RISON - The Rison Lady Wildcats are one win away from earning a bid to the Class 2A State Tournament should they knock off the Spring Hill Lady Bears in the first round of the Class 2A South Region Tournament Thursday evening at Redbug Arena in Fordyce.
Rison and Spring Hill are scheduled to square off at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23. Should the Lady ‘Cats win, they will advance to the regional semifinals to play the Acom/Gurdon winner at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, at Fordyce.
The four teams that advance to the regional semifinals earn an automatic bid to the state tournament to be held Feb. 28-March 4 at Rector High School.
Rison (18-11) enters the regional tournament as the no. 2 seed from the 8-2A Conference while Spring Hill (10-17) comes as the no. 3 seed from the 7-2A Conference.
The Lady Wildcats used a fourth-quarter rally last Friday to get past Parkers Chapel, 44-41, in the 8-2A District Tournament semifinals before falling to regular season and district tournament champion, Fordyce, 56-24, in the title game Saturday at Gurdon.
Rison also finished second to Fordyce in the 8-2A regular season standings, earning the Lady Wildcats an automatic berth in the district tournament semifinals.
The Lady ‘Cats will be riding some momentum going into this week’s regional. They have won eight of their last 10 games with the only losses during that stretch coming to the Fordyce Lady Redbugs, who are 22-4 overall and ranked fifth in the state.
Rison got off to rough start against Fordyce in Saturday’s championship game at Gurdon, and it down hill from there.
The Lady Redbugs’ 32-point victory was quiet a contrast to the 55-44 win they got over the Lady Wildcats at home back on Feb. 4.
Rison earned a spot in the championship game by putting together a fourth-quarter comeback against the Parkers Chapel Lady Trojans in the district tournament semifinals last Friday.
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