Mamou girls play like Syracuse against Pine Prairie

            On this the Twelfth Night when most people look for the baby in a king cake, the Mamou Lady Demons with a record of 13-6 went into Pine Prairie looking for a win. Coach Mark Temple in the game employed a Syracuse defense that would have given a Geno Auriemma coached team fits. This type of defense led to Mamou finding the win by a final score of 66-38.

            Temple said of his defensive effort, “We executed well defensively, and the intensity was there.” He added, “Still we got a couple of little things to get nipped and tucked for district, but other than that good execution all around.”

            Mamou began the game on a 14-0 run. Highlights of the run were Darelzray Bellard knocking down an early 3-point shot and Amber Jack driving from coast-to-coast for a 2-point bucket.

            Pine Prairie joined in on the scoring at the 4:15 mark in the first quarter as Kaitlyn Bradley knocked down a bucket. Mamou soon answered with Ka’Zhana Richard scoring a 3-point shot from way downtown. Unjel Lazard added a 3-point shot of her own giving Mamou a 22-6 lead at the end of the first quarter.

The second quarter for the Lady Panthers was all Bradley as she scored 8 points in the quarter. Mamou as a team in the second quarter scored 21 points. Leading the way in scoring were Kiajah Wilson, Arkieyanah Thomas, and Kamaneisha Wilson. The first half ended with Mamou up 43-14.

The third quarter was evenly matched in the score column with Mamou outscoring Pine Prairie 17-14. The big plays of the quarter were Bellard knocking down a 3-point shot from the corner of the key and Richard knocking down a bucket from the top of the key. With a time out on the court at the 2:54 mark in the third quarter, Mamou led 54-23. The Lady Panthers outscored the Lady Demons 10-6 in the fourth quarter, but it was not enough as they fell and saw their record go to 3-12 on the season.

In the game Kaitlyn Bradley led Pine Prairie with 24-points and shot at a 57% clip from the field. Tori Bordelon was the next leading scorer with 7-points as she shot 75% from the field and 100% from behind the arc.

Pine Prairie coach Renotta Edwards called the game “a learning experience” for her young team as it tries to get better.