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Prep Basketball: Lady Yellow Jackets bounce back from first loss with win over Moss Point in Saturday afternoon matinee

Moss Point’s Jordyn Ford attempts to get to the basket as St. Martin’s Kylah Jenkins defends Saturday afternoon. (Photo by Bobby McDuffie)

By CURTIS ROCKWELL/Sports Director

MOSS POINT — After a lengthy 15 day layoff, it took the St. Martin girls another eight minutes or so to get rolling when they finally got back in action Saturday in Moss Point.

But, once the bell for the second quarter rang against the Lady Tigers, the Lady Yellow Jackets responded with a bang.

After taking a a slight 6-4 lead after the first frame, visiting St. Martin rolled up 15 points in the second stanza en route to a commanding 21-9 double digit advantage at halftime and pushed on to a 39-30 win over Moss Point at Magnolia Middle School in a Saturday matinee affair.

St. Martin’s Kylenn Ward looks for working room vs. Moss Point Saturday afternoon. (Photo by Bobby McDuffie)
Moss Point’s Kaliyah Richardson attempts to get to the loose ball as St. Martin’s Janila Curtis gets a hand in it as well Saturday afternoon. (Photo by Bobby McDuffie)
St. Martin’s Emma Chester looks for a passing partner vs. Moss Point Saturday afternoon. (Photo by Bobby McDuffie)

The win moves SMHS to an impressive 17-1 on the season while MPHS drops to 10-8 on the year. It marked the first game for both squads since the calendar flipped to a new year.

“We hadn’t played since facing Hancock (on Dec. 20th), and it showed,” SMHS head coach Jason Kennedy said. “We started out really slow, and just didn’t have any rhythm. Thankfully, the girls woke up and played better.”

Armed with that aforementioned slight two point lead after one quarter of play, St. Martin point guard Kylenn Ward took matters into her own hands, literally, as she sank a 3-point basket and registered 12 of the 15 points the Lady Yellow Jackets tallied in the period to steadily take control of the contest. Ward also had three field goals and a trio of free throws on her worksheet in the stanza.

Moss Point’s Landyn Johnson looks for some working room vs. St. Martin Saturday afternoon. (Photo by Bobby McDuffie)
Moss Point’s Jordyn Ford goes up for a shot vs. St. Martin Saturday afternoon. (Photo by Bobby McDuffie)
Moss Point’s Jordyn Ford fights for possession of the ball vs. St. Martin Saturday afternoon. (Photo by Bobby McDuffie)

Her play helped SMHS take a 21-9 lead into halftime, but she wasn’t quite finished just yet.

Ward continued her impressive work in the third frame, dropping in six more points and St. Martin took a 32-21 lead into the final period and proceeded to wrap up the win.

Ward tallied a game-high 19 points to lead the way for the Lady Yellow Jackets, which helped her team bounce back into the win column after suffering their first loss of the season to Hancock five days before Christmas.

Jordyn Ford had 14 points for Moss Point.

St. Martin’s Kylah Jenkins looks for working room vs. Moss Point Saturday afternoon. (Photo by Bobby McDuffie)
St. Martin’s Kennedi Jenkins looks for working room vs. Moss Point Saturday afternoon. (Photo by Bobby McDuffie)
St. Martin’s Kylenn Ward goes hard to the basket vs. Moss Point Saturday afternoon. (Photo by Bobby McDuffie)

St. Martin puts its nifty 17-1 mark on the line on the road Tuesday night at unbeaten Biloxi as both teams resume Region 4-7A play.

On the same night, Moss Point gets back into Region 8-4A action hosting Bay High.

St. Martin’s Kylenn Ward brings the ball down court vs. Moss Point Saturday afternoon. (Photo by Bobby McDuffie)
Moss Point’s Kirsten Bailey looks for working room vs. St. Martin Saturday afternoon. (Photo by Bobby McDuffie)
Moss Point’s Jordyn Ford brings the ball down court vs. St. Martin Saturday afternoon. (Photo by Bobby McDuffie)
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