The Basile Bearcats grabbed a key district sweep over rival St. Edmund Friday night at the Blue Jay gym.
The Lady Bearcats (7-15 overall, 3-4 in District 4-1A) exploded for a 18-2 first quarter run as Basile rolled to a 65-52 win.
Kinsleuy Marcantel scored two free throws for the only Lady Jay points in the first period.
Katheryn Giles and Caitlyn Deshotel both pushed in eight points for the Lady Bearcats in the quarter.
St. Edmund (6-12 overall, 4-3 in District 4-1A) regrouped for a 21-14 second quarter surge, led by seven points from Gabby Fontenot.
Camille Leger added six points, while Abby Miller and Maggie Larriviere chipped in three points each to help the Lady Jays close the gap to 32-23 at the break.
Giles led the Lady Bearcats with eight points in the period, while Lainey Soileau added six points.
Basile opened the second half with a 19-12 run as the Lady Bearcats began to put the game away.
Deshotels sparked Basile with nine points, while Giles contributed six points and Soileau added four more points to move the Lady Bearcats ahead, 51-35.
Leger led the Lady Jays with eight points in the period as Miller added four points.
St. Edmund rallied for a 17-14 battle in the fourth quarter could not overcome the sluggish start to the game.
Leger scored six points in the final period to finish with 20 points on gthe night.
Mary Beth Lafleur and Marcantel scored twice in the frame, while Larriviere hit three free throws.
Miller and Fontenot finished with seven points each, while Marcantel and Larriviere both chipped in six points.
Giles scored only once in the period but led the Lady Bearcats with 24 points.
Deshotels drilled two treys in the quarter to finish with 23 points.
Soileau scored three points in the period to finish with 13 points.
St. Edmund was set to visit Merryville (14-6, 6-0) on Saturday to make up Tuesday’s postponed district clash before entertaining South Cameron (5-12, 3-4) Tuesday night.
Basile completed the sweep over St. Edmund as the Bearcats cruised to a 70-44 win over the Blue Jays.
Basile (5-10, 2-3) opened with a 12-2 run as the Bearcats took control of the game from the tip-off.
Alex Dupre scored the only Blue Jay (0-13, 0-5) points in the period with a bucket at the 4:17 mark to close the lead to 4-2.
The Bearcats then went on an 8-0 surge, aided by a trey from Keeman Ivory.
With a 10-point lead heading into the second period, the Bearcats exploded for a 12-0 run before Tyler Fonville scored in the lane for the Blue Jays.
After back-to-back buckets by Isiah Ceaser to push Basile up 32-5, Gus Brown scored in the lane for the Jays.
The Bearcats went on a 8-4 run, while Brown scored on a lay up and Wesley Driggs converted on a 3-point play.
St. Edmund continued to battle late in the half as Fonville and Brown scored in the lane, but a pair of treys by Abdul Milingo pushed the Bearcats up 42-14 at intermission.
Ceaser scored 12 points in the period for the Bearcats, while Bret Ledoux and Ceaser both chipped in six points.
The Blue Jays showed some offensive life early in the third period with buckets by Christian Fontenot and Dupre, but Basile responded with a 7-2 run for a 49-20 lead.
The Blue Jays answered with four points from Easten Coleman and a free throw by Luke Trahan before Basile went on a 6-0 run.
Fontenot scored on a second chance bucket late in the period before Ivory drove the lane in the closing seconds to give the Cats a 59-27 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
Jaylen Thomas led Basile with six points in the third frame, while Bubba Reed added three points.
Trailing by 32 points, St. Edmund kept battling as Fontenot and Carter Andrus scored early in the fourth period.
Brown would later score on back-to-back buckets and Dupre drained a trey as the Jays closed the margin to 63-39 with 3:01 left.
Landon James hit a three pointer for the Cats and Ceaser scored off a steal to stop the Jays’ rally.
Brown would hit two free throws and drill a trey in the closing seconds as the Jays closed the final margin to 70-44.
Brown and Dupre both finished with 11 points to lead the Jays.
Ceaser scored 18 points to spark Basile, while Thomas chipped in 10 points.
St. Edmund was set to visit Merryville (5-8, 2-3) on Saturday to make up Tuesday’s postponed district clash before entertaining South Cameron (13-10, 3-2) Tuesday night.