The Vicksburg Missy Gators suffered a tough loss on two fronts Friday night in their regular-season finale.

Brandon handed the Missy Gators a 47-30 loss on the scoreboard, but more serious was the third-quarter injury to promising eighth-grade forward Karry Callahan.

Callahan had grabbed a steal on Brandon’s end and was making a move inside the lane when she slipped and twisted her knee. She did not return, and finished with three points and four rebounds. She scored 15 points in her varsity debut last week against Clinton.

Vicksburg coach Barbara Hartzog said the severity of the injury won’t be known until early next week, and Callahan’s status for the Division 3-6A Tournament is unknown.

The Missy Gators (12-12) are scheduled to play Warren Central in the first round of the tournament on Tuesday night at Clinton.

“The trainer iced it down and they will evaluate her on Monday,” Hartzog said.

As for the game, Hartzog said her post players played well, but a shaky third quarter doomed her team.

Vicksburg had 11 turnovers in the third quarter and Brandon (20-7) was able to extend an 18-15 halftime lead to 30-20 a minute after Callahan’s injury. A steal by Ama Arkoful pulled Vicksburg to within eight points, but Olivia Countess hit a 3-pointer with 30 seconds left in the quarter for a 33-22 lead.

“Kailin Young and Antoinette Mayfield played very good,” Hartzog said. “They did a good job rebounding and playing on defense against a very physical team. I thought we played a good first half, but then at the beginning of the second half we had some turnovers.”

Brandon opened the fourth quarter with back-to-back 3-pointers from Countess and Jasmine Brown to bury the Missy Gators 39-22.

Brandon forced 30 turnovers and 32 missed shots. Arkoful was limited to 13 points and had just four made field goals until draining a 3-pointer at the fourth-quarter buzzer.

Young had eight points and five rebounds while Mayfield, playing in her final regular-season home game, had nine rebounds and three steals.

Doshua McCray had 10 points to pace Brandon.

(B) Brandon 57, Vicksburg 55

Vicksburg’s late-season winless streak reached six games with a tough loss to Brandon (19-8).

Vicksburg’s Romeo Carter had a chance to tie the game at 54 after swiping a steal at midcourt with 36 seconds left. He was fouled going to the basket and awarded two free throws. He made the first but missed the second to keep Vicksburg down one, 54-53 with 32.7 seconds left.

Brandon’s Jonathan Sanders made two free throws following the miss to make it 56-53. Carter got another shot at a tie with 7.7 seconds left, but his 3-pointer hit the front of the rim. Sanders made another free throw with 2.2 seconds left to ice the game.

Vicksburg coach Dellie C. Robinson said his team had its chance.

“We got a wide open look,” Robinson said. “We figured they would key on DeAngelo (Richardson) and Romeo would be open.”

Richardson and DeAndre King had 13 points each to lead Vicksburg (9-15), and Tre’Darius Carter had six points, eight rebounds and three blocks.

Jeremy Jones led Brandon with 17 points.