The Madill girls winning streak reached nine and the boys notched one victory in three contests against rugged competition last week as the basketball season headed toward the playoffs.
Coach Carlos Humphrey’s squad remained hot, although they needed late surges in each contest to topple Plainview (46-35), Byng (34-31) and Sulphur (37-26) to improve to 17-5 on the season.
The Wildcats outgunned Plainview (75-54) but came up short against talented Byng (71-62) and Sulphur (59-50) squads.
Madill visits Ada for the Class 4A district playoffs on Saturday night.
Girls
TheLadyWildcatsspotted Plainview an early lead and managed only six points in each of the first two stanzas during an ice cold offensive start.
They heated up after the break, more than doubling their offensive total in the third period alone to grab a 27-24 advantage as Lamiyah Brown, Arlette Andrade and Chloe Miller combined for all 15 points.
It was much the same in the final stanza with Brown pouring in 10 to help Madill pull away.
Brown ended with 17, Andrade tallied 14 and Miller had 10 points to fuel the Lady Wildcat scoring.
Against Byng, Madill trailed 23-20 heading to the fourthbutBrownandKarma Williams combined for 14 points to once again rally the troops. Brown tossed in eight and Williams added a pair of three pointers in the comeback.
Browntalliedagame-high 17 points for the night as Williams checked in with 11.
In the final game of the week, the Lady Wildcats got off to a little better start with a 13-6 cushion after one but it was only a 28-22 lead going to thefourthwhenMadillpulled away once more.
Brown led the charge for the third straight outing with 14 points as Andrade tacked on nine and Williams had eight.
Boys
Despite a slow start it was a hot finish for the Wildcats as they exploded over the final two stanzas to blow past Plainview.
Madill trailed 21-13 after one period and was still down 33-31 at intermission before erupting with a plethora of three pointers. They outscored the Indians 22-11 in the third quarter and 22-10 in the fourth.
Four Wildcats got in on the three-point barrage and reached double figures for the game led by Sammy Duran’s 17 points. Cash Cooper and Jagger Rogers tossed in 14 apiece while Brayden Jowers contributed 13 points.
Madill hung tough throughout against Byng as Cooper sizzled for five treys and popped in 14 points himself of the Wildcats’ 22 in the third stanza. In the end though, a 15-9 Pirate scoring run in the final frame put away the victory.
Cooper posted 21 points and Jowers added 18 in sparking the Madill charge. Rogers scored nine and Christian Smith finished with seven.
The Wildcats dug a similar early hole against Sulphur before rallying with a 21-point final stanza but the comeback fell short.
Rogers was instrumental in the rally with four three pointers as he wrapped up with 17 points. Ryan Anderson also reached double figures with 14.