For the second straight season, the Lady Tigers won their District 19-3A opener after tearing down Cameron in the Lady Yoe’s own gym 53-29.
“I think it went really well,” said Meredith Caffey, RHS head girls’ basketball coach. “Obviously we’re on the right side of the victory column but our girls stepped up.
“I’m proud of them.”
The Lady Tigers led early with a 22-7 lead at halftime.
The Lady Yoemen cut Rockdale’s lead to as low as seven points in the third but RHS maintained their double-digit lead going into the fourth before getting the win.
Anna Harmon led with 13 points with Payton Miller and Andrea Salazar both scoring 10.
Karli Marburger ended the evening with six.
Over the weekend, the Lady Tigers went 3-2 at the Snook Tournament.
They opened tourney play with a 43-38 win over Class 5A Elgin.
Salazar had 14, Harmon had nine and D’erika Hurd, Amajahnae Valdez and Miah Beckwith each had six.
The Lady Tigers had a tough time on Friday, losing first to Jewett-Leon 44-33 before falling to tournament host Snook 55.27.
After the two losses, RHS found redemption on Saturday.
They began with a come from behind win in the final seconds over North Zulch 39-38.
Later on, they closed the tournament with another nailbiter, beating Anderson-Shiro 55-53.
Against ASHS, Rockdale led by 12 at halftime, but the Lady Owls were able to clap back with six three pointers to take the lead.
Anderson was ahead for the rest of the game until a final second drive by Harmon gave Rockdale the victory and first place in the silver bracket.
“Winning is always going to help your confidence going into district,” Caffey said, who is in her second year at Rockdale. “I think our tournaments were beneficial.
“At Snook, we had 5A teams like Elgin and then you had Snook, who is a really good team. It was nice to see a lot of different kinds of teams from all over the place.”
THIS WEEK–On Friday, the Lady Tigers play their home opener against Lexington.
As of this week’s Texas Girls Coaches Association’s Class 3A rankings, the Lady Eagles are ranked 25th with a 10-3 record.
LHS fell in their district debut 40-30 to Academy on Tuesday in Lexington.
This will be the last Lady Tiger game in 2019. They return to the court on Friday, Jan. 3, when they travel to McGregor.
Tip-off Friday is at 6:15 p.m.
JUNIOR VARSITY–
The Lady Tiger junior varsity also opened district play with a win beating Cameron 42-14.
Mijah Crawford led RHS with 19 points including four three-pointers in a game the Lady Tigers caused multiple turnovers and took an early lead.
Aaliyah McBrewer and Josephine Jackson also led in scoring with six points.
The JV plays next on Friday at 5 p.m, before the varsity.
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