(Marion) — Jaiden Riley sent the Marion High School Gym into a frenzy with a game-tying three pointer at the end of regulation, but the Marion Bulldogs would come up short in overtime in a 63-56 defeat to Class 4A 10th-ranked San Antonio Cole on Friday night.
With 1.5 seconds left in the fourth quarter and Marion down 49-46, Jackson Missildine fired an inbound pass from the Marion baseline across the court to Riley who made a leaping grab at the top of the key and then turned and launched a shot in the air that found the bottom of the net as the horn sounded. The reaction from the crowd was deafening as Riley was mobbed by his teammates for sending the game into the extra session.
From there, the Bulldogs ran out of gas and couldn’t complete the comeback as the Cougars outscored Marion 14-7 in the four minute overtime period to win the District 27-3A opener for both teams. The game was a back-and-forth affair as neither team reached a double digit lead throughout the contest. Cole had one-point leads at the end of each of the first three quarters.
Riley finished the night with 16 points. Travis Randle dropped in a team-high 17 and Braeden Fleming added 10 for the Bulldogs. Marion will host Randolph on Tuesday in their second district game of the season.
(Marion) — Earlier in the day, the Cole Lady Cougars took down the Lady Bulldogs 41-32.
The loss by the Marion girls dropped their district mark to 1-1 while Cole improved to 3-0. Whitley Wiatrek paced the Lady Bulldogs with 12 points. The Lady Bulldogs will next host the Randolph Lady Ro-Hawks this coming Tuesday.
(San Antonio) — On the boys side in District 27-5A, the Seguin Matadors improved their district record to 6-2 with a 78-56 road victory over San Antonio Brackenridge on Friday night.
Corey Dailey led the Mats on the score sheet with 23 points. Lane Seidenberger also reached double figures with 14 points. Seguin will host Sam Houston this coming Tuesday night.
(Seguin) — Meanwhile, the Seguin Lady Matadors were edged 47-45 by the Brackenridge Lady Eagles Friday night at Seguin High School.
Jazlyn Gil had 15 points for Seguin while Faith Franklin poured in 12. Seguin will be at Sam Houston on Tuesday.
(Comal County) — The Navarro Runnin’ Lady Panthers fell on the road to Class 4A 25th-ranked Davenport, 49-30 in District 26-4A play on Friday evening.
Tegan Harborth led the Lady Panthers with 11 points. The Lady Panthers will host Canyon Lake on Tuesday.
(Geronimo) — And the Navarro Panther boys fell 61-31 to the 18th-ranked Davenport boys in their district opener on Friday night.
Navarro will look to rebound and even their district record when they play at Canyon Lake on Tuesday.