Basketball: Landry edges Shaw, Country Day wins at Hahnville

Area Prep Basketball Report for Wednesday, Feb. 8

It was a showdown for District 10-4A supremacy between two excellent teams. The game lived up to expectations.

Landry held off Archbishop Shaw 60-58 in a thriller at the Landry gym Tuesday night.

Eagles star Kam Johnson came up just short on a 3-point attempt at the buzzer as the Buccaneers came away with a big win and control of the district.

Landry took a 17-12 lead after one quarter. Shaw turned the tables in the second quarter to take a 28-27 halftime lead. The game was tied 40-40 going to the fourth quarter.

Shaw built a 4-point lead in the fourth quarter but Landry rallied to win it.

Vo Nicholas led the way for the Buccaneers with 28 points, five rebounds and two assists. Jamal Smith finished with 10 points.

Johnson led Shaw with 25 points while Xavier Meyers finished with 16 points.

Landry was 10th while Shaw was third in the most recent Select Division II LHSAA power rankings.

Landry (18-9, 2-0) has won four straight games and the Buccaneers will play at Helen Cox Friday night at 6 p.m. in a district contest.

Shaw (20-5, 2-1) will also return to district play Friday night, hosting New Orleans Military & Maritime Friday at 7 p.m.

Country Day is positioning itself well for an excellent seed and deep run in the Select Division III playoffs.

Currently second in the power rankings, the Cajuns went to Hahnville and beat the Tigers 59-48 for their fifth straight win.

Jordan Trahan led the way for Country Day with 22 points while Maddox Moss and Cam Terrell each contributed 10 points to the victory.

Country Day (23-6) will close out its regular season Saturday at St. Martin’s Episcopal at 6 p.m.

Hahnville (17-14) returns to District 7-5A play Friday night at home against H.L. Bourgeois.

Area Prep Basketball Results from Tuesday, Feb. 7

Boys
Archbishop Hannan 56, McDonogh (35) 25
Archbishop Rummel 52, Brother Martin 44
Belle Chasse 49, Helen Cox 46
Bonnabel 89, West Jefferson 57
Country Day 59, Hahnville 48
De La Salle 77, Kenner Discovery 35
Destrehan 47, Terrebonne 39
Donaldsonville 73, E.D. White Catholic 63
Doyle 73, Holden 67
East Feliciana 70, Loranger 54
Holy Cross 54, Jesuit 52
John F. Kennedy 73, Livingston Collegiate 37
Karr 56, St. Augustine 42
Landry 60, Archbishop Shaw 58
McMain 53, Willow School 39
Newman 69, Lutcher 52
Northshore 55, Covington 41
Patterson 64, St. James 45
Ponchatoula 72, St. Paul’s 58
Slidell 67, Fontainebleau 61
South Plaquemines 67, Thomas Jefferson 38
St. Charles Catholic 39, Episcopal 34
University Lab 57, Salmen 55
Warren Easton 59, John Curtis Christian 55

Girls
Albany 61, Bogalusa 40
Amite 55, St. Helena 41
Archbishop Hannan 68, St. Scholastica 63 (OT)
East St. John 59, Central Lafourche 51
E.D. White 51, Donaldsonville 44
Hahnville 55, East Jefferson 17
Holden 50, Doyle 40
John Curtis Christian 81, Salmen 49
John F. Kennedy 45, Livingston Collegiate 25
Lakeshore 58, Loranger 44
Maurepas 34, Christ Episcopal 23
Morris Jeff Community 28, Sarah T. Reed 15
Northshore 66, Covington 40
Phoenix 57, Lutheran 49
Ursuline Academy 41, Sophie B. Wright 15