by Malcolm Butler
Cedar Creek raced out of the starting gate to build a big first quarter lead in defeating West Ouachita 64-50 Saturday night at the Neill Killgore Memorial Tournament at The Brickhouse.
The Cougars (6-2) led 23-5 after the opening eight minutes behind a combined 19 points between Jake Terry and Cannon Robbins. The duo hit four three-pointers in the first quarter while West Ouachita (11-3) hit only two baskets total.
Over the next two quarters, the Chiefs outscored Creek 35-25 to close to within 48-40 after the third quarter of action.
However, Terry netted 12 points in the final stanza as the Cougars outscored West Ouachita by six points to pick up the 14-point victory, handing the Class 4A Chiefs only their third loss of the season.
Terry led Creek with 26 points while Cannon added 20 points.
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Cedar Creek Scorers: FG(3)-FT-TP
Cameron Temple 3-0-6; Cannon Robbins 6(3)-5-20; Brett Bell 1(1)-1-4; Jack Bell 4-0-8; Jake Terry 8(3)-7-26. Totals: 22(7)-13-64
Score by Quarters
West Ouachita (11-3) 5-16-19-10=50
Cedar Creek (6-2) 23-11-14-16=64
