Plainview Basketball Round-Up
The Plainview Boy and Girls traveled to Section and hosted Oxford in basketball this past week. Below is a recap of the games:
Plainview Boys
Plainview 79, Section 49
The Plainview Boys pushed their record to 3-1 with a victory over Section. The Bears opened up the first period on fire as the poured in 31 points and held the Lions to 6 points. In the second period Plainview dropped in 15 and Section netted 12 points to give the 46-18 lead at the half. In the third period both teams scored 18 points as Plainview took a 64-36 advantage into the final period. The Bears outscored Section 15-13 in the final period to take a 79-49 victory over the Section Lions.
Plainview had four players to score in double digits. Jonah Williams led the Bears with 30 points, Jacob Henderson poured in 12 points, Dylan Haymon added 11 points, and Luke Smith had 10 points in the win for Plainview. The team shot 56.6% from the floor and held Section to 35.8%.
Plainview 71, Oxford 69
The Plainview Bears got their fourth win of the season over 6A Oxford. Oxford scored 18 points in the first period and held Plainview to 14 points. In the second period the Bears netted 18 points and only give up 10 points to Oxford to take a 32-28 lead over Oxford at the half. Plainview came out in the third period and scored 23 points while holding Oxford to 15 to extend the lead to 55-43. In the final period, Oxford netted 26 points and held the Bears to 16 points, but it was not enough as the Bears took the win 71-69.
Jonah Williams led the Bears with 22 points. Cole Millican and Jacob Henderson netted 15 and 12 respectively for Plainview in the win.
Plainview Girls
Plainview 61, Section 24
The Plainview Lady Bears moved to 2-2 on the season as they routed the Section Lady Lions. The Lady Bears scored 15 points in the first period and Section netted 11 points. In the second period the Lady Bears poured in 21 points and held the Lady Lions to 5 points to take a 37-16 half time lead. Plainview extended the lead to 51-21 as they scored 14 points and only allowed 5 points to the Lady Lions going into the final period. Plainview added 10 points in the final period and held Section to 3 points as the Lady Bears got the win 61-24.
Hallie Brown led the Lady Bears with 15 points. Elaine Puckett, Kamie Sanders, and Lauren Jimmerson all poured in 9 points each for Plainview.
Plainview 43, Oxford 39
Plainview Lady Bears moved to 2-2 on the season with a win over 6A Oxford. Plainview started out slow only scoring 6 points in the first period. Defensively they held Oxford to 4 points in the first period. In the second period the Lady Bears netted 9 points and held Oxford to 8 to take a 15-12 lead in to the half. In the third period Oxford outscored the Bears 16-14 to cut the lead to 29-28 in favor of Plainview. In the final period, the Lady Bears scored 14 points and only allowed 11 to Oxford to take a hard fought victory 43-39 over Oxford.
Payton Blevins led the Lady Bears with 10 points while Hallie Brown and Elaine Puckett added 6 each for Plainview.
Plainview Basketball Round-Up