After two periods of play on Monday night it looked like homestanding JHHS was in prime position to shock Class 5A Ruston in the girls contest. Unfortunately for the Lady Tigers a prep basketball game goes four quarters. 

Bolstered by a pair of three pointers from Morgan McGee and six points from Nesha Johnson, along with four points each from Jaylena Jackson and Tyya Davis, JHHS went into the halftime break with a 22-21 lead. The second half proved to be a different scenario though as Ruston held JHHS to just 11 points while scoring 33 to take the 54-33 victory. With the loss, JHHS dropped to 11-13 on the year while Ruston improved to 10-12 on the season. 

McGee would lead J-H in scoring with 13 points, with Johnson chipping in with 8. Jackson finished with five, Davis with four and Angel Moss ended with hitting a third quarter three pointer. 

Both the JHHS girls and boys traveled to Ringgold Tuesday for a pair of district 1-1A tilts but no results were available as of press time. Complete game results will by posted in the Sunday, February 9th edition of the Jackson Parish Journal.