FERRIDAY — Tuesday night’s game between the Natchez High Lady Bulldogs and the Ferriday Lady Trojans was one of experience and depth against youth and inexperience.

Ashley Minor led Natchez High with 15 points and Rashonae Rice had 12 points and its defense stymied Ferriday for much of the ball game as the Lady Bulldogs easily defeated the Lady Trojans 60-26.

Ferriday (0-2) was led by Shakeria Kelly with 15 points, but she got very little help from her teammates. Natchez High (7-1) dominated Ferriday and took advantage of the Lady Trojans’ young team with its stifling defense. At the end of the first half, the Lady Bulldogs led the Lady Trojans 36-12. And with the Lady Bulldogs leading 56-18 at the end of three quarters, head coach Sue Johnson emptied her bench.

Natchez High visits McComb on Friday night while Ferriday will play at the Tensas Parish Tournament today.

Natchez High boys 63,

Ferriday 59 (OT)

FERRIDAY — Natchez High and Ferriday went back and forth with neither team able to pull away from the other — so much so that it took overtime to determine the outcome of this game.

The Bulldogs outscored the Trojans 6-2 in the overtime period to take the hard-fought win Tuesday night. Dearius Griffin led Natchez High (4-3) with a game-high 24 points and Quincy Washington had 10 points. Ferriday was led by Ted’Rai Gullage with 19 points while Brandon Scott chipped in with 13 points.

Natchez High travels to McComb to take on the Tigers Friday night. Ferriday will play at the Tensas Parish Tournament today.

Jefferson County girls 60,

Tylertown 48

FAYETTE — It was a game of two halves for both Jefferson County and Tylertown Tuesday night, but in the end the Lady Tigers held on for a 12-point win over the Lady Chiefs.

The Lady Tigers had three players score in double figures. Keionne January led the way with a game-high 19 points while Brandy Buck scored 15 points and Malikia Graves had 14 points.

Jefferson County had its way with Tylertown in the first half en route to a 36-13 halftime lead. But the Lady Chiefs’ trio of Xazeria Ashley, Alisha Fortenbery and Alishea Harris nearly led them back in the second half. They outscored the Lady Tigers 19-11 in the third quarter to cut their deficit to 15 points, but they could only manage to knock off another three points off that at the end of the game.

Jefferson County (3-1) plays at Hinds Agricultural High School Friday night.

Monterey boys 66, LaSalle 19

OLLA, La. — After getting off to a somewhat sluggish start, Monterey had its way with LaSalle over the final three quarters as the Wolves routed the Tigers Tuesday night.

Led by Cole Fancher with 21 points and Dillon Smith with 18 points, Monterey overcame a 10-9 deficit after one quarter of play by thoroughly dominating LaSalle. The Wolves took a 24-12 lead into halftime and by the time the third quarter was over they led the overmatched Tigers 48-14.

Monterey (4-3) takes on Central in a boys’ bracket first-round game Thursday at 8:30 p.m. at the Monterey Tournament.

Monterey girls 45, LaSalle 34

OLLA, La. — The LaSalle Lady Tigers provided Monterey with its toughest game so far this season and even that wasn’t good enough as the Lady Wolves prevailed with an 11-point win Tuesday night to stay undefeated.

Reagan Tiffee led Monterey (7-0) with a game-high 16 points while Ellen Bairnsfather and Kristin Russell had nine points apiece. The Lady Wolves outscored LaSalle 17-11 in the second quarter for a 29-21 halftime lead. The Lady Tigers tried to keep it close in the third quarter, but they trailed 39-30 at the end of the quarter.

The Lady Wolves will take on the winner of the Harrisonburg/LaSalle game Friday at 6:15 p.m. at the Monterey Tournament.