D9 Basketball

[kepdawg]

Boys

Tuesday's Results:
Argyle 66 Gainesville 39
Prosper 51 Sanger 49 (Big win for Prosper over TABC #9)
Whitesboro 70 Celina 37

Standings:
Argyle 2-0
Prosper 2-0
Whitesboro 1-1
Gainesville 1-1
Sanger 0-2
Celina 0-2

Friday's Games
Argyle @ Celina
Whitesboro @ Sanger
Prosper @ Gainesville

Girls (Yes, people, they play basketball too!)

Tuesday's Results:
Argyle 69 Gainesville 23
Celina 50 Whitesboro 35
Sanger 52 Prosper 34

Standings:
Argyle 4-0
Celina 4-0
Sanger 2-2
Whitesboro 2-2
Prosper 0-4
Gainesville 0-4

Friday's Games
Argyle @ Celina (Battle for the #1 spot heading to the 2nd half of district play)
Whitesboro @ Sanger (Both teams trying to hang on to the #3 spot heading to the 2nd half of district play)
Prosper @ Gainesville

[IHStangFan]

Originally posted by kepdawg
Boys

Tuesday's Results:
Argyle 66 Gainesville 39
Prosper 51 Sanger 49 (Big win for Prosper over TABC #9)
Whitesboro 70 Celina 37

Standings:
Argyle 2-0
Prosper 2-0
Whitesboro 1-1
Gainesville 1-1
Sanger 0-2
Celina 0-2

Friday's Games
Argyle @ Celina
Whitesboro @ Sanger
Prosper @ Gainesville

Girls (Yes, people, they play basketball too!)

Tuesday's Results:
Argyle 69 Gainesville 23
Celina 50 Whitesboro 35
Sanger 52 Prosper 34

Standings:
Argyle 4-0
Celina 4-0
Sanger 2-2
Whitesboro 2-2
Prosper 0-4
Gainesville 0-4

Friday's Games
Argyle @ Celina (Battle for the #1 spot heading to the 2nd half of district play)
Whitesboro @ Sanger (Both teams trying to hang on to the #3 spot heading to the 2nd half of district play)
Prosper @ Gainesville Argyle seems to have a pretty rounded athletic program.

[Twirling Time]

Argyle's done nothing but win from the get-go. It's in the water in that Argyle-Krum-Ponder circle.

[firstdown]

Our boys are real good. I believe them to be the 2nd best ever at Argyle.

Our girls are so so. Sometimes they have a hard time making a basket. However they do play great defense.

[JR2004]

Saw Argyle play recently. It'll be an interesting 3rd round match-up with them if we are able to get there. It could be just as good as the Roosevelt-Princeton game last year at Plano West in the 3rd round.

[MN95]

I love me some Ladycat basketball. Big test for us against Argyle Friday. Most picked us behind Argyle, Sanger, and Whitesboro for the 3 playoff spots. Most didn't know about the freshman we had joining the 5 returning seniors and the ability of our first year coach (who was a former National Champ at Baylor).

[Pick6]

Originally posted by MN95
the ability of our first year coach (who was a former National Champ at Baylor).

Is that went to Valley View for 11 years and transferred her senior year to Celina?

[MN95]

Originally posted by Pick6
Is that went to Valley View for 11 years and transferred her senior year to Celina?

Well, I wasn't here then, but I do know she went to Valley View before Celina, so that's probably her. Jordan Davis. Her younger brother Seth was our QB in 06 and 07. She has really done a great job.

[kepdawg]

Friday's Results

Boys
Argyle 85 Celina 38
Prosper 57 Gainesville 53
Sanger 47 Whitesboro 29

Girls
Argyle 47 Celina 40 OT
Sanger 50 Whitesboro 34
Prosper 52 Gainesville 29

Standings

Boys
Argyle 3-0
Prosper 3-0
Sanger 1-2
Whitesboro 1-2
Gainesville 1-2
Celina 0-3

Girls
Argyle 5-0
Celina 4-1
Sanger 3-2
Whitesboro 2-3
Prosper 1-4
Gainesville 0-5

[kepdawg]

Thursday's Games: Boys and Girls
Celina @ Sanger (Celina's girls try to keep the #2 spot to themselves)
Prosper @ Argyle (Prosper's boys try to upset Argyle to remain perfect in district)
Whitesboro @ Gainesville

Friday's Games: Boys and Girls
Prosper @ Celina
Argyle @ Whitesboro
Gainesville @ Sanger

[kepdawg]

Thursday's Results

Boys
Argyle 88 Prosper 47 (Argyle leaves no doubt they are #1 in the district)
Whitesboro 58 Gainesville 48
Sanger 73 Celina 44

Girls
Celina 46 Sanger 36 (Big road win for Celina)
Argyle 57 Prosper 38
Whitesboro 57 Gainesville 13

Standings

Boys
Argyle 4-0
Prosper 3-1
Sanger 2-2
Whitesboro 2-2
Gainesville 1-3
Celina 0-4

Girls
Argyle 6-0
Celina 5-1
Sanger 3-3
Whitesboro 3-3
Prosper 1-5
Gainesville 0-6

Friday's Games: Boys and Girls
Prosper @ Celina
Argyle @ Whitesboro
Gainesville @ Sanger

[JR2004]

Looks like Argyle left absolutely no doubt about it. They've got a good enough team to get down to Austin and win it this time around.

[MN95]

I believe our girls can clinch a playoff spot with a home win over Prosper tonight. Most had us finishing 4th.

[kepdawg]

Originally posted by MN95
I believe our girls can clinch a playoff spot with a home win over Prosper tonight. Most had us finishing 4th.

I believe the ability to technically clinch a playoff spot depends on district tiebreakers.

I think the following are pretty safe assumptions for tonight:

Celina over Prosper
Argyle over Whitesboro
Sanger over Gainesville

That would make the standings:

Argyle 7-0
Celina 6-1
Sanger 4-3
Whitesboro 3-4
Prosper 1-6
Gainesville 0-7

If all that happens it would still be possible for Celina, Sanger, and Whitesboro to end up in a three way tie for second with 6-4 records.

For that to happen:

Whitesboro would have to win out against Prosper, Celina, and Sanger
Celina would have to lose out against Gainesville, Whitesboro, and Argyle
Sanger would have to win against Argyle and Prosper and lose to Whitesboro

Celina would be 6-4 (2-0 vs Sanger, 1-1 vs Whitesboro)
Sanger would be 6-4 (0-2 vs Celina, 1-1 vs Whitesboro)
Whitesboro would be 6-4 (1-1 vs Celina, 1-1 vs Sanger)

I have no idea how that tiebreaker would be broken.

The good news is...

Everybody knows that should never come in to play!

Celina should beat Prosper tonight. Celina has Gainesville on Tuesday and I doubt a 61 point swing from the first game is likely!

I expect on February 10th that Argyle (9-0) will be facing Celina (8-1) with a share of 1st place on the line and that Sanger (5-4) will be facing Whitesboro (4-5) with 3rd place on the line.

[MN95]

You are correct. I am guilty of premature postseason planning, making the assumption that a Gainesville win would be a given for us. I wouldn't want our girls to have that mindset, so I shouldn't either.

[MN95]

What really sucks is that I have to be out of town the evening of Feb 10, so if we are playing Argyle with a share of first on the line, I'm going to miss it. I HATE missing my kids games. They are going by too quickly.

[kepdawg]

Originally posted by MN95
You are correct. I am guilty of premature postseason planning, making the assumption that a Gainesville win would be a given for us. I wouldn't want our girls to have that mindset, so I shouldn't either.

Go ahead and make your plans! That win last night was huge! I wouldn't be surprised to see a slow start tonight but they will get the job done. I do not want to even consider what would have to take place to lose to Gainesville; sixty point wins just aren't flipped.

[MN95]

I do not mean this in a disrespectful way, but I am pretty sure most of the JV teams in our district would beat the Gainesville varsity. They just don't have much. They did, however, play hard until the end.

[kepdawg]

Originally posted by MN95
What really sucks is that I have to be out of town the evening of Feb 10, so if we are playing Argyle with a share of first on the line, I'm going to miss it. I HATE missing my kids games. They are going by too quickly.

Oh, that does suck! I don't have kids but I can imagine the feeling. I do indeed expect that game to be for a share of first place.

[kepdawg]

Originally posted by MN95
I do not mean this in a disrespectful way, but I am pretty sure most of the JV teams in our district would beat the Gainesville varsity. They just don't have much. They did, however, play hard until the end.

I understand and believe anyone familiar with the situation would as well. It is one of those uncomfortable situations to talk about when being truthful may come across as disrespectful to those who are ignorant of the situation. They did indeed play hard the whole way; they were simply outmatched.

[MN95]

Whitesboro could spoil that for us, but I don't see Prosper or Gainesville doing it.

[MN95]

Originally posted by kepdawg
I understand and believe anyone familiar with the situation would as well. It is one of those uncomfortable situations to talk about when being truthful may come across as disrespectful to those who are ignorant of the situation. They did indeed play hard the whole way; they were simply outmatched.

Have you seen us play? You need to introduce yourself next time you attend a game.

[kepdawg]

Originally posted by MN95
Whitesboro could spoil that for us, but I don't see Prosper or Gainesville doing it.

True! They should definitely not be taken lightly! They will be desperate and fighting to hang on to a chance at a playoff spot!

[kepdawg]

Originally posted by MN95
Have you seen us play? You need to introduce yourself next time you attend a game.

You have a private message coming your way.

[kepdawg]

Friday's Results

Boys
Argyle 57 Whitesboro 39
Sanger 73 Gainesville 56
Prosper 85 Celina 65

Girls
Whitesboro 47 Argyle 42 (Not shocked, but a little surprised)
Celina 54 Prosper 31 (Argyle loss puts Celina back in the mix for first place outright)
Sanger 68 Gainesville 23

Standings

Boys
Argyle 5-0
Prosper 4-1
Sanger 3-2
Whitesboro 2-3
Gainesville 1-4
Celina 0-5

Girls
Argyle 6-1
Celina 6-1
Sanger 4-3
Whitesboro 4-3
Prosper 1-6
Gainesville 0-7

Tuesday's Games: Boys and Girls
Celina @ Gainesville (Celina girls clinch a playoff spot with a win)
Sanger @ Argyle (Argyle girls clinch a playoff spot with a win)
Whitesboro @ Prosper

[MN95]

Were you there last night? I looked for you but didn't see you.

I will be rooting hard for the Sanger girls on Tuesday.

[kepdawg]

Originally posted by MN95
Were you there last night? I looked for you but didn't see you.

I will be rooting hard for the Sanger girls on Tuesday.

Yeah I was there.

[kepdawg]

Tuesday's Results

Boys
Argyle 66 Sanger 49
Whitesboro 77 Prosper 66 (Big win for Whitesboro)
Gainesville 72 Celina 39 (Gainesville narrowly meets JR2004's standard of at least 50 fans)

Girls
Argyle 56 Sanger 46 (Argyle clinches playoff spot)
Celina 59? Gainesville 25? (Celina clinches playoff spot, I don't remember the exact score)
Whitesboro 62 Prosper 42

Standings

Boys
Argyle 6-0
Prosper 4-2
Sanger 3-3
Whitesboro 3-3
Gainesville 2-4
Celina 0-6

Girls
Argyle 7-1
Celina 7-1
Whitesboro 5-3
Sanger 4-4
Prosper 1-7
Gainesville 0-8

Friday's Games: Boys and Girls
Argyle @ Gainesville
Whitesboro @ Celina (Celina girls win keeps them alive for first place outright)
Prosper @ Sanger (Sanger girls win sets up third place game with Whitesboro on Tuesday)

Tuesday's Games: Boys and Girls
Celina @ Argyle (Girls game will be for at least a share of first place)
Sanger @ Whitesboro (Girls winner gets third place, with a Sanger win on Friday or losses by Sanger and Whitesboro)
Gainesville @ Prosper

[kepdawg]

Friday's Results

Boys
Argyle 72 Gainesville 42
Sanger 58 Prosper 54
Whitesboro XX Celina XX

Girls
Argyle 62 Gainesville 17
Celina 43 Whitesboro 42
Sanger 59 Prosper 36

Standings

Boys
Argyle 7-0
Prosper 4-3
Sanger 4-3
Whitesboro 4-3
Gainesville 2-5
Celina 0-7

Girls
Argyle 8-1
Celina 8-1
Sanger 5-4
Whitesboro 5-4
Prosper 1-8
Gainesville 0-9


Tuesday's Games: Boys and Girls
Celina @ Argyle (Girls game is for first/second place, Argyle won first game 47-40 in OT)
Sanger @ Whitesboro (Girls game is for third place, Sanger won first game 50-34)
Gainesville @ Prosper

[IHStangFan]

Man....both Argyle teams still steam rolling. Impressive.

[MN95]

Can't believe I'm going to miss the District Championship game. Nobody imagined we would only have 1 District loss with 1 game to play. It's been a great season so far. Really enjoying it.

For that matter, it's been a great YEAR so far. Volleyball playoffs for the first time in our history, state championship game in football for my son, and now basketball playoffs for the Ladycats. What in the world am I going to do for a life when they are out of high school? It's going by way too fast.

[kepdawg]

Originally posted by MN95
Can't believe I'm going to miss the District Championship game. Nobody imagined we would only have 1 District loss with 1 game to play. It's been a great season so far. Really enjoying it.

For that matter, it's been a great YEAR so far. Volleyball playoffs for the first time in our history, state championship game in football for my son, and now basketball playoffs for the Ladycats. What in the world am I going to do for a life when they are out of high school? It's going by way too fast.

I'll make sure to cheer a little extra in your absence tonight!

[firstdown]

Originally posted by kepdawg
I'll make sure to cheer a little extra in your absence tonight!

Kep, you gonna be in Argyle tonight?

[kepdawg]

Originally posted by firstdown
Kep, you gonna be in Argyle tonight?

That's the plan.

[JR2004]

Originally posted by kepdawg
That's the plan.

What time are you leaving for the game?

[kepdawg]

Originally posted by JR2004
What time are you leaving for the game?

I'm leaving early to take care of some things in Denton beforehand.

[firstdown]

Originally posted by kepdawg
That's the plan.

I'll be there tonight it's Senior night and my son is one of the wrestlers being recognized. Look me up and I'll buy ya hot dog. It would be nice to put a face with the name. I'm easy to find my son is Joe Durham. I go by Tiger.

[JR2004]

Originally posted by kepdawg
I'm leaving early to take care of some things in Denton beforehand.

Alrighty...I'm just wondering because I'm thinking about going to watch the girls game. I know it's a big game so I thought I might have to leave earlier than normal to get a decent seat for that one.

[kepdawg]

Originally posted by JR2004
Alrighty...I'm just wondering because I'm thinking about going to watch the girls game. I know it's a big game so I thought I might have to leave earlier than normal to get a decent seat for that one.

Well you know Argyle will have a crowd! The Celina fans have done a pretty good job of staying above your standard of 50 but as expected the away games have had significantly smaller crowds than the home games. Of course there hasn't been an away game of this importance. It will be interesting to see who shows up.

[MN95]

You guys are killing me. Here I sit in a hotel room in Atlanta.

Win or lose, hope the Ladycats play their best game.

[MN95]

I hear we lost a tough one down the stretch again and our freshman didn't shoot it very well tonight?

[JR2004]

Originally posted by MN95
I hear we lost a tough one down the stretch again and our freshman didn't shoot it very well tonight?

It was a good game tonight. I got there in the middle of the 2nd quarter. The girls hung tough until the final minute or so.

The bright side of not winning is that you won't have to play Roosevelt in the 3rd round. One of the assistants for Celina seemed relieved about that...lol.

[kepdawg]

Tuesday's Results

Boys
Argyle 78 Celina 27
Sanger 49 Whitesboro 41
Gainesville 67 Prosper 63

Girls
Argyle 47 Celina 42
Sanger 55 Whitesboro 44
Prosper 45 Gainesville 22

Standings

Boys
Argyle 8-0
Sanger 5-3
Prosper 4-4
Whitesboro 4-4
Gainesville 3-5
Celina 0-8

Girls
Argyle 9-1
Celina 8-2
Sanger 6-4
Whitesboro 5-5
Prosper 2-8
Gainesville 0-10

Celina will play Commerce in the first round of the playoffs.


Originally posted by MN95
I hear we lost a tough one down the stretch again and our freshman didn't shoot it very well tonight?

You saw this game when it happened the first time. Only this time Celina wasn't able to force overtime. The overall flow/feel of the game was similar. Too many lapses on defense and some mental errors taking care of the ball on offense cost the Lady Cats tonight. The freshman's outside shots weren't falling. I know the girls are disappointed and that is understandable but they should all be very proud of their accomplishments so far. Heading into the season I don't think anyone gave them a chance to make the playoffs much less a chance to be playing for a district championship on the last night of the regular season. However, they should not be content with what they have accomplished so far. The season is not over and there is still work to be done. I believe they can make a run in the playoffs. Congratulations on an excellent season so far and good luck the rest of the way!

[Twirling Time]

North Lamar will play Sanger. I'm guessing that game will be in Sherman — that's where NL and Argyle played in volleyball (on election night, interestingly enough).

[MN95]

Celina Ladycats will play Commerce Tuesday at Lovejoy

[kepdawg]

Argyle is hosting Crandall in a warmup game on Monday. I think I may go check it out.

[MN95]

IF we can beat Commerce, Crandall would be our next game, correct?

[kepdawg]

Originally posted by MN95
IF we can beat Commerce, Crandall would be our next game, correct?

Yes

[kepdawg]

Originally posted by Twirling Time
North Lamar will play Sanger. I'm guessing that game will be in Sherman — that's where NL and Argyle played in volleyball (on election night, interestingly enough).

Sanger and North Lamar are playing Tuesday at Trenton

[catgut]

Originally posted by MN95
IF we can beat Commerce, Crandall would be our next game, correct?

I'm betting you beat Commerce. They pretty much have one girl you have to worry about.

[catgut]

I saw on another site that Paris plays the winner of Ranchview and Kaufman. Anyone know anything about these two girls teams?

[kepdawg]

Originally posted by catgut
I saw on another site that Paris plays the winner of Ranchview and Kaufman. Anyone know anything about these two girls teams?

Somebody might want to let Kaufman know who they are playing!

DMN (http://www.hsgametime.com/dfw/schoolinfo.htm?propertyId=dfw&schoolId=954&infoType=schedule&sportId=7) has Kaufman playing Madison.

Kaufman's website (http://www.kaufmanlions.com/announcement.html) also has them playing Madison.

FWST (http://www.star-telegram.com/940/story/1199629.html) has Ranchview playing Kaufman and Lake Worth playing Kennedale.

DMN (http://www.hsgametime.com/dfw/schoolinfo.htm?propertyId=dfw&schoolId=799&infoType=schedule&sportId=7) has Lake Worth playing Kennedale.

I'm not sure what the final standings for D11 were as neither the DMN or FWST has complete standings.

I know Roosevelt is first and I thought Ranchview should be second and Madison third.

Maybe JR knows how things turned out.

Oh and I believe Kaufman beat Paris by a dozen real early in the season.

[JR2004]

Called and found out that our girls did indeed get in so congratulations to the Lady Trojans! Our girls usually don't fare too well on the basketball court so I'm glad they got in this year!

[catgut]

Originally posted by kepdawg

Oh and I believe Kaufman beat Paris by a dozen real early in the season.

Paris was beaten by a lot of teams early in the season. We had an awful record heading into district but then they seemed to gel. I think because we're so young it just took time but I know we will probably exit the playoffs early.
District 10 was not very strong this year also.

[catgut]

UIL website has Paris playing winner of Kaufman and runner up out of District 11. That should be either Ranchview or Madison wouldn't it?

[kepdawg]

Friday's Boys Results
Prosper 71 Argyle 60 (Upset!)
Whitesboro 48 Gainesville 43
Sanger XX Celina XX

Standings
Argyle 8-1
Sanger 6-3
Prosper 5-4
Whitesboro 5-4
Gainesville 3-6
Celina 0-9

Tuesday's Games
Whitesboro @ Argyle
Sanger @ Gainesville
Celina @ Prosper

Girls Playoffs
Celina vs Commerce @ Lovejoy 2/17, 7:30 PM
Sanger vs North Lamar @ Trenton 2/17, 6:30 PM

Warm Up Game: Crandall @ Argyle 2/16, 6 PM

[kepdawg]

Argyle girls won the warm-up against Crandall 67-53

Argyle will play the winner of Lake Worth/Kennedale @ Keller Central 2/20, 7PM

[kepdawg]

Celina girls beat Commerce 42-36. Celina was up 20-4 after 1 and held on for the win. Crandall is up next.

I believe Sanger lost to North Lamar.

I'm going to get something to eat and will check the boys scores after that. I don't expect any surprises though.

[kepdawg]

Tuesday's Boys Results
Argyle 76 Whitesboro 42
Sanger 57 Gainesville 36
Prosper 89 Celina 41

Final Boys Standings
Argyle 9-1
Sanger 7-3
Prosper 6-4
Whitesboro 5-5
Gainesville 3-7
Celina 0-10



Girls Playoffs
Celina 42 Commerce 36
North Lamar XX Sanger XX
Kennedale 57 Lake Worth 29


Celina vs Crandall

Argyle vs Kennedale @ Keller Central 2/20, 7PM

[kepdawg]

Celina vs Crandall @ Plano West 2/20, 7:30 PM

Glad it will be close to home!

[kepdawg]

Celina 56 Crandall 52

Celina led 40-19 at halftime and managed to hang on for the win

Celina gets Paris next

Agyle 38 Kennedale 35

Argyle gets Dallas Roosevelt

[catgut]

Paris blew a 12 point lead in the 4th quarter. They fell behind and one of best players fouled out on same play but they came back and tied it and held Kaufman to force overtime.

We're even younger than I thought. Two of the starters that I thought were sophs are only freshmen. Our best three are a soph and 2 freshmen with first two off bench freshmen.

Final tonight was 53-49 in ot

[MN95]

Should be a good match up. Any guesses where yet?

[catgut]

Originally posted by MN95
Should be a good match up. Any guesses where yet?

hopefully someplace that's about same distance for both fans to travel. Perhaps someplace like Sherman?

[Twirling Time]

Actual final score was 56-51. Celina led by 21 at the half and almost blew it again.

Huge crowd at Plano West wearing orange.

Celina's coach wants to play at Howe. All the McKinney gyms are taken up by the boys already and Sherman and Denison are going to be too small.

[kepdawg]

Originally posted by Twirling Time
Actual final score was 56-51. Celina led by 21 at the half and almost blew it again.

Huge crowd at Plano West wearing orange.

Celina's coach wants to play at Howe. All the McKinney gyms are taken up by the boys already and Sherman and Denison are going to be too small.

Does Howe really have a bigger gym than Sherman? I'm sure it's probably a lot newer. Sherman gym isn't exactly small though.

[kepdawg]

It is impossible for me to accurately remember a score more than 30 seconds after a game. Unfortunately that is no exaggeration! I wish it was. My short term memory really seems to be slipping in my old age!

[catgut]

Originally posted by kepdawg
Does Howe really have a bigger gym than Sherman? I'm sure it's probably a lot newer. Sherman gym isn't exactly small though.

Sherman is big enough that I can't imagine it being full. Also several good eating places around Sherman..LOL

[catgut]

Originally posted by Twirling Time
Celina's coach wants to play at Howe. All the McKinney gyms are taken up by the boys already and Sherman and Denison are going to be too small.

Geenville would be about half way for both teams. Howe is 75 miles from Paris and like 25 from Celina. Greenville is about 60 for each team.

[MN95]

Cardiac Celina survives Crandall rally
BY BILL SPINKS
HERALD DEMOCRAT

PLANO — Celina basketball playoff games — or at least their endings — are certainly not for the faint-hearted.

For the second time this week, the Lady Bobcats almost let a huge lead evaporate before their eyes. But once again, they found enough gas in the tank Friday night to nurse home a winner, 56-51, over Crandall in the Class 3A Region II area round at Plano West Senior High School.

It wasn’t until senior Allegra Nigh’s free throw with 19.5 seconds left, followed by Nigh’s rebound of a desperation miss, that an almost-packed and extremely-vocal Celina grandstand could finally relax a little.

“It was a little too exciting,” said Lady Cat head coach Jordan Davis. “We had a pretty good first half, but a good team like that isn’t going to quit fighting. They made several runs, and we got a few points here and there to kind of stop it. I’ll be surprised if I still have a voice tomorrow.”

The game was almost a carbon copy of the Lady Cats’ 42-36 bi-district win over Commerce on Tuesday, during which Celina grabbed a huge first-half lead only to find itself in a second-half battle to the finish.

“We have had a problem with that lately,” said Celina senior Madison Glendenning. “We’ve had such great first halves, and our goal is to get a better second half. We’ve been struggling at that, but we always end up pulling it out.”

The Lady Cats (23-9), in their first postseason run since making it to the 2A Region II tournament in 2005, will take on 10-3A champion Paris on Tuesday in the Region II quarterfinals. The site will probably be determined Saturday, Davis said, most likely somewhere in the Sherman-McKinney corridor.

Playing with a poise that belies her 14 years of age, freshman guard MacKynzie Newman finished with 21 points, seven rebounds and five steals, all team highs.

“I’m one of the starting five, and all the other freshmen sort of look up to me,” Newman said. “But I’m up to it.”

Backcourt mate Kyla Hutson added 11 points, and another guard, Amy Thiel, chipped in with nine tallies on three 3-point baskets for Celina.

Junior swing player Emily Atkins led Crandall with 18 points and seven rebounds. The Lady Cats were able to keep Atkins bucketless in the second half, though she made 8-of-10 from the charity stripe.

Early on, the Lady Cats were lights-out from the perimeter. They made 6-of-10 from beyond the arc in the first half, and their full-court press was effective in building what seemed to be an insurmountable 40-19 halftime advantage.

That changed quickly in the second half as Crandall (19-13) rained a fusillade of 3-pointers in the third quarter. Thiel’s trey from the right wing early in the stanza bumped the margin back to 21 before the bottom fell out for Celina.

First, it was back-to-back triples by Crandall’s Malloriee Newton that trimmed the deficit quickly to 14. Then Kacie Byford nailed one, and Emily Kirk hit from outside near the end of the quarter to bring the Lady Pirates to within 48-36.

The comeback continued in the fourth as the Lady Pirates scored six straight to close within 52-48 with 3:13 left.

But the Lady Cats, despite not making a field goal in the final eight minutes, spread the floor at that point and was 8-of-12 from the foul line down the stretch to keep Crandall — barely — at arm’s length.

“Good teams aren’t going to go away,” Davis said. “There’s not going to be a team you face now that’s gonna go away if you get them down early. We just have to keep pushing, keep trying to do what we do, and not get complacent. That’s kind of what happened. What we were doing was working, and then our shots stopped falling. We’ve got to figure out another way to create some shots.”

The Lady Cats were able to feed off a huge crowd of more than a thousand supporters that filled the visitors’ side, including a large and rowdy student section.

“The crowd was amazing,” Davis said. “That student section was great. I can’t thank them enough. I just hope we keep getting that kind of support.”

Friday’s game
UIL playoffs
Girls
Area round
Class 3A Region II
at Plano West
Celina 56, Crandall 51
Crandall 11 8 17 15 — 51
Celina 18 22 8 8 — 56
Crandall (19-13): Emily Atkins 18, Kacie Byford 9, Malloriee Newton 6, Crystal Spain 5, Emily Kirk 5, Colby Farr 4, Evelyn Akinyemi 2, Mallori Weaver 2.
Celina (23-9): MacKynzie Newman 21, Kyla Hutson 11, Amy Thiel 9, Madison Glendenning 7, Allegra Nigh 4, Shannon Schmidt 2, Kylee Hurt 2.

[kepdawg]

Just in case people aren't looking here. (http://bbs.3adownlow.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=92332)

Celina and Paris @ Royse City 7:30 Tuesday

[catgut]

Originally posted by kepdawg
Just in case people aren't looking here. (http://bbs.3adownlow.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=92332)

Celina and Paris @ Royse City 7:30 Tuesday

Huge gym but I don't really like it from a fan's view. You're too far away from the court.

[kepdawg]

Originally posted by catgut
Huge gym but I don't really like it from a fan's view. You're too far away from the court.

I was looking for pics earlier but could hardly find a mention of athletics on their website.

Have you ever been to Coppell's gym?

[catgut]

Originally posted by kepdawg
I was looking for pics earlier but could hardly find a mention of athletics on their website.

Have you ever been to Coppell's gym?
No, I've never been to Coppell's. Our boys played a warm up game last year and also yesterday in Royce City. Why anyone built a gym like that for high school I'll never understand. The closest seat to the court is probably 25 foot from the court and at least 10 foot above the court. The top row is like being at a college game

[Dieselsmoke]

I don't like the gym at Royse City either, they built it with the first row too high off the floor for my likings. Nice facility could have been designed better, I guess it keeps the crowd away from the players...