Tenaha’s Special Events Center, Thursday, December 27, 2018 –
The Tenaha Tigers varsity boy’s basketball team took an 81-47 win over the Dime Box Longhorns during the Tenth Annual Tenaha Holiday Hoops Tournament.
The game was close in the early going. The Tiger’s JaQualin Franks hit an early 3-pointer to begin scoring for the day but the Longhorn’s Elijah Gamble answered soon after and the teams went back and forward in a close first until Dime Box grew their lead to 18-11 before Franks hit a Tiger 3-pointer at the buzzer which ended the first quarter. The Longhorns led 18-14 going into the second quarter.
Twenty second quarter points by Franks, who had a game-high 36 for the day, gave Tenaha a 41-29 lead at the halftime intermission. The Tigers extended their lead to 63-39 by the end of the third period. Tenaha outscored Dime Box 18-8 in the final quarter to post the 81-47 win.
Franks led the Tigers with 36 points. Hayden Jenkins 15, Trindon Claiborne 12, Jay Lloyd 8, Eric Smith 4, Tray Tutt, KeMyson Gray and Juarmez Brock each scored two points.
Dime Box had two players in double figures, Ray Gilbert had 13 points and Elijah Gamble added 12 points to the Longhorns tally. The Tigers will next play Thorndale game at 11:00 a.m. in Tenaha’s SEC on Friday, December 28, 2018.
