Oakdale's Lady Warriors converted a 19-10 record and a 7-5 district mark this season into a number 11 seed in the 2017 LHSAA Girls' Basketball Playoffs in Class 2A. Their prize in doing so is hosting the first round game Thursday night against the twenty-second seeded French Settlement Lady Lions.
"We are excited for the upcoming playoffs since we missed it by one spot last year," head coach Ted Fontenot stated. "The girls have worked hard this year for that number 11 seed."
Oakdale is on the bottom half of the bracket with second seed Lake Arthur and a third seed North Caddo that won the champsionship a season ago. Also on that side of the bracket is divisional rivals Rosepine at number 14 hosting number 19 DeQuincy, number 26 Bunkie travelling to number seven Doyle, and number 15 Many hosting eighteenth seed Cohen College Prep.
The winner of the Oakdale game against French Settlement will then take on the winner of six- vs-27 contest between Madison Prep and Welsh.
French Settlement finished off the season with an overall record of 15-10 and a record of 3-4 in District 9-2A. The Lady Lions were 3-4 on their home court, 12-4 away from the friendly confines, and an 0-2 mark at a neutral site. They lost the last game of the regular season 66-63 at home against St. Thomas Aquinas of February 9. Before that they won their previous three games. They won at Runnels 65-15 in Baton Rouge, won 40-33 at Springfield, and won 61-29 at home against St. Helena College and Career Academy.
"French Settlement is a very good team from the reports I am hearing," Fontenot said. "They have two good shooting guards, and they are well coached. They do not have any height on their team, just good guards, and they play man to man the entire game. It should be a great challenge for us, but we seem looking forward to it."
Tip off is Thursday night at 6:30 PM from the Oakdale gym, and admission is $6.00 at the door.
Fairview also punched its ticket for the playoffs and earned a first-round bye. The Lady Panthers under the guidance of head coach Kyle Jinks finished the year undefeated in District 4B going 8-0 and 34-2-1 overall. They await the winner of 15-seed Avoyelles Public Charter and 18-seed Bell City.
In Class C action, Elizabeth garnered the number 15 seed on the feet of its 5-22 overall record and 1-4 6C record. The Lady Bulldogs welcome 18-seed Gibsland Coleman to Elizabeth, and the winner will face number two seeded Summerfield. The team up the road from Elizabeth the Plainview Lady Hornets are the top seed in Class C and defeated Oakdale at home on December 20, 2016, 50-41.
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