By CURTIS ROCKWELL/Sports Director

ST. MARTIN — The D’Iberville girls basketball team picked the perfect time to snap a short three game losing streak just in time to sit down for Thanksgiving dinner this week with a .500 record.
The Lady Warriors, under the direction of veteran head coach Robin Jefferies, picked up a pair of wins over the past two days in the annual “Dina Holland Thanksgiving Tournament” here at St. Martin High School.

D’Iberville followed a 43-17 win over Long Beach in the first game of the event Monday afternoon with a big 51-17 win over Gautier in the first game of day two action Tuesday afternoon in this all “Southern Six” eight game affair.
The wins pushed DHS to an even 4-4 on the young campaign.
In the latest win, the Lady Warriors jumped out to a quick 6-0 first quarter lead and went on to take a commanding 20-4 advantage at halftime in cruising to the win.
D’Iberville got four points in the first frame from Nay Jefferson and then she and Kaitlyn Harris put in six points apiece in the second stanza as the Lady Warriors continued to stretch their lead to 16 at intermission.

If the Lady Gators had any plans of a second half comeback, D’Iberville’s Laylay Evans quickly put those thoughts to rest as she scored six points in the third period while both Jefferson and Amayah Hill chipped in five points apiece as DHS rolled up 24 points in the period to carry a 44-23 lead into the fourth frame.

Jefferson tallied a game-high 15 points for DHS, while Harris chipped in 11 points to the winning effort and Harris added 10 points. Lauryn Powell had a 3-pointer in the loss for the Lady gators.
On Monday, in another fairly comfortable win over Long Beach, Jefferson again led the way for the Lady Warriors with a game-high 14 points in the 43-17 decision.

Vayda Lee had seven points in the first quarter for DHS, including a 3-pointer, and Harris added a trey also to get the Lady Warriors off to a quick start as well in that win doubling up the Lady Bearcats at 15-7.
Jefferson followed up in the second period with three baskets for six points and she finished with a 10-point first half as the Lady Warriors went into halftime with a 29-13 lead.
D’Iberville never looked back.

In addition to Jefferson’s 14 points, both Lee and Harris finished with seven points apiece for DHS.
Paityn Langley had eight points to lead Long Beach, while both Ahmani Magee and Christina Magee each added a 3-pointer in the loss.

Long Beach was coming off a recent 23-16 win over Gautier, Langley had 11 points and nine rebounds for the Lady Bearcats.