LSU Eunice saw its season come to an end on Tuesday as Holmes CC took down the Bengals 79- 64 in the Region 23 Quarterfinals at the HPRE Center.
The Bengals finish the season 12-1 after a second consecutive LCCAC championship.
Holmes was quick out of the gates, taking a quick 7-1 lead and never looking the back.
The Bengals would get within 3, 19-16, after a long Jonathan Cisse three pointer but it is as close as LSUE would get in the game.
HCC responded by taking a double digit lead in the first half before LSUE closed the gap, 38-34, at half.
The Bulldogs would see their lead swell to 19 points in the second half before the Bengals cut that in half to 8 with 5:23 remaining.
Holmes always had an answer for LSUE, led by a 28-point performance from Brandon Weatherspoon.
Weatherspoon spearheaded a Holmes offense that shot 30-for-56 (53.6%) from the field including 8-for-20 from three-point range.
Jonathan Cisse led the Bengals' cause with 29 points while Isaiah Payne added 13.
Holmes advances to the Region 23 Semifinals to face top-seed Pearl River.
LSUE softball
Rylie Candella (Centerville, LA, Centerville HS) collected five hits to help lead LSU Eunice to a Tuesday sweep of Alvin CC at Lady Bengal Field. It is LSU Eunice’s (26-12) second home sweep of the season, and completes a four-game season sweep of the Dolphins.
Candella went a perfect 3-for-3 in the Bengals’ 8-1 opener, then blasted the go ahead home run in the fifth inning for a come from behind 8-5 victory. The sophomore went 5-for-6 on the day, driving in three runs and scoring twice with three extra base hits.
LSUE 8, Alvin 1
A five-run inning gave LSU Eunice all the momentum it needed to capture an 8-1 victory over Alvin in the opener.
After three scoreless frames, Cendall Barton put the Bengals on the board first with a two-out two-run single to left field to score Rylie Candella and Karli Fontenot .
Sydnei Simon and Maddie Leal would hit back-toback doubles to bump up the lead to 5-0.
After both teams traded runs, Simon would put an exclamation point on the win with a solo home run in the sixth inning.
The freshman finished 2-for-4 with 3 RBIs and two runs scored to lead the Bengal cause.
She was joined by Leal and Candella’s 3-for-3 outing a Bengals with multihit games.
Candella capped off the scoring with a RBI double in the sixth.
Kinsley Ashworth) and Raegan Pilgreen tagteamed to keep the Dolphin bats at bay.
Ashworth (5-2) tossed five innings, giving up one run off three hits and a walk, while Pilgreen went two innings of scoreless relief.
LSUE 8 Alvin 5
Rylie Candella’s tworun home run gave LSU Eunice the lead for good as the Bengals managed to grab the Tuesday sweep in an 8-5 win over Alvin CC.
After the Dolphins took their first lead of the day, 3-2, in the fifth inning, Candella answered with a two-run shot to give LSUE the lead back.
It was Candella’s team’s best 11th home run of the season. Cendall Barton added another run in the fifth with a sacrifice fly to score Gracie King.
The Dolphins clawed back to within a run an inning later, but not before LSUE responded with three more runs.
The Bengals used a Sydnei Simon RBI single and two Dolphin errors to push the lead to 8-4.
It was one of six Alvin errors, as only three of the Bengals’ eight runs were earned.
The scoring started in the second inning, as LSUE jumped ahead 2-0 thanks to a Karli Fontenot home run and Katelyn Courville sacrifice’s fly.
Chloe Brouillette (6-0) picked up the win in relief, going 2.2 frames.
Brouillette struck out a pair of batters while giving up two unearned runs off three hits and two walks.
Sydnei Simon got the start, giving up three runs and three hits in 4.1 innings worked.
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