Bulldog battle at the dog pound

The National Dog Show came to Ville Platte Tuesday night in a game between the winning breed of the Non-Sporting Group with the Ville Platte Bulldogs hosting the David Thibodaux Bulldogs. It was an exciting game giving the home team a sense of accomplishment as it had a hand in the final outcome, and the home team never gave up. But the Best in Show title went to the visiting Bulldogs by a final score of 69-64.
Giving the visitors a huge advantage was their shooting from beyond the arc with 36 of their 69 points coming from beyond the three-point line. Jarrean Cormier and Trace Johnson led the way each knocking down five treys on the night.
Leading the way for the home team was Kelian Semien with 17 points and went three for 10 from the free throw line. Also scoring in double digits was Martin Jason with 12 points including two baskets from beyond the arc and went three of four from the charity stripe.
The Bulldogs wearing home whites trailed 15-9 at the end of the first quarter. Semien in the second quarter scored a basket to end a four point run. With that the game went back-and-forth as the teams began to exchange baskets. The quarter featured Shanicole Holland knocking down four consecutive baskets including two from beyond the arc. The Bulldogs in the home whites were down by four at 26-22 with four minutes remaining before the half but could not narrow the deficit. At the half Ville Platte trailed 35-31.
The third quarter saw the home team tie the game at 38, but that is the closest the score got the rest of the night. The home team then fell down by 10 points in the final quarter and managed to cut into the lead, but it was not able to clear that final hurdle to win the game.
Ville Platte will next see action as the Bulldogs host the parish tournament this week.