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Prep Basketball: Lady Hawks take 23rd straight Region 4-6A win thumping Picayune Tuesday afternoon

Hancock’s Lila Turner goes in for a lay-up vs. Picayune Tuesday afternoon. (Photo by Joe Harper)

By CURTIS ROCKWELL/Sports Director
KILN — The last time the Hancock girls hosted a region tournament the Lady Hawks fell in the opening round of play.
Five years later, Hancock made sure history wouldn’t repeat itself.
The Lady Hawks hammered Picayune 60-29 Tuesday afternoon in the first game of the second day of play in the Region 4-6A Tournament. The win pushes Hancock not only into Friday’s championship contest, but moves the Lady Hawks to an impressive 25-2 overall as well.

Hancock’s Abigail Carver looks for a shot in the lane vs. Picayune Tuesday afternoon. (Photo by Joe Harper)
Picayune’s Carleigh Guillotte puts up a shot vs. Hancock Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday afternoon. (Photo by Joe Harper)
Picayune’s Laikyn Moore glides towards the basket vs. Hancock Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday afternoon. (Photo by Joe Harper)

It marks the third straight season that head coach Jamie Sisco’s squad. has notched at least 25 wins in a season. It also was Hancock’s 23rd straight region win over the past two seasons.

“We came out of the gate with a purpose tonight,” Sisco said. “Early in the game our ball movement and spacing created easy scoring chances. Good win for our team to get the postseason going, and I look forward to playing for a district championship on Friday.”

Home-standing Hancock wasted no time in taking complete control en route to its third win over Picayune this season. Lady Hawk guard Cambria Necaise opened the game with eight points in the first half while forward and fellow senior Anslee James chipped in seven points in the opening frame as well as HHS jumped out to a 23-7 lead entering the second stanza. Hancock center Riley Bishop added five points also, including a 3-pointer.

Hancock’s Cambria Necaise goes in for a shot vs. Picayune Tuesday afternoon. (Photo by Joe Harper)
Picayune’s Rhyen Goss puts up a shot vs. Hancock Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday afternoon. (Photo by Joe Harper)
Hancock’s Catherine Sins stretches high for a shot vs. Picayune Tuesday afternoon. (Photo by Joe Harper)

Before the crowd could settle in for this matinee affair, Hancock got four more points from James in the second quarter and yet another triple from Bishop and the Lady Hawks flew into halftime up 35-19 and flew away with the win.
James tallied a game-high 18 points for Hancock, while Talana Bond had 11 points, Necaise added 10 points and Bishop finished with eight points in the winning effort.
Both Laikyn Moore and Rhyen Goss scored eight points apiece for Picayune in the loss. The Lady Tide will play in the consolation game at 4 p.m., Friday afternoon.

The last time Hancock hosted the region tournament, in 202, the Lady Hawks fell to Harrison Central in their first game of the annual affair.

Hancock’s Abigail Carver goes in for a shot vs. Picayune Tuesday afternoon as Lady Tide defender Laikyn Moore attempts a block. (Photo by Joe Harper)
Picayune’s Rhyen Goss puts up a shot vs. Hancock Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday afternoon. (Photo by Joe Harper)
Picayune’s Devin Adkins puts up a shot vs. Hancock Tuesday afternoon. Tuesday afternoon. (Photo by Joe Harper)
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