Game of the night
DeSoto ended Skyline’s hopes of a season sweep.
Skyline beat DeSoto by four points in December but the 2023 state semifinalist made sure that didn’t happen again on Tuesday night.
After holding Skyline to just seven first half points, DeSoto scored 25 points after the break for the 50-27 road win.
Sophomore Kayden Johnson led with 10 points and senior Jalon Thompson had nine. Six of Johnson’s points came in the fourth quarter. DeSoto was 13-of-17 from the free throw line.
DeSoto’s Kayden Johnson hits a three point shot to take a 40-17 lead over Skyline with around 7 to go in the fourth quarter. pic.twitter.com/wvTmkKreOo
— Myah Taylor (@t_myah) January 24, 2024
With the win, DeSoto improved to 14–10 overall and 2–6 in District 11-6A. In the first round of district play, DeSoto lost four games by seven points or fewer.
DeSoto continues its second round of district play on Friday at home against No. 10 Waxahachie.
Spotlight
SOUTHLAKE — Southlake Carroll’s four Jordan sisters — Milania, Gianna, Natalia and Nadia — had been averaging a combined 49 points per game. That was 83% of the scoring for the state’s 19th-ranked Class 6A girls team.
That percentage will go up ever so slightly after the sisters combined to score 38 points — 84.4% of Carroll’s points — in Tuesday’s 45-34 win over Keller. Milania Jordan, a junior who is the oldest of the four, led Carroll (24-5, 8-0 District 4-6A) with 17 points.
Milania Jordan takes the long outlet pass for the layup to help Southlake Carroll take a 31-21 lead over Keller into fourth quarter.@SportsDayHS @LadyDragonBKB @SLCAthletics pic.twitter.com/ihUKRkUQoY
— Greg Riddle (@DMNGregRiddle) January 24, 2024
Carroll routed Keller 75-27 in their first district matchup on Dec. 19, but Tuesday was a much different game, as Keller closed to within 33-26 on a jumper by Rebekah Graves with 6:46 left in the fourth quarter. That’s when Milania Jordan took over, scoring six of the next nine points for Carroll to stretch the lead to 42-29.
The Jordan sisters combined for all 17 of Carroll’s first-quarter points and then had 19 of the team’s 21 points in the second half. Rebekah Graves led Keller with 15 points, including three 3-pointers.
— Greg Riddle
Tuesday’s top performers
Boys
Kosi Ogba, Richardson Pearce: Ogba scored 32 points and grabbed 10 rebounds in Pearce’s 75-64 win over Richardson Berkner. He was 6-of-6 from the free throw line.
Keyshawn Myles, Prosper Rock Hill: Myles scored 12 points in Rock Hill’s 52-41 win over Denton Guyer.
Dyson Riley and Seyram Tamakloe, Richardson: The pair combined for 31 points in Richardson’s 76-28 win over Irving Nimitz. Riley had 18 points and Tamakloe had 13.
Logan Stayhan, Zolan Skinner and Elias Dement, Lake Highlands: The trio combined for 40 points in Lake Highlands’ 62-51 win over Jesuit. Stayhan led with 15 points. Skinner had 13 and Dement scored 12 points.
Steven Cruz and Benjamin Price, W.T. White: Cruz and Price scored 18 and 14 points, respectively, in W.T. White’s 94-19 win over Sunset.
Dazzling Harris and Yusef Muhammad, South Oak Cliff: The duo combined for 37 points in SOC’s 98-34 win over Adamson. Harris finished with 23 points and Muhammad had 14.
Girls
Kaelyn Hamilton, Ciara Harris and Ryan Balous, McKinney North: Hamilton had 17 points, eight rebounds and five steals in McKinney North’s 53-20 win over Denison. Harris scored 12 points and grabbed 11 rebounds along with four steals. Balous had 10 points and two assists.
Skye Pepp and Mahogany Jackson-Walker, Allen: Pepp and Jackson-Walker combined for 26 points in Allen’s 60-43 win over McKinney Boyd. They each had 13 points.
Eliana Gaines, Midlothian: Gaines scored 22 points in Midlothian’s 48-40 win over Cleburne.
Clara Paynter, John Paul II: Paynter had a double-double in John Paul II’s 46-44 win over Trinity Christian Addison. The junior scored 20 points and grabbed 10 rebounds.
Milania Jordan and Nadia Jordan, Southlake Carroll: The pair combined for 29 points in Carroll’s 48-31 win over Keller. Milania had 17 and Nadia had 12.
Makayla Vation and Amaya McDonald, Denton Braswell: Vation and McDonald each scored 11 points in Braswell’s 41-29 win over McKinney.
Noelle Pletcher, Caigan Crabtree and Kate Difloria, Melissa: Pletcher scored 21 points in Melissa’s win over Greenville. Crabtree had 17 points and made three, 3-point shots. Difloria made seven assists.
Landry Sherrer and Ella Spiller, Coppell: Sherrer and Spiller scored 23 and 20 points, respectively, in Coppell’s 63-45 win over Lewisville.
Reese Hodge and Charish Thompson, Sachse: Hodge dropped 32 points in Sachse’s 76-26 win over Garland Naaman Forest. Thompson scored 19.
Saliz Ward and Brooklyn King, Wylie East: Ward and King had 12 apiece in a 45-14 win over South Garland.
Amaiya Mendez, Carrollton Creekview: Mendez had 14 points in Creekview’s 34-21 win over The Colony.
Aziyah Farrier and Keyera Roseby, Frisco Liberty: Farrier scored 28 points and Roseby scored 14 in Liberty’s 54-17 win over Frisco Emerson.
Jevan Collier and Pressley Powell, Frisco Memorial: The pair combined for 27 points in a 57-18 win over Prosper Walnut Grove.
Stat sheet
94
The number of points the Melissa girls scored in a victory over Greenville. That was a season-high total for Melissa.
2
The number of points DeSoto allowed Skyline in the first quarter of its 50-27 win.
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