The Sulphur girls went 1-2 over the weekend in their return to action from Christmas break at the Charles K. Heatly Invitational in Lindsay, bringing home 4th place.
Sulphur (3-8) beat Dickson 38-30 on Thursday, getting a huge win and advancing to the semifinals.
However, Sulphur fell in the semifinals to Plainview, losing 41-21. The Lady Dogs also came up short in the 3rd place game on Saturday, falling to tourney host Lindsay 45-35.
Sulphur was at Tishomingo on Tuesday and the Lady Dogs will travel to Byng again this Friday.
SULPHUR 38, DICKSON 30
The Lady Dogs got a big win on Thursday over Dickson, as the Dogs played great defense and made big time free throws to pull out the victory.
Sulphur held Dickson to just 20% from the field, while the Lady Dogs shot 35%.
Sulphur led 11-8 after the 1st and 26-11 at halftime. “We played a great defensive game,” said Sulphur head coach Toby Todd. “We held them to only ten makes.”
The Lady Dogs withstood a late rally from Dickson, leading 33-21 at the end of the 3rd and when the Comets cut it to seven in the 4th.
Some of that was due to Sulphur going 9-of-11 from the foul line. The Lady Dogs also led in points off turnovers (18-9) and fastbreak points (13-6).
Rasey Runyan led the way for Sulphur with 20 points, eight rebounds and three steals on 8-of-13 shooting.
“Rasey played great for us and she had over half of our points,” Todd said.
Kinzi Adkison had just two points, but dished out four assists and had six steals in the win.
“Kinzi is playing through a knee injury and doing a great job as our floor leader,” Todd said.
Jadyen Lee also played well in the win, scoring two, along with four rebounds and three assists.
“Freshman Jaden Lee got her first high school start,” Todd said. “She is getting better with more varsity experience.”
PLAINVIEW 41, SULPHUR 21
In the semifinals against Plainview, Sulphur got behind and struggled to claw back in it.
The Lady Dogs trailed 10-3 after a quarter and 20-4 at halftime.
“They are one of the best teams in the conference and I think they should be ranked,” Todd said. “They forced us into turnovers and we didn’t get many shot attempts in the first half.”
Sulphur battled in the 2nd half, only being outscored 21-17.
“We played a lot better in the second half,” Todd said.
Sulphur shot just 20% from the floor, but held Plainview to just 25% shooting.
The Lady Dogs were outrebounded 40-23, beaten on second chance points 10-3 and were outscored in transition 9-2.
Plainview scored 17 points off of 27 Sulphur turnovers.
Sulphur did force 23 Plainview turnovers, totaling 12 steals.
Runyan led the way with six points, five rebounds and four steals.
Jessie Potter had four points and five rebounds in the loss.
LINDSAY 45, SULPHUR 35
Sulphur got behind Lindsay early and couldn’t manage a comeback in the 3rd place game.
“We started the game pretty cold and missed some easy looks. That was huge in the game,” said Todd.”
“I was proud of the girls because we got down by 10 and fought back and tied the game,” he said.
Lindsay made free throws late to seal the game.