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Wildcats edge Van Alstyne
Sports Staff
The Paris News
Published December 31, 2009
SHERMAN — The Paris Wildcats rebounded from their second loss of the season to edge Van Alstyne, 41-39, and capture the third-place trophy Wednesday at the American Bank Sherman Holiday Invitational Class A-3A Division.
Equettis Jenkins led Paris (16-2) in scoring with a game-high 17 points, while Kendall King added seven.
It was the final game of the 2009 portion of the season for the 14th-ranked Wildcats, who resume their season on Tuesday at New Boston before returning home on Friday to face the state ranked Hugo, Okla., Buffaloes in a Red River Showdown.
Wildcat third-year head coach Billy Mack Steed notched his 300th win on Tuesday against Athens and picked up his 301st coaching victory against Van Alstyne to move to 301-133 in a 15-year coaching career at Detroit, Quitman, North Lamar and Paris High.
“Obviously, getting (300th) felt pretty good, especially since it was a close game against a tough team,” said Steed, referring to his team’s 47-46 win over Athens Tuesday afternoon, which was the 13th straight win of the season by the Wildcats.
Paris saw its winning streak snapped a few hours after that Athens win by ninth-ranked, Class 2A Melissa, 55-48, in the semifinal round Tuesday night.
Melissa fell to Crandall, another state-ranked Class 3A school, in the tournament championship round on Wednesday.
Paris 6 10 12 13 — 41
VA 2 12 12 13 — 39
Paris (16-2): Equettis Jenkins 17, King 7, Milton 5, Williams 4, Reed 4, Hill 4. Threes (Jenkins 2, Williams). Fouls 24. FT 4-10
Van Alstyne (N/A): Siedelmawn 12, Masters 11, Miller 7, Seay 6, Moya 2, Burg 1. Threes 3 (Miller 2, Masters) FT 16-27. Fouls 12.
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