February 14, 2022
By: Dwayne Page
The DeKalb County High School Lady Tigers will play their first game of the District 7-3A basketball tournament at Upperman Tuesday night, February 15. The game starts at 6 p.m. and WJLE will have LIVE coverage.
The Lady Tigers (15-13, 4-8) are the 5th seed in the tournament and Upperman (22-5, 8-4) is the 4th seed.
The two teams just met last Friday night at Baxter on the final evening of the regular season with Upperman winning 54 to 24. In the previous meeting on January 18 in Smithville, the Lady Tigers defeated Upperman 42 to 40.
In the game Friday night, Upperman led 10 to 4 after the 1st period, 29 to 11 at halftime, and 40 to 18 after the 3rd period before claiming a 54 to 24 victory.
Avery Agee scored 6 for the Lady Tigers followed by Ella Van Vranken with 4, Kadee Ferrell and Dare Collins each with 3 and Madison Martin, Xharia Lyons, and Darrah Ramsey and Tess Barton each with 2 points.
The Tigers will travel to Cumberland County for their first district tournament game on Wednesday night, February 16. The game starts at 6 p.m. and WJLE will have LIVE coverage.
The Tigers (13-13, 5-7) are the 6th seed and Cumberland County (13-13, 7-5) is the 3rd seed.
In the previous meetings this season, the Tigers defeated the Jets 71 to 66 in Smithville on February 8 but lost at Crossville 76 to 70 on January 14.
In the regular season finale at Upperman Friday night, the Tigers were beaten 50-49.
The Tigers trailed 18 to 12 after the 1st period but took a 28 to 27 lead by halftime. The Tigers fell behind 45 to 37 by the end of the 3rd period and lost 50 to 49.
Conner Close scored 22, Elishah Ramos 14, Isaac Knowles and Brayden Antoniak each with 4, Stetson Agee 3 and Jordan Young 2.