Two boys’ basketball teams met on Monday night. See how a team got together to win – the lawyer

Jeff Jones suggested a telling assessment of a sentence of Catholic High 52-50 victory over his Madison team.

“The only thing we didn’t get we came about was the victory,” Jeff Jones said after the game didn’t play on Monday night in Catholic.

Chargers overcame a deficit of an early 10-2 to take a 24-23 half lead. MPA led with seven points in the third quarter.

The Tate McCurry 3-trick on the right wing gave its first lead from the second half-at 49-48-with 40.9 seconds in the game. A blocked shot from Matthew Trahan on the Bears helped to put McCari, which ended with the highest 25 points, on the free thrown line in 6.5 seconds.

McCurry made both free throws to leave the game between two of Baton Rouge’s traditional forces. It was the 15th direct victory for Select I Bears (27-1). The victory also gave the coach of Catholic coach Derrick Jones his first victory over Madison Prep and Jeff Jones for seven seasons since he returned to the Batton Rouge area as a prime coach at Port Allen High.

McCurry was the only goal scorer with double Catholic figures. Wes’s favorite, one of the two adults in the MPA team, had 20 points. William Nelson Jr. added 10 for Select II Chargers (18-7).

“We’ve been in this situation before,” Jeff Jones said. “We play all the teams in district 4-5a … Catholic, Freedom, Zahari, Central, Scotlandville and Woodlaun for a reason.

“We have taken another step to the place where we want to be, which is a team of the caliber of the state tournament. We just have to learn to finish and make plays. We didn’t do enough of them down. “

McCuri scored eight points for the first quarter to help the Catholic one build a 10-2 lead. The charges reached three twice in the first quarter. Catholic led 19-13 after the first period.

Madison Rep turned the tables with a jump of 11-4 second quarter and led 24-23 at halftime, thanks to AS Basket by Landon Watson.

Catholic made only seven of the 16 free throws and fought at times with the height of Madison Rev. One of the two players of 6 feet of Chargers, freshman William Nelson, Jr., scored six points from the third quarter, while the beloved added five.

“It’s great to compete against someone I consider as a friend and mentor,” said Derrick Jones. “He’s for all the right things with his program. This is a great game for us every year. “