When rivals Bossier and Huntington meet, the games are usually tight and often go down to the wire.
That wasn’t the case Tuesday night. The Bearkats rolled past the Raiders 78-58 at Bossier.
Bossier (12-6) avenged a 62-58 loss at Huntington on Dec. 27.
In the first half it did look like it was going to be a typical game in the rivalry as the Raiders took a 34-30 lead.
But the Bearkats took control in the third quarter with a 23-7 run and led 53-41 going into the fourth. Bossier continued to roll in the final period.
The Bearkats outscored the Raiders 48-24 in the second half.
DT Thomas led seven Bossier players who scored with 21 points. JD Davis added 16.
TJ Bunnery scored 11 of his 15 points in the second half. Braylon Robinson had 12, including a pair of 3-pointers.
Free throws were key for the Bearkats, who were 16-of-19 from the line.
Payton Parker hit six 3-pointers and led Huntington (10-6) with 23 points. JD McDonald and Austin Turner scored 10 each.
Bossier faces Baton Rouge Catholic at Lincoln Prep Saturday at 1:15 p.m. Huntington opens District 1-5A play at home Friday against Benton.
Elsewhere Tuesday, Airline ended a six-game slide with a 59-33 rout of Ringgold at Ringgold, Haughton routed Florien 79-27 at Florien, Parkway downed Tioga 65-55 at Parkway, Plain Dealing fell to North DeSoto 66-33 at Plain Dealing and Providence Classical Academy defeated Magnolia School of Excellence 60-47 at PCA.
At Ringgold, Kevin White led Airline (9-9) with 16 points. Jusdan Gladney added 13. Chase Williams had nine and Isaiah Cunningham eight.
Ringgold dropped to 8-10. Airline opens District 1-5A play Friday at Byrd.
At Parkway, Antonio Gladney and Kaleb Williams both had double-doubles.
Gladney scored a team-high 17 points. He also had 10 rebounds.
Williams had 10 points, 10 rebounds and four steals.
Caleb Evans and Tristan Sedberry scored 15 points each. Evans had seven assists and Sedberry had seven rebounds.
Christian Thomas had eight rebounds and three blocks. Robert Lavarry had six rebounds and two blocks.
Tioga dropped to 18-4. Parkway (9-7) opens District 1-5A play next Tuesday against Huntington at home.
At Florien, James Alexander led eight Haughton players who scored with 24 points. Jacob Attaway chipped in 14.
Carter Morgan and Hayden Lippolis scored nine each. Joshua Marshall had eight.
Haughton (9-8) opens District 1-5A play Friday against Natchitoches Central at home.
At PCA, the Knights improved to 7-12. Magnolia fell to 3-16.
At Plain Dealing, the Lions dropped to 1-16. North DeSoto improved to 2-7.
Note: Statistics provided by coaches.