Wednesday, March 4, 2009

St.Louis Tops Jennings, Advances to 3A Championship

Less than one week after winning the Ladies' soccer state championship, Saint Louis High School will play for the Ladies' basketball state championship.

Wednesday night in Ruston, #4 Saint Louis defeated #1 Jennings 59-45 in the Class 3A semi-finals. The Lady Saints will face #3 Capitol in the 3A state championship Friday, March 6 at 8pm. That game will be played in Monroe at the Fant-Ewing Coliseum.

Jennings led 15-14 after the first quarter and 28-26 at the half. But the second half belonged to Saint Louis. The Lady Saints outscored the Lady Bulldogs 33-17 after the break.

Saint Louis had four players score in double figures including Jazzmin Smith who had a monster game with 15 points and 21 rebounds. Kiara Etienne scored a game high 17 for Jennings.

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