Center Roughrider Coliseum on Tuesday, February 18, 2025 –
The Timpson Bears varsity basketball team fought hard throughout Tuesday’s Bi-District playoff with Hemphill High School. The Bears trailed most of the game. But three pointers by LaJordan McCollister and Dacorien Johnson tied the contest at 46-46 with less than 10 seconds remaining in the game. However, a last second desperation heave by Hemphill Hornet Ethan Dickerson hit its mark to give the Hornets the win and to avoid overtime.
The Hornets had taken a narrow 13-10 point lead at the end of the first quarter. They led 29-18 at the halftime break. HHS had a ten-point advantage at 39-29 by the end of the third period.
Early in the fourth stanza, Hemphill gained a 42-29 lead but the Bears only sped up their defensive pressure avoiding any Hornet’s attempt at stalling out the remaining clock. Besides Dickerson’s game-winner, Hemphill was only able to sparsely score with 9 trips to the free throw stripe. The Bears outscored the Hornets 20-13 in the final quarter with three 3-pointers, two putback shots, a jumpshot and by making their own trips to the free-throw line.
Hemphill was led by Dickerson with 15 points. Timpson was led by JJ Garner with 15 and Jackson Campbell scored 14 points.
Hemphill, now 15-16, will now move on to the Area Round of the 2024-25 Texas UIL Class 2A Basketball State Playoffs. They will face 30-2 Hawkins next week. Timpson’s season ends at 20 wins and 13 losses.
