Pine Prairie Girls vs Church Point

Deflategate made its way from New England to Pine Prairie as the Lady Panthers hosted the Church Point Lady Bears Tuesday night. After the first quarter with the score tied at 11, the pressure in the game ball was checked to see if it was properly inflated. All jokes aside, the game ended up going under the win column of the Bears by a final score of 54-44. 

Church Point won the toss and got the first bucket on the night at the 6:50 mark. Britney Rider tied it up on an offensive rebound, and Taylar Deville gave the Lady Panthers an early lead at the 5:32 mark. Church Point went on a run to go up 9-6 before Rider tied it with a three point basket. Deville then got an offensive rebound and the basket to give the Panthers an 11-9 lead. Church Point tied it at 11 as the clock wound down in the first quarter.

            At the end of the 1^st half the score was tied 22-22. Church Point drained back-to-back three pointers to go up 28-23 at the 5:27 mark of the third quarter. The Lady Bears knocked down another 3 to go up 31-23. Kaitlyn Bradley connected with back-to-back buckets to pull the Lady Panthers within three points, and Sarah Vidrine picked up an offensive rebound and a bucket to climb within 1 at 31-30.

Church Point sunk a pair of free throws to go up 35-30 just before the buzzer sounded to end the 3^rd quarter and knocked down a series of jump shots to go up 41-33 with 5:02 to go in the game. A timeout on the court with 4:28 to go saw the Bears up 43-33, and the lead for Church Point remained in the double digits to close out the game and put an end to any deflategate conspiracy theories in Pine Prairie.

Renotta Edwards after the game was proud to get three competitive quarters from her squad. She is still hoping it can maintain that competitiveness for the whole four quarters.