Mamou girls play like Syracuse against Pine Prairie Panthers

On this the Twelfth Night when most people look for the baby in a king cake, the Mamou Lady Demons with a record of 13-6 went into Pine Prairie looking for a win. Coach Mark Temple employed a Syracuse defense in the game that would have given a Geno Auriemma coached team fits. This type of defense led to Mamou finding the win by a final score of 66-38.
Temple said of his defensive effort, “We executed well defensively, and the intensity was there.” He added, “Still we got a couple of little things to get nipped and tucked for district, but other than that good execution all around.”
Mamou began the game on a 14-0 run. Highlights of the run were Darelzray Bellard knocking down an early three-point shot and Amber Jack driving from coast-to-coast for a two-point bucket.
Pine Prairie joined in on the scoring at the 4:15 mark in the first quarter as Kaitlyn Bradley knocked down a bucket. Mamou soon answered with Ka’Zhana Richard scoring a three-point shot from way downtown. Unjel Lazard added a three-point shot of her own giving Mamou a 22-6 lead at the end of the first quarter.
The second quarter for the Lady Panthers was all Bradley as she scored eight points in the quarter. Mamou as a team in the second quarter scored 21 points. Leading the way in scoring were Kiajah Wilson, Arkieyanah Thomas, and Kamaneisha Wilson. The first half ended with Mamou up 43-14.
The third quarter was evenly matched in the score column with Mamou outscoring Pine Prairie 17-14. The big plays of the quarter were Bellard knocking down a three-point shot from the corner of the key and Richard knocking down a bucket from the top of the key. With a time out on the court at the 2:54 mark in the third quarter, Mamou led 54-23. The Lady Panthers outscored the Lady Demons 10-6 in the fourth quarter, but it was not enough as they fell and saw their record go to 3-12 on the season.
In the game Kaitlyn Bradley led Pine Prairie with 24-points and shot at a 57 percent clip from the field. Tori Bordelon was the next leading scorer with seven-points as she shot 75 percent from the field and 100 percent from behind the arc.
Pine Prairie coach Renotta Edwards called the game “a learning experience” for her young team as it tries to get better.