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Bowie season ends against Brock
The Bowie Jackrabbits lost their bi-district game against state-power Brock on Tuesday to end their season.
The Eagles won 71-58 in a game that was close in the first half, but a bad third quarter made all the difference.
The Jackrabbits were coming into the game trying to shake off the bad taste from their play-in game against Holliday. The Eagles win on a buzzer-beater meant Bowie finished third overall and would get either of the top-10 ranked teams in the state from the other district.
Brock won its play-in game against Peaster to finish first in its district, but took the second seed route in order to avoid a City View team until later in the playoffs.
That is how the Jackrabbits got stuck playing a Brock team it was trying all season to hopefully avoid until later in their playoff run.
Still, Bowie did a good job of playing with a Peaster team last season for a half in the same sort of situation. The Jackrabbits did have some chances.
Bowie came out playing to win in the first quarter. The Jackrabbits got out to a lead to start the game. The Eagles only came on offensively in the final few minutes to cut the lead to 16-12, but Bowie showed it was not going to lay down.
The offense did not keep up in the second quarter while Brock got its big guy going. Big center Nathan Jones was who the Jackrabbits were trying to stop in the post.
When Bowie’s post player got into early foul trouble, the Jackrabbits did not have an ideal defensive matchup that was not giving up either several inches or several pounds.
Still, Bowie hung in their and trailed only 28-24 heading into halftime and still felt like it was in the game.
The third quarter came and the Jackrabbits offense was still not clicking like it had since the first quarter. Defensively, the team was trying everything to slow down Jones, who would finish with a game high 32 points and 17 rebounds, which led to some of his teammates making shots from the perimeter.
“We were throwing everything at him,” Atkins said. “We tried some zone where we tried to sandwich him. Tried some zone where we tried to bring a guy down from the top. Tried some man where we brought a guy. Just a lot of stuff.”
Brock scored 21 points in the quarter as its lead grew to double-digits 49-32 heading into the fourth quarter.
Needing to make up 17 points, Bowie’s offense started rolling in the fourth quarter. Each of the Jackrabbits leading scorers Brody Armstrong and Cade Thompson ended up with good days offensively.
The Jackrabbits scored 26 points in the quarter and at one point cut the lead to nine points looking to try and make a miraculous come back.
Unfortunately, Brock had another good quarter as well and made free throws down the stretch to not let the game get any close, scoring 22 points themselves.
The Eagles won 71-58.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekend edition of the Bowie News.
Prairie Valley
The Prairie Valley Bulldogs had a good final non-district warm-up on Friday at home against Ector.
The Eagles beat the Bulldogs 69-63 in a game where Prairie Valley was trying to play catch up all the way through.
The Bulldogs were coming off a tough tournament at Electra the previous week to try and knock the holiday rust off. Prairie Valley was familiar with Ector, having played the team to start its season back in early November and was hoping to compete better than it did in that first game.
The Eagles came out firing, splashing five 3-pointers, including several deep ones, to go out to a 21-8 lead in the first quarter. Even with the Bulldogs changing out of their preferred zone defense, the 3-pointers continued a bit and opened things up inside the arc.
Thankfully, Prairie Valley’s offense came alive in the second quarter, scoring 18 points and cutting the lead down to 38-26 at halftime.
The third quarter was more of the same, though a different player for Ector started to get hot from beyond the arc. Even as the Bulldogs were able to keep up their offensive production from the second quarter, they could not break through and cut the game to single-digits, trailing 54-42 heading into the final period.
The fourth quarter saw Prairie Valley break through to cut it the lead to single-digits, but just not close enough. Every time the Bulldogs were on the cusp of making it a one or two basket game, the Eagles would make a shot to keep that distance.
In the end, the final score was the closest Prairie Valley got as Ector won 69-63.
Nocona
The Nocona Indians bounced back with a competitive district win at Petrolia on Friday.
The Indians won 60-53 against the Pirates in a game where the middle quarters took drastic swings in momentum.
Nocona was coming off its first district loss against Windthorst as the team sat a 1-1 district record.
Petrolia came into the game at 0-1, but had a bit more time to prepare for the game.
The first quarter was competitive, but the Indians were able to get to the free throw line at will and led 16-11.
Then Nocona’s pressure defense turned up its intensity in the second quarter.
“Our pressure seemed to disrupt them and we were able to get out in transition after forcing turnovers,” Coach Brody Wilson said.
Nocona scored 25 points and led 41-25 at halftime.
Unfortunately, that intensity did not keep up at the start of the third quarter for Nocona.
The Indians took their foot off the gas a little bit which allowed Petrolia’s offense to get back into the game and make up some of the deficit.
The Pirates outscored Nocona 15-7 and trailed only 48-40 heading into the final period.
Thankfully, the Indians bounced back and competed a bit better in the fourth quarter. Nocona was able to keep offensive pace to keep Petrolia at a bit of a distance instead of making it a one score game.
The Indians held on to win 60-53.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the weekly Bowie News.
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