After suffering a gut-punch loss in their previous game, the Vicksburg Missy Gators hit back.

Cynia Johnson had a double-double with 32 points and 15 rebounds, and Zion Harvey poured in 25 points as the Missy Gators beat Forest Hill 71-65 in a girls basketball game Thursday.

Harvey also had 10 assists and four steals. Raylyn Parson added five points.

Vicksburg (4-1) bounced back from a buzzer-beater loss to Holmes County Central two days earlier. It will be back in action Tuesday, Nov. 19, at home against Florence.

Brandon 58, Warren Central 12
Kelsie Mangum scored 14 points, and Alayah Bolden and Kanssa Baker had 12 each as Brandon (3-1) defeated Warren Central (0-4). Brandon put the game away early by outscoring the Lady Vikes 27-4 in the first quarter.

Arrionna Jenkins led Warren Central with five points.

Briarfield 41, Porter’s Chapel 33
Briarfield Academy held Porter’s Chapel Academy to single-digit point totals in each of the first three quarters, and surged ahead in the second and third periods on its way to a victory Thursday.

Briarfield’s Ainsley Keene scored 13 of her 14 points in the middle two periods, when the Lady Rebels outscored PCA 29-17.

Gracen Thornton added nine points for Briarfield and Ella Claire Payne scored eight.

Sophie Masterson led Porter’s Chapel (0-1) with 19 points and seven rebounds. She made five 3-pointers.

Marley Bufkin finished with 11 points and eight rebounds, and Kendall Smith grabbed six rebounds. PCA was only 6-for-22 from the free throw line.

The Lady Eagles will play again Monday, on the road against Humphreys Academy. The boys half of the varsity doubleheader has been canceled because Humphreys is still in the MAIS football playoffs and does not have enough players.

Riverfield 52, St. Aloysius 20
Taryn Lusby scored 12 points for St. Aloysius (2-1), but the Lady Flashes lost their first game of the season to Riverfield Academy.

Farrell Roberson and Megan Theriot had four points apiece for St. Al, which will play Friday at 6 p.m. at Benton Academy.