Pine Prairie destroys St. Ed’s in hoops action

Pine Prairie exploded for a 15-0 run to open the game as the Panther cruised to a 56-39 win over St. Edmund.
Douglas Fontenot scored six points early and Vontreuis Thomas drrained a trey to give the Panters a 9-0 lead.
Thomas drove the lane two times, while Sylus Carson and Kyler Carson scored underneath to push the Panthers ahead, 15-0 with 1:30 left in the opening period.
St. Edmund finally scored with 1:13 remianing when Cullen Brown scored on a put-back bucket.
Alex Dupre added two free throws for the Jays before Thomas hit a three-pointer in the final seconds to push the Panthers ahead, 18-4.
Two buckets by Dylan Doucet and drive by Anthony Payne increased the Panthers’ lead to 24-4.
Brown hit a trey and an inside bucket for the Jays, but Pine Prairie forged ahead with a nine-point run sparked by five points from Isaiah Payne.
Brown scored from the baseline for the Jays late in the period, but a trey at the buzzer by Anthony Payne gave Pine Prairie a 39-13 lead at the break.
The Panthers opened the third period with a 6-2 run, including back-to-back buckets from Sylus Carson.
The Jays responded with a 8-0 surge to close the gap to 45-23, aided by six points from Dylan Bieber.
St. Edmund rallied with an 8-0 run to open the fourth quarter, as Guillory scored twice, Biber nailed a jumper and William Chachere hit two free throws.
After Jordan Ardoin hit a trey to increase the Panthers’ lead to 50-33, Bieber answered with a put-back bucket for the Jays.
Isaiah Payne then hit four straight free throws and Raylin Thomas hit another to push the Panthers ahead, 55-35 with 1:05 left.
Dupre hit a shot off the glass for the Jays and later added two free throws to close the final gap to 56-39.
Isaiah Payne led Pine Prairie with 15 points, while Vontreuis Thomas chipped in 12 points.