LEARNED — Two years ago, Porters Chapel Academy walked out of Rebul Academy’s gym with a state championship trophy and a hard-earned status as the kings of Class A basketball.

Another season came to an end there on Tuesday, but with decidedly less fanfare. The Eagles trudged out into the chilly parking lot with a first-round loss in the Class A South Central State tournament and a hopeful eye toward next year, but nothing more.

John Rousse scored 19 points, while Austin Breland and Joshua Hobson had 12 apiece to lead Lamar Christian to a 66-36 rout of Porters Chapel.

Javontae Frye led PCA (8-13) with 13 points and Eric Jackson scored eight.

It’s the second year in a row PCA has failed to win a playoff game after winning the 2013 Class A championship. It was knocked out in the district tournament last year.

“Through the year we gradually got better and better. We’re just not there yet. We need more gym time,” PCA coach Wayne Lynch said. “I feel next year we’ll take a large step forward.”

Lamar Christian (20-8) opened Tuesday’s game with a 13-0 run and PCA unsuccessfully tried to play catch-up the rest of the night.

The Eagles seemed to stop the bleeding by the end of the first quarter and made a few runs, but Lamar answered each one to keep the lead in double figures the whole way.

PCA’s last gasp came midway through the third quarter, when it went on an 8-0 run to get within 12, 40-28, with about 3 1/2 minutes left. Lamar scored seven of the game’s next nine points to push it back to 47-30 by the end of the quarter, however, and then steadily pulled away in the fourth.

““I thought our effort was great. We just weren’t able to stop them, especially in the first half,” Lynch said. “They made some shots when we made a run and extended the lead. At the end, we went stagnant on offense.”

(B) Greenville 82, VHS 42

Eric Brown finished with 20 points and five assists, Tiyuane Moore added 11, and Greenville hammered Vicksburg (12-11).

Greenville (23-4) outscored Vicksburg 42-12 combined in the first and third quarters.

VHS, which lost for the eighth time in 10 games, will finish the regular season Friday at Brandon. It’ll then host Callaway in the Division 4-5A tournament next Tuesday.

(B) Cathedral 71, St. Al 44

James Coley had 15 points and 12 rebounds, R.J. Givens scored 13 points, and Cathedral avenged an earlier loss to St. Aloysius by routing the Flashes on Tuesday night.

Connor Smith led St. Al with 15 points, while Drake Dorbeck had nine points and nine rebounds. Josh Brown also scored nine points.

(G) Greenville 67, VHS 50

Taneshia Miller had 25 points, 10 rebounds and five blocks to lead Greenville (15-12) to a comfortable win over Vicksburg (10-14).

Greenville opened up a 14-point lead at halftime and then held the Missy Gators at bay for the last two quarters.

Micha Williams led Vicksburg with 19 points. Karry Callahan had 12 points and 14 rebounds, while Keiyana Gaskin scored eight points.

(G) Cathedral 63, St. Al 38

Elizabeth Smith scored a game-high 18 points and Cathedral outscored St. Aloysius 20-5 in the third quarter to turn a close game into a blowout.

Claire Gamble led St. Al with 14 points and five rebounds, and Michelle Howington finished with 11 points.