Tallulah doubles up visiting Huntington|Prep basketball

Published 12:00 am Wednesday, January 6, 2010

TALLULAH — Jes Shivers scored 20 points and Jake Busby added 16 as Tallulah Academy (10-8, 3-1 in District 6-A) won for the seventh time in their last nine games with a 55-45 win over Huntington on Thursday.

The Lady Trojans scored 23 points in the first quarter and never looked back in a 64-29 rout of Huntington. Allie-Kate Gossett scored a game-high 20 points to lead four in double figures for Tallulah (17-2, 2-1).

Megan Given had 13 points and 11 rebounds, while Katie Book added 12 points and Caroline Windham contributed 11.

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