Lady Jays set for Duncan Tournament this week

Guthrie News Page will update the games in the Duncan Tournament in this story.

Duncan Tournament Preview

The Guthrie Lady Jays basketball team will look to end their two-game losing skid when they take on the Madill Lady Wildcats. With that said, Madill will be looking to do the same.

Both teams will square off and begin the Duncan Chisholm Holiday Shoot-Out with a 10 a.m. Thursday start to the three-day event.

The winner will meet either Duncan or Elgin on Friday at 4 p.m. The two losers will fall to the consolation round and play at 1 p.m. on Friday.

The top of the bracket includes Norman North, U.S. Grant, Iowa Park and Elk City.

First year head coach Pete Papahronis’ team while is young has shown they will be a team to be reckon with as they played with the top-ranked Shawnee Wolves for four quarters before falling 66-50.

Melinda Murillo, the lone senior on the team, continues to be the leader for the young team by averaging 12.6 points a game.

However, freshmen Micayla Haynes leads the team in scoring at 13.6 per game, including a career high 19 points in the loss in Shawnee. She also chipped in with 17 points in her varsity debut against El Reno on opening night.

Haynes, along with fellow freshmen Jillian Chappell and Aaliyah Allison, will be a key component for not only this season, but in the future.

Sophomore Kamber Smedley is finding her offensive touch after spending most of last year as a primary defensive player. Smedley scored a career high 10 points against Shawnee and averages 8 points a game.

One thing that Papahronis will look to improve is defensive play. The coach prides himself in defense, but his team is currently allowing 55.6 points a game. The coach will look to narrow that stat down to under 50 points per game.

Guthrie 49, Madill 51

Kamber Smedley tied the game at 49-all with a made free throw with 19 seconds left in the fourth quarter. However, Madill put back a shot on the following possession and leaving :06 left on the game clock.

Guthrie was unable to get a clean shot off and have now dropped three games in a row and will look to snap the streak when take on either Duncan or Elgin at 1 p.m. on Friday.

Head Coach Pete Papahronis was not happy with the way his team came out played in the first three quarters especially on the defensive side of the ball. His squad allowed 45 point in the first 24 minutes, but held Madill to just six points in the fourth quarter. However, it was too much to overcome.

Guthrie 15 10 10 14   49
Madill   15 12  18  6   51

Guthrie Scoring: Murillo 18, Haynes 10, Smedley 7, Love 6, Allision 2, Chappell 2, Smith 2, Jones 2

Guthrie 57, Duncan 21

Lady Jays snap a three game losing skid in a big way with a 57-21 win over the tournament host Duncan Lady Demons.

Guthrie will play in the Consolation Championship at 1 p.m. Saturday.

Guthrie 49, Iowa Park, TX 27

The Lady Jays held the lead the entire game en route to their second win in a row in the Duncan Holiday Shoot-Out. The win claims the consolation championship for the team and improves their record to 3-3 overall.