Tenaha’s Special Events Center, Saturday, December 28, 2018 –
The Timpson Lady Bears reached the championship finals round of the 10th Annual Tenaha Holiday Hoops Invitational Basketball Tournament where they were defeated by Martin’s Mill Lady Mustangs by a 44-34 score.
Martins Mill built a 10-6 lead by the end of the first quarter and they had a 30-17 lead by the midway break. The Timpson Lady Bears defense pitched a shutout however in the third stanza and the Lady Bears scored the only seven points of the third quarter. Timpson trailed only 24-30 going into the final frame.
The Lady Mustangs were able to outpace the Bears 14-10 to take the 44-34 win.
Martins Mill was led by Mollie Daniel with 14 points, teammate Taylor Sparks chipped in 10.
Timpson was led by Brylee Behrens with 11, Laiton Braddock added 9 points to the THS scoring tally. Behrens and Braddock were also recognized as all tournament honorees.
