Brayli Stewart scored 18 and Cali Deal added 15 to lead Quitman to a hard fought 45-39 victory at Choudrant. The victory moved the Lady Wolverines to 19-8 overall and 1-0 in district 2B play. Choudrant falls to 14-10 and 0-1.
It looked like Quitman, who dressed only eight players would waltz their way to victory after breaking out to 12-5 and 25 -13 leads after the first two quarters with Stewart and Deal scoring all but four of Quitman’s points. Behind 14 of Kylee Portilloz’s game high 21 points the Aggies knotted the game at 33 heading into the final frame. Summer Grillette and Stewart scored four each and both Bethany Leach and Emma Carter added two in the fourth and Quitman held Choudrant to just six points to pull out the victory.
| Quitman (19-8, 0-1) | 12 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 45 |
| Choudrant (14-10, 0-1) | 5 | 8 | 20 | 6 | 39 |
Quarantined Quitman falls to Choudrant
Quitman missed three of their main players. Lachain Thompson of home standing Choudrant didn’t miss hardly anything. The result was a 78-55 loss that kept the Aggies perfect at home this year and and saddled Quitman with a district 2B opening game loss. Thompson hit four three pointers and scored 16 points in the first quarter to give Choudrant a commanding 25-11 lead. The Wolverines never was able to catch up after Thompson made two more three’s in the second and scored a game high 28 points. Eli Walker scored 13 to lead Quitman who fell to 14-13 overall and 0-1 in district play. Choudrant improved to 15-7 and 1-0.
| Quitman (14-13, 0-1) | 11 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 55 |
| Choudrant (15-7, 1-0) | 25 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 78 |
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