February 21, 2017, Central Heights High School –
The Tenaha Lady Tigers Varsity Basketball team took a convincing 20-7 lead over the Douglass Lady Indians and never looked back as they took a 65-30 Area Round win on Tuesday. The Lady Tigers will be headed to their third Class 2A Regional Tournament appearance in the last four seasons.
Coach Garry Davison’s Lady Tigers outpaced Douglass 16-10 in the second stanza and held a 36-17 advantage at the halftime intermission.
The Lady Indians saw only three of their players score in the third period, and only two Indians players scored a total of 5 points in the final frame.
Tenaha was led by post/ center Arlicia Roland with 28 points. Other Lady Tigers scoring were, Bianca Davison 15, Shayla Parks 14, Brooke McClure 5, and Jaden Washington with 3 points.
Douglass was led by Briley Garner with 9 points.
Tenaha will have an early release, 1:30 p.m., as they head to Leon High School were they will face Centerville at 7:30 p.m.
