PINEVILLE The second-seeded East Ascension High girls basketball team had its 23-game winning streak and season come to end Monday night.

Krystal Freeman hit two free throws with 14.7 seconds left, giving No. 18 seed Pineville a 48-46 over the Spartans in a Class 5A nonselect regional-round game. Freeman scored a game-high 25 points for the winners, who beat Walker to open the playoffs last week.

EAHS (24-2) had a final chance to tie the score or win but turned the ball over with 10 seconds remaining as Freeman made the game-clinching steal. Diniaa McZeal led EAHS with 14 points; Lariah Ealy added 11 for the District 5-5A champion Spartans.

BRUSLY 70, MARKSVILLE 57: Caitlyn Williams scored a game-high 30 points to help ninth-seeded Brusly (22-11) advance to the Class 3A nonselect quarterfinals.

Angel Bradford added 19 points, and Morgan Spriggs had 10 for the Panthers of District 6-3A. Brusly gained an early advantage by outscoring MHS 16-8 in the first quarter.

Teeona Barkley led No. 8 Marksville with 28 points.

SOUTHERN LAB 80, ASCENSION EPISCOPAL 33: The fourth-seeded Kittens got a game-high 26 points from Stephanie Stewart in a Division IV select win.

LSU commitment Cailain Williams had 18 points, and Silas Payne scored 12 for SLHS.

HOLDEN 64, HICKS 29: In Class B, defending state champion Holden (27-4) outscored Hicks 19-0 in the first quarter and never looked back. K.K. Kropog set the pace for the No. 4 Rockets with 15 points. Kaylee Hughes added 14 and Jaycee Hughes finished with 10.

Kropog had three 3-pointers for Holden. Kelsey McFarland led Hicks with eight points.

ALBANY 60, DONALDSONVILLE 45: Cameron Woods finished with 18 points to lead sixth-seeded Albany (21-14) past No. 11 Donaldsonville (19-14) in a game that matched teams from area 3A districts.

Mahogany Williams contributed 11 for the Hornets. Mya Chapman also had 11 for Donaldsonville.

EPISCOPAL 33, SACRED HEART-New Orleans 18: Shannon Ahmad scored eight points to lead a balanced attack as Episcopal (19-11) advanced in Division III select. The Knights played in their main gym for the first time since Augusts historic flooding.

Tera Snell and Corrine Talbot each had seven points for Episcopal.

HANNAN 39, CHRISTIAN LIFE 38: Also in Division III select, No. 7 Hannan (16-12) held off a late charge from CLA.

Kennedy Martin and Miranda Kramer each had 11 points for Hannan. Joy Jones and Jewel Jones each had 11 for No. 10 seed Christian Life (19-8).

DUNHAM 44, ST. CHARLES CATHOLIC 43: Kelsey Day finished with 16 points to lead No. 10 Dunham (17-12) past seventh-seeded St. Charles in Division III select.

The Tigers made six 3-pointers. Hannah Barrow finished with 11 points.

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