MBB: Tigers roll to 6th win of year, 55-18
Don Deramus (33) during Friday afternoon's nondistrict action in
Yellow Jacket Gymnasium. Davis scored six points in the Tigers'
55-18 victory. (Photo by John Krueger)
ELYSIAN FIELDS, Tx -- For the second time in three days the No.2-ranked Tenaha Tigers took on the Elysian Fields Yellow Jackets and for second straight time it was a one-sided Tiger runaway. After blowing past the Jackets 81-24 on Tuesday in the opening round of the Tenaha Holiday Hoops Classic on Tuesday, the Tigers visited the Jackets and cruised to a 55-18 triumph on Friday.
Tenaha, which is now 6-1 on the season, will face the only team that has defeated the Tigers Tuesday night when they take on Laneville on Tuesday night at 8 p.m. Laneville, the No.2-ranked team in Class 1A D-II, defeated Tenaha 77-75 in overtime, giving the Tigers their only loss of the tournament as well as the season.
After Tuesday's game, Tenaha will visit Class 3A Center on Friday (JV,V - 6 p.m.) and then be at Class 3A Gladewater next Tuesday (JV,V - 6 p.m.), giving the Tigers a rough nondistrict schedule before league play opens on Jan. 13.
In Friday's victory over Elysian Fields, Tenaha head coach Todd Bodden went deep into his bench as only one player scored in double figures. Reginald Davis scored five points in the first and third periods and spent much of the second and fourth quarters on the bench. He finished with a game-high 10 points.
Shaquille Mitchell scored five first-quarter points and added seven points to the Tenaha attack. DeAaron Roland, Chavis Gregory, Keontas Davis and Octavius Griffith each pitched in six points, while Demon Horton and Jacoby Ivy knocked down five points apiece and Assuntay Cleaver, Jakelvin Cooper, Vincent Walton and LaDarren Cooks each chipped in two points.
Lonzo Macon and Don Deramus each scored six points to pace Elysian Fields. Chris Ray and Winfred Taylor knocked down three points each.
The Tigers left little doubt who was in charge of this game in the first quarter, clamping down defensively and building a 16-0 lead at the end of the opening stanza.
The Jackets did manage nine points in the second quarter, but still trailed 32-9 at the half. Horton and Griffith led the Tigers with four points apiece in the stanza.
Reginald Davis poured in five points in the third quarter as the Tigers stretched their lead even further, building a 39-14 lead heading into the final stanza. Tenaha coasted in the fourth, holding the Jackets to just four points and scoring 10 points offensively.