As the basketball season nears completion, coaches are hoping their teams are ready for postseason play.
That’s certainly the case for East Webster.
The East Webster boys won two of three games this week, beating Northside 51-45 and J.Z. George 77-65 before falling to Louisville 57-55 on Saturday.
East Webster will return to action on Monday as they travel to Oak Hill Academy in West Point and will host Leflore County on Friday to finish Division 2-2A play.
“I thought the Louisville game was a good measure for our boys,” East Webster coach Jon Ginn said. “The last time we lost was in our Christmas Tournament and they beat us by 13 there. To have a chance to beat them shows how far we have come. We handled their pressure a whole lot better and defended better.”
The Wolverines are now 15-7 on the season and 4-0 in 2-2A play.
East Webster boys 51,
Northside 45
The Wolverines used strong starts in the first and third periods and took a six-point lead over the Gators on Tuesday.
East Webster jumped out to a 19-12 lead in the first period before Northside responded by outscoring the Wolverines 17-8 to take a 29-27 led into the half. The Wolverines then took the lead back in the third as they outscored Northside 12-4 to take a 39-33 lead into the fourth, where each team scored 12 points.
Keevon Patterson led East Webster with 18 points while Carrin Townsend had 15 points. Reed Gatlin also had eight points.
East Webster boys 77,
J.Z. George 65
The Wolverines took an early lead and held on to take a 12-point win over the Jaguars on Friday.
East jumped out to a 22-10 lead in the first and outscored the Jaguars 18-12 in the second to lead 40-22 at the half. J.Z. George outscored East 26-18 in the second to cut the lead to 58-48 going into the fourth.
Carrin Townsend led a balanced scoring attack with 21 points while Reed Gatlin had 15 points. Nash Caldwell had 11 points while Sedrick Taylor had 10 and Keevon Patterson had seven points.
Louisville boys 57,
East Webster 55
The Wolverines had a chance to win late but a last-second shot fell short as Louisville held on to win on Saturday at the Mid-Mississippi Challenge at Choctaw County.
East Webster led 20-17 at the end of the first before Louisville responded by outscoring the Wolverines 22-11 in the second to lead 39-31 at the half. East fought back in the third by outscoring Louisville 14-7 to cut the lead to 46-45 going into the fourth. Louisville outscored East Webster 11-10 in the fourth for the final margin.
Keevon Patterson had 17 points while Carrin Townsend had 13 points. Reed Gatlin had nine points while Sedrick Taylor added six points.
