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ALLEN J. ELLENDER MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL
2007 – 2008 GIRLS BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
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DAY |
DATE |
OPPONENT |
TIME |
PLACE |
TEAM |
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Wednesday |
November 7 |
Jamboree |
6:00 |
Houma Civic Center |
V |
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Tuesday |
November 13 |
Hahnville |
6:00 |
Ellender |
JV/V |
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Thursday |
November 15 |
Destrehan |
5:30 |
Ellender |
JV/V |
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Monday – Wednesday |
November 19 – November 21 |
Battle on the Bayou |
TBA |
Alario Center |
V |
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Tuesday |
November 27 |
Glen Oaks |
5:30 |
Baton Rouge |
JVV |
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November 29 – December 1 |
Westgate Tourney |
TBA |
Westgate |
V |
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Tuesday |
December 3 |
Terrebonne |
5:00 |
Ellender |
V |
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Thursday – Saturday |
December 6 – December 8 |
H. L. B. Tourney |
TBA |
H. L. Bourgeois |
V |
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Tuesday |
December 11 |
Franklin |
5:30 |
Franklin |
JV/V |
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Thursday – Saturday |
December 13 – December 15 |
Hahnville Tourney |
TBA |
Hahnville |
V |
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Tuesday |
December 18 |
Franklin |
5:30 |
Ellender |
JV/V |
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Saturday |
December 22 |
Archbishop Chapelle |
TBA |
TBA |
V |
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Thursday – Saturday |
December 27-December 29 |
Rumble on the River |
TBA |
Alario Center |
V |
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*Friday |
January 4 |
Belle Chase |
6:00 |
Belle Chase |
JV/V |
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Monday |
January 7 |
St. Mary’s Academy |
6:00 |
Ellender |
V |
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*Saturday |
January 12 |
Helen Cox |
6:00 |
Ellender |
V |
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*Tuesday |
January 15 |
Morgan City |
5:00 |
Morgan City |
JV/V |
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*Friday |
January 18 |
Vandebilt |
6:00 |
Ellender |
V |
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*Tuesday |
January 22 |
Belle Chase |
5:00 |
Ellender |
JV/V |
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Friday |
January 25 |
OPEN |
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*Tuesday |
January 29 |
Helen Cox |
5:00 |
Helen Cox |
JV/V |
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*Friday |
February 1 |
Morgan City |
6:00 |
Ellender |
JV/V |
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Monday |
February 4 |
New Iberia |
5:00 |
New Iberia |
JV/V |
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*Friday |
February 8 |
Vandebilt |
6:00 |
Ellender |
V |
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Monday |
February 11 |
DISTRICT CHAMPS NAMED |
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Wednesday |
February 13 |
District Meeting |
TBA |
TBA |
V |
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Thursday |
February 14 |
Bi-District Playoffs |
TBA |
TBA |
V |
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Monday |
February 18 |
Regional Playoffs |
TBA |
TBA |
V |
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Thursday |
February 21 |
State Quarter Finals |
TBA |
TBA |
V |
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Monday - Saturday |
February 24 – March 1 |
State Tournament |
TBA |
Hammond, Louisiana |
V |
*DENOTES DISTRICT GAMES
HEAD COACH – KENNETH DIXON
ASSITANT COACH – KENYA BIBBS
PRINCIPAL – MARILYN SCHWARTZ
ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS: DINA HUTCHINSON & WILLIAM SIMMONS, JR.
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR – CLEVELAND JOSEPH
MASCOT – PATRIOT
COLORS – RED, WHITE & BLUE
| Class 4A 10 | |||
| 1. Glen Oaks (12) | 26-4 | 144 | 1 |
| 2. Ellender | 32-6 | 131 | 2 |
| 3. St. Michael | 32-4 | 122 | 3 |
| 4. Parkway | 28-5 | 106 | 5 |
| 5. LaGrange | 23-7 | 84 | 6 |
| 6. Vandebilt Catholic | 25-5 | 82 | 4 |
| 7. Neville | 25-7 | 74 | 7 |
| 8. Franklinton | 24-6 | 69 | 7 |
| 9. Carroll | 17-8 | 42 | 10 |
| 10. Broadmoor | 23-9 | 23 | NR |
| Others: Peabody 12, Bossier 11, Teurlings Catholic 11, Haughton 10, McKinley 8, Cox 6, Opelousas 1. | |||
State title remains in sight for Lady Patriots
Lady Patriots get defensive in 4A regional
Lady Pats make easy work of Northside
HOUMA – The timekeeper at Ellender Memorial’s Class 4A first-round
playoff game against Northside didn’t start the clock until about 30 seconds
after the opening tip.
By that time, though, the Lady Patriots had forced two turnovers and led 4-0
en route to a dominating 70-34 win on Tuesday night.
The No. 1 seeded Lady Patriots move into the regional round and will host
16th seeded Teurlings Catholic.
Teurlings beat McKinley, 56-51, in the first round.
Ellender coach Kenneth Dixon said he’s seen Teurlings play this season, but
doesn’t know much about them yet.
Early in the game, Northside (8-13) tried to slow the pace, holding onto the
ball for long periods of time, while Ellender (33-4) sat in a zone defense.
However, when Northside would miss a shot, the Lady Patriots were off and
running and scoring in transition.
By the end of the first quarter, Ellender led 20-2.
Deana Allen had eight points in the quarter, and finished with a game-high
29 points.
“We were sitting in the zone there,” Dixon said.
“We were working on some things. (Northside) came out, and they weren’t
aggressive. They held the ball, so we just sat in our zone for a while,
because we really wanted to work some things and positions where people need
to be when we’re in (the zone).”
Northside coach Tarunye Kanonu said Ellender’s ability to run was why her
team tried to slow the game.
“We wanted a slow-paced game,” she said.
“We knew that we didn’t want to get into a running match. They’re a good
shooting team, and we just wanted to slow the game and try to play into our
own elements.”
Down by 18 points at the start of the second quarter, Northside was forced
into more of a fast-paced game.
The quicker-paced game helped ignite the Lady Vikings offense somwhat, but
Ellender increased its halftime advantage to 33-14.
In the third quarter, the Lady Patriots defense dominated, outscoring
Northside 22-4.
“In the second half, we came out and manned up just to speed up the game a
little bit, so we could get some legs under us and run some transition
offense,” Dixon said.
“We tried to make the most of it.”
The Lady Patriots played their starting five for the better part of three
quarters, making their first substitution at the 1:07 mark of the third
quarter.
Dixon said that strategy was meant to give his starters as much time as
possible together on the court.
“Just trying to get some legs under us,” he said.
“My kids can develop a false sense of security. That’s one of the things I
can do, is run them a little bit and let them work a little longer.”
Three Ellender starters scored in double digits, with Allen’s 29 leading the
way.
Da’Jeanne Jones had 12 points, and Asia Williams added 11.
Cassandra Alfred led Northside with nine points.
Lady Patriots rolling into 4A playoffs, With an 80-38 victory over Vandebilt
Ellender seniors Da’Jeanne Jones, Allen, Hampton and Williams were honored following the game.
ELLENDER MEMORIAL 85, BELLE
CHASSE 19
A pair of Asia Williams 3-pointers early in the first period highlighted a 22-2
run by the Lady Patriots to start the game.
Ellender never looked back as Williams and Deana Allen each had 15 points on the
night.
Three other Lady Patriots reached double digits. DeJeane Jones had 12, while
Kailie LeBlanc and Kerry Hampton both chipped in 10. In all, ten Lady Patriots
scored.
On defense, Ellender (26-4, 4-1) forced 32 turnovers and limited Belle Chasse to
11 first half points.
"This was good for us to get back on track," said Ellender Coach Kenneth Dixon.
"DeJeane is coming back from an injury, and she got some quality minutes in. We
are just going to keep working hard."
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HOUMA – With successful veteran coaches such as Ellender Memorial’s Kenneth
Dixon and Vandebilt Catholic’s Kathy Luke roaming the sidelines, Friday’s
District 8-4A showdown between the Lady Patriots and the Lady Terriers resembled
a chess match.
And for four quarters, the crosstown rivals battled back-and-forth, entertaining
a packed crowd inside of Vandebilt’s main gym.
Ellender held a slim 5-point lead after the third quarter.
But in the final quarter, Vandebilt senior Sumar Leslie took over.
Leslie scored 12 of her 35 total points in the fourth quarter to lead the Lady
Terriers to a 59-51 win over Ellender.
Vandebilt, who made 17-of-19 free throws, outscored the Lady Patriots 19-11 in
the fourth quarter to pick up the win.
“I was really proud of our effort in the fourth quarter,” Luke said. “It’s
always exciting when we beat a crosstown rival. Ellender is a premier team, so
it took everything we had. I’m just really proud of my kids because we did hold
our composure.”
After fouling out of the game with 29 seconds left in the fourth, the Terriers’
crowd gave Leslie (11-of-12 free throws) a standing ovation as she left the
court.
“We just had great intensity out there. We were ready to play tonight,” Leslie
said. “We were excited and we kept our composure the entire game. This win gives
us confidence that we could push our way back up to the top. We’re ready. I
believe we can do anything.”
After both teams were tied at 12 at the end of the first quarter, Ellender
(26-4, 3-1 in district) took a 29-22 lead at halftime and a 45-40 lead at the
end of the third quarter. At one point, the Lady Patriots held a 10-point
advantage in the second quarter.
But Dixon said Ellender, who had 15 turnovers and shot 5-for-12 from the
free-throw line, didn’t do what its supposed to do, which caused them the game.
“Vandebilt did an excellent job,” Dixon said. “Their players were very
disciplined. They did what they were supposed to do, and we didn’t do what we
were supposed to do. We did what we wanted to do, and that’s why we come in on
the short end of the stick.”
Vandebilt (19-4, 3-1) outrebounded Ellender, 24-16. Shikera Ross scored 12
points for the Lady Terriers.
Deana Allen led Ellender with 25 points. Asia Williams added 12 points, and
Latika Smith had 10 points.
Quick start lifts Lady Patriots to victory
HOUMA -- The Ellender Memorial Lady Patriots came
out and dominated early during Monday night’s 55-37 nondistrict win over St.
Mary’s Academy.
"We played extremely well against a good squad," Ellender coach Kenneth Dixon
said. "This gave us a chance to work on some specifics. They play a man-to-man
on defense and they run a motion offense. This gave us a chance to defend
against the motion offense and to run a motion offense."
Deana Allen came out storming in the opening quarter scoring 11 of her 24 points
in the first quarter. Allen scored the first six points of the game to give the
Lady Patriots (24-3 overall) a 6-0 lead.
St. Mary’s (18-6) got on the board with 4:41 left in the first quarter on a
Jenna Beamer basket.
Ellender followed with a 10-0 run until Rejane Brooks scored with 29 seconds
left. Ellender led 16-4 at the end of the first quarter.
Chevelle Johnson scored off a steal in the opening possession of the second
quarter for the Lady Cougars. Allen then scored six straight points for Ellender
giving the Lady Patriots a 24-6 lead.
Ellender led 33-9 going into halftime.
"We played Belle Chase Friday to open district play," Dixon said. "That gives us
and opportunity to get ready for Helen Cox Saturday."
After two Kawanda Chatman baskets to open the second half, St. Mary’s went on a
12-0 run cutting the Ellender lead to 37-21.
Allen converted on a 3-point opportunity to end the run. Ellender led after the
third quarter, 40-23.
"We had to sit three starters because they weren’t coming to practice," St.
Mary’s coach Keith Haywood said. "We started mostly six and eighth graders and
brought our starters in the second half and made a little run. We still played
undisciplined, but it’s district time now and we’ll see what happens."
Both teams exchanged shots in the fourth quarter.
Allen led all scorers with 24 points. Asia Williams joined her in double figures
with 11. Kerry Hampton had eight rebounds for the Lady Patriots.
Johnson led St. Mary’s with 16 points. The Lady Cougars had 18 turnovers opposed
to Ellender’s nine.
ELLENDER MEMORIAL 47, ST.
MICHAEL’S 39
At the Rumble on the River at the Alario Center, the Lady Patriots beat St.
Michael’s in the tournament’s championship to finish in first place.
The teams were tied 22-22 at halftime, but Ellender (22-3) outscored the Lady
Warriors 13-8 in the third quarter, and used that momentum to take the
championship.
Deana Allen led the Lady Patriots with 13 points. Kerry Hampton added 12 points
and Asia Williams had 10.
Earlier in the day, Ellender beat Iota 60-51 to clinch a spot in the
tournament’s title game. Allen scored 22 points while Hampton and Williams had
14 each.
HOUMA -- During Tuesday’s nondistrict game against
Franklin, the Ellender Memorial girls’ basketball team didn’t play in its
typical dominating fashion.
But the Lady Patriots still found a way to get the job done.
Ellender forced 28 turnovers, including 20 in the first half, to beat Franklin
52-34.
After losing the St. Charles Shootout championship game to Hahnville on
Saturday, Ellender coach Kenneth Dixon said it was good to get back on the
winning side against Franklin.
"I’m pleased with the win because I definitely didn’t want to lose two straight.
I was hoping that we would come out and at least get a win under our belts,"
Dixon said. "We just wanted to get our confidence back up. I thought we did
okay. We can do better. We have to execute better in our half-court offense."
Ellender (17-3) led 10-2 after the first quarter and 26-11 at halftime.
Thanks to their pressure defense, the Lady Patriots forced many turnovers, which
led to easy fastbreak points.
"I thought we did an excellent job with our pressure defense, man-to-man and we
played the passing lanes very well," Dixon said. "We’ve been working on that the
last couple of days, and I thought they did a decent job."
In the second half, Ellender continued to force turnovers. Leading 30-11 6:50
left in the third quarter, Ellender’s Deana Allen stripped Franklin’s Angelle
Stansbury and sprinted down the court for the easy basket.
The Lady Hornets (9-8) went on a 9-0 run that cut the lead to 36-18 with 1:25
remaining, but Ellender answered with two straight fastbreak lay-ups from Latika
Smith and a jumpshot from Allen to take a 42-20 lead at the end of the third
quarter. In the fourth quarter, Franklin used a 10-0 run to cut the lead to
46-34 with 3:11 left.
But Ellender answered with lay-ups from Da’Jeane Jones, Kerry Hampton and Allen,
which sealed the game.
In the end, Franklin coach K’wasi Lewis said the Lady Hornets couldn’t overcome
the turnovers.
"We had a bunch of turnovers, and that forced us to play catch-up," Lewis said.
"Turnovers were our downfall tonight. If we wouldn’t have turned the ball over
so much, we would’ve had a better chance to stay in the game. You can’t stay in
the game if you keep turning the ball over."
With 15 turnovers, Dixon said the Lady Patriots have to do a better job of
protecting the basketball.
"I felt we committed too many unforced turnovers trying to make spectacular
plays," Dixon said. "We don’t have to be spectacular, simply just score. They
want to do such a good job that I think they might be trying too hard at times.
We just want to calm down and just play our game."
Allen finished with a game high 25 points and 10 steals. Kawanda Chatman added
10 points for Ellender, while Jones had 10 points.
Stansberry led Franklin with 12 points, and Chenet Small added 10 points.
ELLENDER MEMORIAL 61, HAHNVILLE 41
On the girls’ side of the Casey Kozminiski tournament, the Lady Patriots
overcame Hahnville for the tournament title.
Hahnville was standing in the way, but Ellender defeated the Lady Tigers 61-41
on Saturday night.
Down by 25-19 at the half, the Lady Tigers were able to get as close as three
before the Lady Patriots (12-2) were able to run off with the game.
"We played well considering I played about 6 players," Ellender coach Kenneth
Dixon said. "Hahnville is a very good team and their coach does a good job. We
switched up or defenses an I’m very pleased the way we played man and zone."
The Lady Patriots switched to a full court man-to-man defense in the fourth
quarter and forced seven turnovers, and allowed them to go on a 21-9 fourth
quarter run.
Ellender’s Deana Allen and Brittany Price each had six points in the fourth
quarter.
"We played them tough, but we the turnovers killed us," Hahnville coach Kevin
Robichaux said.
Allen had game high 29 points and nine rebounds.
Danielle Douglas led the Lady Tigers with nine points and six rebounds.
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GRAY -- After watching the Ellender boys drop their game to Christian Life
Academy just minutes before, the Ellender Lady Patriots took the court for the
Casey Kozminski tournament looking for a different outcome.
While it wasn’t their most perfect game of the season, the Lady Patriots left
H.L. Bourgeois with a commanding 53-30 victory over the Franklin Lady Hornets.
Ellender coach Kenneth Dixon said while he’ll take the win, he still feels his
team needs to improve in order to remain competitive.
"We were a little sluggish," Dixon said. "In situations like this I look for us
to execute, and we didn’t completely do that."
Behind an eight-point performance by Latika Smith in the first quarter, the Lady
Patriots quickly jumped out to a 14-9 lead at the end of the first.
The Lady Hornets (9-5) were held to three points in the second quarter and the
Lady Patriots used a 7-0 run, sparked by five points from Kerry Hampton, to take
the 24-12 lead at halftime.
Despite the lead at halftime, Dixon said he felt his team was capable of playing
even better.
"We need to improve on our rebounding and hitting easy shots," Dixon said.
"We’ll get there, we just have to work on it in practice. It’s still early in
the season."
After a layup by Tanazya Washington cut the lead to 26-14, the Lady Patriots
(11-2) went on a 14-0 run behind nine points by Deana Allen to take the
commanding 40-14 lead. The Lady Hornets ended the run after a bucket by Kayla
Jackson, but still trailed 42-19 heading into the final quarter.
Allen led all Lady Patriots with nine while Da’Jeane Jones added nine to help
the cause.
Jackson scored five of her team’s 11 points in the fourth quarter, but the Lady
Patriots went on for the 53-30 win.
Jackson finished the night with 14 points.
ELLENDER MEMORIAL 71, ST. JAMES 49
At the Casey Kozminski Memorial tournament, the Lady Patriots had little trouble
with the Lady Wildcats in a 22-point win Wednesday to improve to 10-2 on the
season.
Deana Allen led all players with 23 points for the Lady Patriots and Asia
Williams added 17.
Ariel Mitchell led the Lady Wildcats (9-6) with 22 points and Brandi Jeffry
scored 14.
ELLENDER MEMORIAL 57, TERREBONNE
42
Prior to the boys game, the Lady Patriots moved to 9-2 on the season with the
nondistrict victory.
Ellender led 12-5 after the first quarter, 27-13 at halftime and 42-32 at the
end of the third quarter.
Terrebonne (9-6) got as close as 44-36 with just under 6 minutes to play before
Ellender sealed the victory down the stretch.
Asia Williams led Ellender with 19 points, Deana Allen and Kerry Hampton scored
12 points each, and Da’Jeane Jones added seven points for the Lady Patriots.
Sierra Lyons led Terrebonne with 19 points, Alaina Verdin scored 10 points, and
Leah Lyons added seven points for the Lady Tigers.
GLEN OAKS 43, ELLENDER MEMORIAL 36
At Baton Rouge, the Lady Patriots were outscored 22-6 in the fourth quarter in
the nondistrict loss.
Ellender (5-2) got 13 points from Da’Jeane Jones, and 11 points from Latika
Smith, and led 8-4 after the first quarter, 19-10 at halftime and 30-21 at the
end of the third quarter.
Shannon Veal led Glen Oaks with 19 points, and Lonette Green added 16 points.
In other nondistrict girls action from Monday, Terrebonne fell to Morgan City,
52-49.
WESTWEGO – The Ellender Memorial girls basketball team won the Gold Division of
the Battle of the Bayou Tournament over the Thanksgiving holidays at the Alario
Center.
Ellender defeated St. Michael for the title.
It also beat Plaquemine and Vandebilt Catholic at the event and fell to John
Curtis.
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HOUMA -- The Ellender Memorial girls basketball team looked a little less
like its normal running and gunning self in Thursday’s game against Destrehan.
That was probably because staring point guard Latika Smith was out with an ankle
injury, and another key contributor, Brittany Price, was also limited with a
foot injury suffered in the junior-varsity game before the main event.
Nonetheless, the Lady Patriots overcame a sluggish first half to defeat the Lady
Wildcats 52-38 in nondistrict play.
Da’Jeane Jones led Ellender (2-0) with 15 points, Deana Allen, who on Wednesday
signed with UNO and played the point Thursday night, had 13 points, and Asia
Williams scored 11 points for the Lady Patriots.
"Being without your point guard, the one that keeps it going is tough," Ellender
coach Kenneth Dixon said. "Deana (Allen) can do it, but she’d much rather be a
(shooting guard) rather than a (point guard). She had to do what we needed her
to do. I thought we should have run a little more, but without Latika, we didn’t
run lanes very well."
On the strength of a 70-foot buzzer beater by Tawana Lee (16 points) Destrehan
(3-1) led 12-11 after the first quarter, but Ellender took a 26-21 halftime
advantage.
"I thought we were a little lackadaisical, slow and a little pokey," Dixon said.
"I thought we were concentrating too much on shooting from the perimeter instead
of running the offense. We go over it everyday. One day we execute it (like
Tuesday night in a 67-35 win over Hahnville) and the next we don’t. I want to
know what the problem is."
There was no problem for the Lady Patriots in the third quarter.
But forcing turnovers and scoring in transi