Lady ‘Jackets edge Bobcats, boys cruise to win
The Union basketball teams had an excellent showing the first round of the Class 2A playoffs on Monday.
The Lady Yellowjackets opened up with a 46-43 win over Bogue Chitto while the Yellowjackets pulls away in the second half to take a 53-35 win over Wesson.
The Lady Yellowjackets will now host Puckett in the second round of the Class 2A South State playoffs. St. Patrick was a forfeit winner in the first round.
The Yellowjackets advance to the second round and will make the short trip to Bay Springs and take on the Bulldogs, a 92-56 winner over Collins in the first round.
Union girls 46, Bogue Chitto 43
The Lady Yellowjackets were able to build a first-half lead and maintain that advantage as they held on to take a three-point win over Bogue Chitto on Monday.
Union led 7-4 at the end of the first and outscored Bogue Chitto 13-9 in the second to lead 20-13 at the half. Bogue Chitto cut into the lead in the third period as they outscored Union 11-7 to cut the lead to 29-27 going to the fourth. Each team scored 19 points in the fourth period for the final margin. The Lady Bobcats had a 3-point attempt to tie the game with less than 5 seconds remaining, but the shot was off the mark and rebounded by Union.
Union used a balanced scoring attack to take the win as Madison Buckley led the Lady Yellowjackets with 10 points. Georgia Cooper, Taniqua Hunter, Kamyia Russell and Kerria Russell each had eight points apiece.
Union boys 53, Wesson 35
The Yellowjackets used a big third-period run to pull away and take an 18-point win over Cobras on Monday night.
The game was tight in the first half as Union led 9-7 at the end of the first and 24-21 at the half. But Union started the second half on a 14-2 run and outscored Wesson 18-5 to lead 42-26 going to the fourth. Union outscored Wesson 11-9 in the fourth for the final margin.
Jamarcus Jones and Kenyon Clay each had 12 points apiece to lead the Yellowjackets while Bryce Young had 10 points. Dylan Harrison had seven points and E.J. Campbell chipped in six points.
