven from Blake
Townley, five from Jordan Nixon, four from Jacob Horton, and two points
each from Thomas Clowdus and Ryan Schwanbeck.
Mabank also swept the sub-varsity contests, winning the junior varsity
matchup 49-29 and the freshman game 50-43.
In the junior varsity contest, the visiting Panthers steadily built
double-digit leads in each quarter, and were up by 23 points, 45-22,
going into the fourth quarter.
In contrast, the freshman game was a very tight contest, as the Panthers
opened a narrow 15-13 lead in the first quarter and expanded their
margin to six points by halftime, 27-21.
Eustace cut the margin to five points in the third quarter, but the
Panthers outscored Eustace 11-9 in the fourth quarter to forge the final
seven-point margin.
Monitor Photo/Kerry Yancey
Eustace senior Jordan Nixon (right) ducks down as he gets Mabank junior
Haydon Blair (10) off his feet with a ball fake during Mabank’s 65-53
win over Eustace Tuesday. Blair was whistled for a foul on the play.
Upcoming Games
Boys' Basketball
Jan. 23
MHS @ Crandall*
KHS vs Ferris*
EHS vs Kaufman*
Jan. 26
MHS vs KHS*
EHS @ Ferris*
Jan. 30
MHS @ Kaufman*
KHS vs EHS*
Feb. 2
MHS vs EHS*
KHS @ Crandall*
Feb. 6
MHS @ Ferris*
KHS vs Kaufman*
EHS vs Crandall*
Feb. 9
MHS vs Crandall*
KHS @ Ferris*
EHS @ Kaufman*
Feb. 13
MHS @ KHS*
EHS vs Ferris*
(end regular season)
*District 13-3A game
Girls' Basketball
Jan. 23
MHS @ Crandall*
KHS vs Ferris*
EHS vs Kaufman*
Jan. 26
MHS vs KHS*
EHS @ Ferris*
Jan. 30
MHS @ Kaufman*
KHS vs EHS*
Feb. 2
MHS vs EHS*
KHS @ Crandall*
Feb. 6
MHS @ Ferris*
KHS vs Kaufman*
EHS vs Crandall*
(end regular season)
*District 13-3A game |