By T. Scott Boatright
The Choudrant High School basketball teams made a quick night of it as the Aggies’ boys and girls squads both earned commanding home wins over Forest with each contest featuring running clocks because of the scoring disparities in those contests.
Lady Aggies 62, Lady Bulldogs 20
Choudrant built a 10-point advantage by the end of the opening stanza at 12-2 as the Lady Aggies remained undefeated in District 2-B play with the 42-point win over Forest.
The Lady Aggies led 24-10 at halftime before turning up the “O” in the second half, outscoring Forest 21-6 in the third quarter and 20-4 over the final eight minutes of play.
Reese Brown led the way for Choudrant with 22 points while Brelyn Pyle added 17 and Alyssa Bell chipped in with 10.
The Lady Aggies (11-18 overall and 3-0 in District 2-B) will next play host to Simsboro on Friday.
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Aggies 72, Bulldogs 36
Senior post player Michael Jones powered his way for 32 points Tuesday night as Choudrant doubled Forest’s scoring total at the CHS Gym.
But the Aggies didn’t control from the start.
Forest led 17-15 at the end of the opening stanza, and 27-25 at halftime before the Aggies came back out hot on both offense and defense after intermission, outscoring Forest 28-3 in the third quarter and 19-6 in the fourth to race away for the win.
Braden Soto added 18 points for the Aggies, who now stand at 19-12 overall and 2-1 in District 2-B action.
