Tenaha High School on Monday, February 13, 2023 –
The Tenaha Lady Tigers varsity basketball team won a UIL Bi-District Basketball Playoff over the visiting Broaddus Lady Bulldogs, by a 85-33 score on Monday. The win advances Tenaha on to the Area Round of the playoffs and they are awaiting scheduling for their next opponents.
The Lady Tigers never trailed and they had built a 12-5 points lead by the middle of the first stanza. THS led the Lady Bulldogs 24-9 by the end of the first quarter. They outpaced Broaddus 29-5 in the second period and led 53-14 at the midway break. Tenaha outscored Broaddus 16-4 in the third period on their way to ultimately sealing the 85-33 first-round win.
Tenaha is now 31-2 overall. They were led by sisters Kayanna Cox and Kaedynce Cox who each scored 24 points apiece. Teammate Christal Sparks had 12 points. Broaddus was led by Kaeli Yarbrough with 20 points.
The Lady Tigers came into the game as the top seed of District 23 2A and the Lady Bulldogs came in as fourth seed of District 24 2A.
