PINEVILLE The second-seeded East Ascension High girls basketball team had its 23-game winning streak and season come to end Monday night. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
Teeona Barkley led No. 8 Marksville with 28 points. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
LSU commitment Cailain Williams had 18 points, and Silas Payne scored 12 for SLHS. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
Kropog had three 3-pointers for Holden. Kelsey McFarland led Hicks with eight points. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
Mahogany Williams contributed 11 for the Hornets. Mya Chapman also had 11 for Donaldsonville. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
Tera Snell and Corrine Talbot each had seven points for Episcopal. <\/p>\n
HANNAN 39, CHRISTIAN LIFE 38: Also in Division III select, No. 7 Hannan (16-12) held off a late charge from CLA. <\/p>\n
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). <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
The Tigers made six 3-pointers. Hannah Barrow finished with 11 points. <\/p>\n
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