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The Blue Jays jumped out to a 19-4 first quarter lead as St. Edmund earned a 64-50 win Tuesday over University Academy of Central Louisiana.
The Lions scored first, but the Blue Jays answered with a 13-0 surge including seven points from Easten Coleman.
University Academy then scored on a put-back bucket to close the gap to 13-4 with 2:10 left in the period.
St. Ed’s finished the quarter with a 6-0 run, aided by buckets from Coleman and Alex Fontenot to go with free throws by Alex Dupre and Henry Brown.
Coleman led the Jays in the period with nine points.

In their final home game of the season Tuesday, the Eunice Bobcats fell 53-50 to the Port Barre Red Devils.
Port Barre got it started early in the first quarter with three three-pointers from Glen Pickney, Mehkai Franklin and J.T. Pickney. Frank Lazare also knocked down two free-throws also.
Eunice’s Terance Shilow responded with a 3-pointer of his own along with two shots made by Dedrick Vigers.
After a made layup by Fred Guillory the score was set at 13-9 with Port Barre in the lead.

The Blue Jays outscored Loreauville 10-4 in the second overtime as St. Edmund battled to a 56-50 win over the Tigers.
With the score tied 46-46 after the first over time, the Jays sealed the win as Kieran Davis opened with a free throw, Alex Dupre scored three points and Easten Coleman added two buckets in the lane for the six-point win.
Loreauville’s Zy Alexander hit a trey will 11 seconds left in regulation to send the game in to overtime.
Both teams added four points in the first overtime, including a last second shot by LHS’ Collen Jacob to force a 42-42 tie.