There was stand-on-your-feet, exciting basketball being played inside the Gentry High School gymnasium this past Tuesday night.
During this final regular season night of play against Senatobia High School, while the Lady Rams opened with a hard-fought 40-39 loss, the Rams emphatically avenged an earlier loss to the visiting Warriors.
Riding the double digit scoring of four players and suffocating defense, the Rams manhandled the Senatobia squad by a 65-42 score.
With those games now behind them, it is time for the Gentry squads to turn their attention to postseason play; a journey which begins with the Region 3-4A Tournament.
Scheduled to begin next Monday at Clarksdale High School, both the 20-7 Lady Rams and the 21-7 Rams will be taking their high seeding into the three day event which concludes next Friday.
While the Rams are firmly entrenched as the No. 1 seed entering the tournament, the Lady Rams are awaiting the outcome of an upcoming Clarksdale versus Yazoo City contest.
Hoping for a Clarksdale victory, the result of that game will determine if the Lady Rams will emerge as the No. 1 or No. 2 seed from Region 3-4A play.
Game times and schedules for this upcoming tournament are to be announced.
Impressively for the Rams, this is the eighth consecutive non-COVID interrupted season a Gentry boys basketball teams has reached the 20 win plateau.
Seven of those seasons have come under the direction of Gentry High Head Coach Chico Potts.
Meanwhile, in addition to the pair of thrilling games on display this past Tuesday night, Senior Night also was celebrated in the Gentry High gym.
The night opened with the Lady Rams suffering their hard-fought one point loss to their competition from Senatobia.
In the nightcap, however, the Rams earned their satisfying victory over the Warriors.
While LaDerrius Love led the Rams with his 17 points scored, Troy Griffin was next highest as he dropped a dozen points through the basket.
Also posting 11 points on the scoreboard this night was Chris Minton.
Making his presence known in an impressive manner as well was DeAndre Briscoe with a double double performance. Briscoe’s efforts produced 10 points scored and 10 assists dished out.
Other action last Friday saw both Gentry squads earn home-court victories over Clarksdale High School.
While the girls claimed a 42-29 victory this night, the boys dispatched the Wildcats by a 52-42 margin.
Love’s 16 point game paced the Rams’ offensive efforts while Briscoe tallied 10 points during his night of play.
