In the first game of district play in 3-2A, the Lady Warriors survived a back-and-forth affair at Menard winning 40-35 in exciting fashion.
"Well it was a big win for us," said head coach Ted Fontenot. "I think we came out to start the game shooting well. Menard did also. The game was back-and-forth the entire game until we decided to man up on their best two players in the second half. Sanaa St. Andre and Treshunda Joseph did a great job of holding those two girls in check. And then Alexis Davis came off the bench and held one of those players in check to give Sanaa a break."
"Down the stretch Oakdale just performed pretty good," said Menard coach Robert Flowers. "We missed some layups there that kind of hurt us a little bit, but we played hard. We gave it our all. Oakdale has a good team."
Each team scored on each of its possessions early in the game. Alandrea Cox got a steal to break up the scoring streak allowing Oakdale to take the 10-9 lead at the 4:39 mark of the first quarter as the Oakdale defense started to get control. KaMaesha St. Andre got the offensive rebound and put the ball back up for the score to go up 12-9. Menard them lulled Oakdale to sleep as they manufactured a basket and make it a one point game. At the end of the first quarter, Oakdale led 12-11.
The back-and-forth affair continues early in the second quarter. Sanaa St Andre nailed a basket from beyond the arc taking the 17-15 lead. Maddie Smith got a layup taking the 18-17 lead as a timeout was called at the 4:50 mark of the second quarter. Cox then got the defensive rebound allowing her team to convert on the turnover for two points and the 21-18 lead. Menard took the 22-21 lead with 2:09 before the half, followed by Treshunda Joseph scoring a basket taking the 23-22 lead in the waning moments of the second quarter.
The third quarter ended with the game knotted up at 27 all. Lucy Stehr took advantage of no shot clock and scored as seconds ticked off the clock. Sanaa St. Andre got the steal and dribbled down the court for the score putting her team up 30-29. Joseph gave her team the 32-31 lead as the back-and-forth affair spilled over into the fourth quarter. A timeout was called with just over two minutes in the game Oakdale leading by 1 at 36-35. Alexis Davis and Sanaa St. Andre each padded the lead both making their free throw attempts.
"The game came down to a couple steals that we turned into layups and then our team made some big free throws at the end to seal the game," Fontenot said. "It is always nice to win the first district game."
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