John Curtis Christian defeats Woodlawn-Baton Rouge: Live updates, score of Louisiana (LHSAA) girls basketball Division I select state championship (3/2/2024)
HAMMOND, LOUISIANA - It's the sixth and final day of the LHSAA "Marsh Madness" girls basketball tournament.
First up will be the Division I select championship game. John Curtis Christian had its six-year title streak snapped in last season's final, and the Lady Patriots are eager for redemption. But Woodlawn-Baton Rouge comes in on a proverbial roll after knocking out No. 1 seed Huntington in Thursday's semifinals.
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JOHN CURTIS 60, WOODLAWN-BATON ROUGE 46 (FINAL)
- Woodlawn's Amijah Price had a double-double of 19 points and 10 rebounds. Zyriah Williams added 11 points and hit three 3's.
- John Curtis' top scorer was Jayla Albert, an eighth-grader, who had 20 points and 9 rebounds. She was 7-of-12 from the field, 3-of-6 from 3-point range and 3-of-3 from the line. Albert had three steals as well. Also for the Lady Patriots, Imani Daniel had 17 points and 10 rebounds for a double-double, and she was 11-of-14 from the line.
- John Curtis led from start to finish to defeat Woodlawn-Baton Rouge for the Division I select championship. Lady Patriots have now won seven state titles over the past eight seasons (John Curtis, 60-46 | Final)
- Eighth-grader Jayla Albert with a huge 3 from the corner, and that just might do it for John Curtis (John Curtis, 54-43 | 1:10, 4th)
- Woodlawn was down by seven and had a chance to cut it to five or even four, but was unable to convert. John Curtis gets another answer basket and then the Lady Patriots' Imani Daniel makes a huge play, jumping high to deflect a ball off a Woodlawn player on an inbounds play under the basket (John Curtis, 49-40 | 3:10, 4th)
- Woodlawn with a pair of quick baskets, the latter a pull-up jumper from Zyriah Williams. It's a seven-point game (John Curtis, 47-40 | 4:20, 4th)
- John Curtis still with a double-digit lead entering the final five minutes of play (John Curtis, 47-36 | 5:10, 4th)
- Woodlawn had a chance to make it a single-digit game but failed to capitalize. John Curtis answers with a nifty move to the basket by Chikae Desdunes with time running out to build the lead to 13 (John Curtis, 43-30 | 8:00, 4th)
- John Curtis makes it a 15-point lead as Jayla Albert knocks down a 3 (John Curtis, 39-24 | 2:45, 3rd)
- John Curtis builds a 14-point advantage near the midway point of the third quarter (John Curtis, 34-20 | 4:20, 3rd)
- A balanced scoring effort by John Curtis in the first half, as six players scored. The top scorer, with seven points, was Jayla Albert. Woodlawn's Amijah Price leads all scorers with nine.
- John Curtis takes a nine-point lead into the locker room at halftime (John Curtis, 26-17 | Half)
- John Curtis still up by a sizable margin entering the latter moments of the first half (John Curtis, 23-14 | 3:00, 2nd)
- John Curtis had a strong first quarter, but Woodlawn starts to close the gap, and it was able to get a layup right as the buzzer sounded to pull within five (John Curtis, 15-10 | 8:00, 2nd)
- John Curtis builds its lead to eight (John Curtis, 12-4 | 3:47, 1st)
- John Curtis out to a 6-0 lead two minutes in (John Curtis, 6-0 | 6:00, 1st)
- We are under way here for the Division I select title game at exactly high noon.
- John Curtis is the first team to appear on the court at the University Center. Woodlawn comes out moments later.
Photo of John Curtis Christian's Chikae Desdunes (3) by Sophia Germer, New Orleans Times-Picayune
-- Buck Ringgold | buck@scorebooklive.com | @SBLiveLA
