Staff Reports
The Choudrant Lady Aggies split a pair of games this past weekend, competing at the West Ouachita Tournament Friday and Saturday.
Lady Aggies 64, St. Fred’s 26 (Friday)
Reese Brown scored 29 points and Sadie Jones added 10 points as Choudrant led from start to finish in a 64-26 win over St. Frederick High School.
The Lady Aggies (13-4) built a 30-11 halftime lead and coasted to the easy win.
Choudrant netted only 11 points in the opening eight minutes but then erupted for 19 points in the second quarter to stretch its halftime lead to 19.
“Defense was a major part of our success,” said head coach Brandy Roberson. “We had a slow start, but turned up the intensity in the second quarter and continued throughout the second half.”
Brown and Kat Hernandez each scored four points in the first quarter before Brown added 11 more in the second quarter, including 3-of-3 from the free throw line.
Any chance of a St. Frederick rally was doused in the third quarter thanks to some potent outside shooting, as the Lady Aggies hit four three pointers — two by Brown and one each by Alyssa Bell and Kami Young.
Albany 61, Lady Aggies 52 (Saturday)
Albany jumped out to a 24-11 lead in the first quarter and then held off a Choudrant rally to defeat the Lady Aggies 61-52 on Saturday.
Once again Reese Brown led the way for the Lady Aggies, scoring 27 points while Kami Young and Kat Hernandez each added eight points against the Class 3A Hornets.
After surrendering 24 points in the first frame, the Lady Aggies held Albany to just four points in the second to close the deficit to 28-26 at the half.
“Albany was very well coached and a good team defensively,” said head coach Brandy Roberson. “We had a slow start to the first quarter, but did a great job of adjusting defensively in the second quarter.”
Brown and Young combined for all 15 points in the second quarter for Choudrant.
Albany responded.
The Hornets outscored Choudrant 33-26 in the third and fourth quarters to pull out the win. Albany converted 9 of 12 free throws in the fourth quarter to keep the Lady Aggies at bay.
“I thought we did a really good job of breaking their press but at times had trouble putting the ball in the bucket,” said Roberson. “We were getting to rim, just weren’t sinking the shots.”
