Several Bowie turnovers in the opening moments Friday night enabled visiting Holliday to get out to a 10-2 lead. The Eagles then used a third quarter offensive explosion for a 72-27 win over the host Rabbits.

Four turnovers in the first 90 seconds hurt the Rabbits, Holliday took advantage and broke things wide open. Holliday led 10-2 with Tyler Richey coming through with the only Bowie points. Cason Airington’s 3-pointers ended a 3-of-8 shooting frame for the Rabbits, which were down 17-8 after one quarter.

Bowie’s shooting continued going downhill into the second quarter, the Rabbits missing all five shots. A free throw by Richey midway through the frame would be the only point. Holliday outscored Bowie 13-1 in the second frame to take a 30-9 lead at the half.

The Visitors opened the third quarter on a 12-1 run, over the first nearly three minutes of the third. Both teams had their best scoring quarters in the third.

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Visiting Holliday got out to a quick start on Bowie’s girls basketball team Friday night, the Lady Eagles posting a 52-28 win on the Lady Rabbits.

Holliday used hot shooting in the early going to lead by as many as 12 in the first quarter. Buckets by Laney Enlow and Lanie Moore helped bring the deficit to back single digits, 15-6, after eight minutes.

Both teams went cold shooting early, Holliday needing nearly three minutes before scoring again. The Lady Eagles went up by as many as 15 in the quarter before Moore’s free throw with 2:26 left got Bowie back on the board.

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It was quite a “homecoming” for Nocona’s Meg Meekins Jan. 8.

Meekins, a freshman for Lubbock Christian’s women’s basketball team, had a return “home” of sorts in playing Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls. The game was a Lone Star Conference battle between the 12^th-ranked Lady Chaps and the Mustangs.

About 100 Nocona supporters made the trip to see Meekins. She had somewhat of a quiet game for LCU most of the night. Midwestern State gave LCU a battle for most of the evening, the game tied at 59 with under four minutes to play.

Meekins, one of the Lady Chaps’ top 3-point shooters, had not had an outside basket in the game. That changed after receiving a pass from fellow freshman Mattie Dollar at the top of the key. She buried the shot, breaking the tie with 3:47 left and putting LCU on a 13-3 run which would carry the squad to a 73-62 win over the Mustangs.

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