Prep Basketball Report

Mon. February 13, 2012 at 11:15 a.m. | By Brent St. Germain/Sports Editor

GAMES OF THE WEEK

On Friday, several local boys and girls high school basketball teams will learn their playoff fate when the Louisiana High School Athletic Association releases playoff brackets in all classes.

But before then, several area teams have some unfinished business to settle.

The E.D. White Catholic girls basketball team finished tied with Donaldsonville for second place in District 7-3A. The teams will play a special playoff at 6 tonight at Assumption High School to determine the district's second-place team for the Class 3A playoffs.

On Tuesday, the Assumption and Ellender girls basketball teams will square off to settle a tie in District 8-4A. The teams will play at 6 p.m. Tuesday at E.D. White Catholic's auxiliary gym adjacent to Harvey Peltier Stadium.

The District 8-5A boys champion could also be settled tonight when H.L. Bourgeois travels to New Iberia to face Westgate. Tip-off is at 7:30 p.m. H.L. Bourgeois can earn a share of the district title with a win. Westgate captures the outright title with a win.

BOYS TEAM OF THE WEEK

The Terrebonne Tigers ended the regular season as one of the hottest teams in the area, winning five games to climb back in the Class 5A playoff picture. Last week, the Tigers defeated H.L. Bourgeois (103-79) on Tuesday and New Iberia (64-43) on Thursday.

GIRLS TEAM OF THE WEEK

The St. James Lady Wildcats will be entering the Class 3A playoffs with some momentum after winning the District 7-3A title with a 10-0 record. The Lady Wildcats — the reigning 3A state champions — defeated St. Charles Catholic (67-32) on Tuesday and Donaldsonville (66-41) on Friday.

STARS OF THE WEEK

--Terrebonne's Tyroneeka Howard scored 22 points in Tuesday's win over H.L. Bourgeois.

--Thibodaux's Trevon Cole scored 33 points in Thursday's win over Central Lafourche.

--H.L. Bourgeois' Kwanzaa Coleman scored a game-high 26 points against South Lafourche on Friday.

--Vandebilt Catholic's Lionheart Leslie scored 29 points in Thursdays' win over Ellender.

--Ellender's Gibby Talbot socred 31 points to lead the Patriots past South Terrebonne on Tuesday.

--St. James' Korielle Tucker scored 17 points in Friday's win over Donaldsonville.

--E.D. White Catholic's Ja'Dante' Frye finished with 19 points and 11 rebounds against St. Charles Catholic on Friday.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"We just have to go back to Week 1 of the season when we didn't have him. We were still pretty good. Obviously we are better with him, but other players are going to step up, and our defense is going to be different. We are going to play a lot more zone. I hate it for him and the players because he finally got back to the old Elijah. When Elijah came back, we felt like we could beat anybody." — Vandebilt coach Hank Washington on the season-ending injury to starting point guard Elijah McGuire.