[2/5/03]Warren Central’s reward for blowing out Clinton on Tuesday is a fifth and final meeting with archrival Vicksburg High.

Ebon Williams had 15 points and eight rebounds, Saleda Montgomery added 10 points and Cookie Johnson grabbed 12 rebounds as the Lady Vikes beat Clinton 63-33.

The win clinched the No. 2 seed in next week’s Division 4-5A tournament for WC, and set up its fifth game of the season against VHS. Vicksburg has won three of the first four games between the schools this season, including a 64-60 decision on Saturday.

“I’ve said all along I don’t care who we played, I just would rather not play Natchez on their home floor in the first round. Well, to do that we had to win tonight. If we had taken care of business on Saturday then we would have been playing Clinton on Tuesday,” WC coach Donny Fuller said.

The Lady Vikes certainly took care of business on Tuesday night.

After Clinton’s Markesa Hughes hit a 3-pointer to tie the game at 10-10 late in the first quarter, WC went on a 9-2 run to take a 19-12 lead at the end of the period.

The Lady Vikes then forced 11 Clinton turnovers, held the Lady Arrows to 1-for-5 shooting, and outscored them 19-3 in the second quarter to take a 38-15 lead at halftime.

“I think the pressure kind of got to them, and the other thing is we wore them down. We ran bodies at them, a lot of them,” Fuller said. “Our kids did a good job. I thought every kid came in and gave it everything they could, and it was a difference.”

(B) Clinton 68, WC 58

One look at a shot chart told the story for Warren Central coach Preston Wilson. Of the 27 shots Clinton made Tuesday night, only four came outside of the paint as WC lost by 10 points.

“They were just layups. We didn’t show up to play. We didn’t play defense at all,” Wilson said.

Dewayne Washington had a game-high 28 points for WC, and Ronnie Jones added 15. Janario Bunton led Clinton with 17 points, Sernell Ulms had 16, and Jariid Gibbs added 13.

The game was a close, physical affair throughout, but the Arrows used a 9-2 run early in the second quarter to open a double-digit lead. The Vikings got as close as five points on several occasions, but never regained the lead.

“That’s the cushion,” Clinton coach Bruce Robinson said of the early run as he pointed toward the scoreboard. “We kind of held on to it.”

WC will get another crack at the Arrows in the first round of the Division 4-5A tournament next week at Natchez.

“We’ve got to play them on Tuesday. You don’t want to lose to them, but hopefully we can correct our mistakes and get a win,” Wilson said.

(B) VHS 59, Port Gibson 38

Sedrick Williams scored 14 points to lead four Gators in double figures in a blowout victory over Port Gibson.

The Gators (21-7), the top seed in the upcoming Division 4-5A Tournament, also got 11 points from Jamaal Thomas and 10 from Devin Jones.

Carl Jones scored 10 in the loss.

(G) VHS 63, P. Gibson 27

Tricia Dart scored 19 and Tiffany Hubbard netted 14 to pace the Missy Gators (16-12).

Vicksburg held a 26-8 halftime lead and cruised the rest of the way.

Tonya Grear scored seven to lead Port Gibson.

(B) Enterprise 58, St. Al 55

Drew Mazzanti’s 3-pointer bounced off the rim in the closing seconds Tuesday night as Enterprise held on to beat the Flashes (8-13, 4-5 Division 7-1A).

Mazzanti scored a game-high 17 points, Jason Brown scored 12 and Anthony Rector netted 11 in the loss. The Flashes can still earn the No. 3 seed in the Division 7-1A tournament with a win at Cathedral on Friday.

(G) Enterprise 56, St. Al 32

Kelly Haden and Laura Weeks scored seven apiece in the Lady Flashes’ loss.

The defeat dropped St. Al to 4-17 overall and 2-6 in the division.

(B) Briarfield 45, Humphreys 36

Phillip Tomlinson’s game-high 20 points led Briarfield into a second-round matchup with Greenville Christian on Friday night at the Conference 5-A Tournament.

(G) SIA 51, Tallulah 32

Kristen Cox scored 13 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead Sharkey-Issaquena to a blowout in the conference tournament.

Emily Ann Magee scored 11, while Abby Collins scored 8 and grabbed 10 rebounds.

Amanda Muse led Tallulah with 12.

(B) SIA 83, Deer Creek 48

Chase Mahalitc led five Sharkey-Issaquena players in double figures with 21 points to pace the Confederates to a blowout on Tuesday.

The Confederates will play top-seeded Franklin on Friday at 8:30 p.m. at Tallulah Academy.

Jordan Clark scored 18, Zack McDaniel netted 13, Jordan Windham scored 12 and Peter Fisher added 11 in the win.