[12/1/04]Facing a road trip that will see St. Aloysius play on the road every game from now until Jan. 13, the Lady Flashes decided to spend a little extra time in their last home game of 2004.

Loyd Star outscored St. Al 14-3 in the second overtime for a 79-68 victory on Tuesday night.

St. Aloysius, which was playing its second home game of the season, will not return home again until a game against the Mississippi School for the Deaf in mid-January.

“We have to travel. We have no choice,” first-year St. Al coach Drew McBrayer said.

The Lady Flashes nearly started the road trip in fine fashion.

Bonney Neill sank two free throws in the closing seconds of regulation to force overtime, and Ellen McCaa hit a baseline jumper in the final second of overtime to send the game into a second overtime.

It was then that Loyd Star took control.

Jordan Britt scored 10 of her game-high 40 points in the second overtime and the Lady Hornets outscored St. Al 14-3 to secure the victory.

Britt and St. Al sophomore Sarah Kerut went toe-to-toe most of the night. Kerut poured in 32 points and Kaitlyn Ellis scored 11 to pace the Lady Flashes (1-4).

“Foul trouble just killed us,” McBrayer said. “We were out there with three freshmen and two sophomores on the floor.”

(B) Loyd Star 83, St. Al 53

The Hornets (7-1) put this game away from the opening tip.

Tyler Williford scored a game-high 23 points, Drew Case netted 14 and Russell Brewer added 10 as Loyd Star kept St. Al winless at 0-5.

The Hornets led 23-11 at the end of the first quarter, then extended the lead to 50-29 at halftime. They led by 35 going into the fourth quarter before emptying the bench.

“I think our boys are still on Thanksgiving break,” McBrayer said. “I don’t know what their deal was. They went completely brain dead tonight.”

Marsh Willis led St. Al with 17 points, while Chase Smith netted 13 and Chris Johnson scored 12.

(B) VHS 59 Port Gibson 58

Sedrick Williams’ free throw with one second to play lifted the Gators (6-3) to a tough-fought road win over Port Gibson.

The Waves tied the game at 58 with 5.4 seconds to play, and Williams tried a game-winning shot from the foul line. He was fouled and sank the free throw to end the game.

Williams led all scorers with 19 points and Brandon Harper had 13 for the Gators.

Ryan Hendrick paced Port Gibson with 13 points and Tobias Shanks added 12 in the loss.

(G) Port Gibson 73, VHS 56

Port Gibson outscored Vicksburg (5-4) 44-20 over the second and third quarters to turn a close game into a 17-point win.

Precious Baker led five Port Gibson players in double figures with 18 points. Amina Palmer scored 15, while Nakia Dotson netted 12 and Tonya Grear and Marineka Neal each scored 11.

Rachel Jenkins led Vicksburg with 18 points.

(B) Tallulah 67, Delta 60

Four players scored in double-figures for Tallulah High in a win over Delta.

Brandon Campbell scored 18 points, Kevin Campbell had 17, DeAntra Allen added 13 and Lawrence Smith chipped in 11 for the Trojans (5-2).

(G) Tallulah 67, Delta 56

ShaQuita Drake scored a team-high 22 points and Jashula Cole added 13 to lead the Lady Trojans (2-2) past Delta (4-4).

Tiffany Holmes had 24 points for Delta, and Grace Jones had 10.