by Malcolm Butler
Cedar Creek 58, West Monroe 53 (2OT)
Cedar Creek outscored District 2-5A foe West Monroe 7-2 in the second overtime to pull off one of its biggest wins in years as the Lady Cougars downed the Rebels 58-53 Friday night at the Neill Killgore Memorial Tournament at The Brickhouse.
Alivia Lee, Mary Grace Hawkins and Mallory Smith each hit buckets in the second overtime period while Taylor Martinez added a free throw as the Lady Cougars held the Rebels to just one field goal.
Creek (7-2) now has wins over West Monroe (5-5), Bastrop and Northwood during the young season.
The Lady Cougars jumped out to an 18-10 lead after the first period behind nine points by Ryan and five from Martinez in the opening eight minutes of play. However, Creek went cold, scoring only two points in the second quarter as the Lady Cougars trailed 26-20 at halftime.
Smith hit a trio of trifectas over the final two quarters while Lee scored six points in the final frame, including 4-of-4 at the free throw line, as the two teams were tied at 45-45 at the end of regulation.
The two teams both scored six points in the first overtime, including another three-pointer by Smith, before entering the game deciding second overtime period.
Creek will host Simsboro at 6:30 p.m. tonight while the Cougars will host West Ouachita at 7:45 p.m.
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Cedar Creek Scoring: FG(3FG)-FT-TP
Alivia Lee 3-6-12; Mary Grace Hawkins 3(1)-0-7; Caroline James 1(1)-0-3; Mallory Smith 5(4)-1-15; Taylor Martinez 3(1)-3-10; Avery Ryan 5-1-11. Totals: 20(7)-11-58
Score by Quarters
West Monroe10-16-8-11-6-2=53
Cedar Creek 18-2-11-14-6-7=58
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Cedar Creek 57, Simsboro 37 (Saturday)
Three players scored in double figures as the Lady Cougars defeated Lincoln Parish foe Simsboro 57-37 Saturday night in the final day of the Neill Killgore Memorial Tournament at The Brickhouse.
Avery Ryan and Mary Grace Hawkins each scored 11 and Alivia Lee added 13 points as Creek improved to 8-2 on the season.
Curniya McCallister led Simsboro with 15 points.
The Lady Cougars scored 18 points in both the first and second quarters to take a 36-20 halftime lead and never looked back.
Caroline James added eight points for Creek.
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Score by Quarters
Simsboro 12-8-9-8=37
Cedar Creek 18-18-15-6=57
Simsboro Scoring: FG(3FG)-FT-TP
J. Abney 2-0-4; D Powell 2-4-6; T. Graham 1(1)-2-5; K. Heard 1-0-2; C. McCallister 5(3)-2-15; B. Williams 2-1-5
Cedar Creek Scoring: FG(3FG)-FT-TP
Alivia Lee 5(1)-2-13; Mary Grace Hawkins 3(3)-2-11; Caroline James 3(1)-1-8; Mallory Smith 1(1)-2-5; Taylor Martinez 1(1)-0-3; Zoey Venters 2-0-4; S. Mariano 0-2-2; Avery Ryan 5(1)-0-11
