It is on to postseason play for the Indianola Academy basketball teams.
With their regular season now complete, next up on the calendar is the District 2-4A Tournament which begins next Monday at Greenville St. Joseph High School.
Although the IA squads are waiting to see who and when their opponent will be, the Lady Colonels will take a 1-19 record into the tournament.
Meanwhile, a hot Colonels team, which picked up three district wins this past week, enters the event owning a 10-10 record.
Once this upcoming three-day district event has concluded, the top four teams emerging will move on to the North 4A Tournament.
Scheduled to begin February 8, this next step of postseason play will be hosted by North Delta School in Batesville.
As mentioned, during this past week’s play the highlight of the week saw the Colonels win three consecutive district games.
This past week’s third district win of the week for the Colonels occurred Monday night when they claimed a 51-35 road decision over the Rebels of Carroll Academy.
CJ Brown would pace the IA offense in this game with his 14 points scored.
Another pair of Colonels would also reach double-figure scoring status this night as Cole Ferrell and E.J. Hall dropped 12 and 10 points respectively through the basket.
An additional district victory was earned last Friday with a 45-35 home-court decision over that same Carroll Academy squad.
The Colonels used Ferrell’s 16 points to lead the scoring followed closely by E.J. Hall’s 11 point night of play.
The Colonels final night of play occurred Tuesday night at Greenville St. Joe and ended with a 61-29 IA loss.
Leading the scoring for IA this night were C.J. Brown, Hall, and Jack Jenkins with six points apiece.
In girls’ action, most recently on Tuesday night the Lady Colonels were on the road and fell by a 31-25 margin to Greenville St. Joseph High School.
Leighton Lovelace led the IA scoring in this game with her 13 points posted on the scoreboard.
Meanwhile, Monday night the Lady Colonels traveled to Carroll Academy and suffered a 44-11 loss.
