Tenaha Girls Fall to Martin’s Mills 53-40 in Regional Basketball Semifinals

Athens High School on Friday, February 25, 2022 –

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The Tenaha Tigers Lady Tigers varsity basketball team fell to the Martin’s Mill Lady Mustangs by a 53-40 score during the UIL Texas Basketball Playoff Region III Semifinal round elimination game.

The game was close early on and THS only trailed by a single point at 8-7 points at the end of the first period. By halftime Martin’s Mills led 24-18.

The Lady Tigers kept fighting but the game began to slip away as they fell behind by a 36-27 score at the end of the third quarter. Tenaha trailed by eight points, at 46-38 with less than three minutes remaining but the Lady Mustangs were able to hold on for the win.

The Lady Tigers were led by Tiyanna Dagley with 18 points, Lucy Giles and Jasmine Dodd each scored seven points, Addy Duncan  6 and Lataijha Steadman scored two points.

The Lady Mustangs were led by Jada Celsur with 23 points. The Lady Mustangs are 26-2 and they are on a 22 game win streak.

Tenaha finished as regional semifinalist and posted a 28-6 season mark. The Lady Mustangs will face Douglass High School Saturday afternoon in the Region III Final/ State Quarterfinal game.