The second quarter proved to be disastrous for Rock Creek basketball teams last week as they dropped a Bryan County Conference twinbill at home to Caddo last week.
Each of the Mustang squads managed only two points in those second stanzas, allowing the visiting Bruins to run out to massive halftime leads from which they never looked back.
Second ranked Caddo cruised to the 63-31 triumph in girls’ action with the third rated Bruins notching a similar 61-35 verdict in the nightcap.
Girls
Rock Creek managed to hang tough through the opening stanza, getting four points from Laynie Knight and three each from Macey Weger and Audrey Knight to offset a nine-point burst from the Lady Bruins’ Kayden Prince.
Caddo held a 17-12 edge after that first frame, but the Lady Mustangs only mustered single free throws by Macy Weaver and Maddie Williams in a brutal second frame for Rock Creek. The Lady Bruins, meanwhile, got rolling by pouring in 21 points, 10 of which came from Jaycie Nichols and another six by Prince, to take a commanding 38-14 bulge to the locker room at halftime.
The hosts found a little more offense in the third but were once again outscored 15-9 by Caddo as they continued to pull away throughout the second half.
Jaycie Nichols totaled 16 points with Prince adding 15 and Jordyn Nichols also reaching double digits with 10.
Caddo also picked up seven by Belle Hookum, five from Harlee Taylor, four by Brilee Tyson along with three apiece out of Braylee Malone and Lily Braziell.
Laynie Knight led the way for Rock Creek with 12 points for the game. Weger chipped in eight, Audrey Knight had five, Williams scored three, Brittany Greenhaw pitched in two and Weaver ended with one point.
Boys
It was a three-point shooting barrage for three quarters for Caddo as the visiting Bruins sizzled the nets for 13 treys to run away from the Mustangs.
Rock Creek got off to a slow start with just seven points in the first stanza, trailing 17-7, but then went frigidly cold one frame later by scoring just two points on a B.J. Lyles bucket.
Caddo’s Beck Willingham caught fire with three second quarter treys to ignite a monster 18-2 flurry as the Bruins built the insurmountable 35-9 halftime cushion.
Willingham finished the game with four three pointers and a team-high 14 points for Caddo while Parker Bearden also tallied double figures with 12.
Corbin Stoner sank three treys on the way to nine points with Kale Brister, Jake McKay and Jet Richardson adding six apiece on the strength of each hitting a pair of three pointers. Noah Bacon contributed four points while Trevor Talley and Dallas Williams both chipped in two.
J.W. Edelen connected for three treys as well while pacing Rock Creek with 11 points. Cameron Brown notched six, Ryder Ribera had five, Anthony Nichols, Kenneth Ashby and Liam Ribera all added three with Weston Flowers and B.J. Lyles scoring two apiece.
