Girls Basketball: Fontainebleau back on track with win over Bossier

Area Girls Prep Basketball Report for Saturday, Dec. 29

After losing its first game at the Sidney Smith Invitational tournament at West Monroe to powerful Ouachita Parish, Fontainebleau got on track Friday with a solid 58-43 win over Bossier.

The Bulldogs led 17-11 after one quarter behind eight points from junior Bree Warren and held a 27-24 lead at halftime behind 10 points from senior Shawna Torregano, who scored eight in the second quarter. Fontainebleau expanded the lead to 41-32 after three quarters with Torregano leading the way with 14 points.

Fontainebleau put the game away by outscoring Bossier (6-9) by a 17-11 margin in the final stanza.

Torregano led Fontainebleau with 16 points while Bree Warren finished with 15. Sophomore Brynn Lange had 12 points and sophomore Alexis Lavarine finished with nine points. The Lady Bulldogs (16-5) will play Neville today at noon in the tournament.

Area Girls Prep Basketball Results from Friday, Dec. 28

New Orleans Area

Albany 57, Slidell 36

Amite 58, Slidell 44

Belle Chasse 31, Grace King 28

Country Day 40, Haynes 32

Fontainebleau 58, Bossier 43

Franklinton 44, Kentwood 11

Hahnville 62, Kenner Discovery 4

Holden 70, Covington 39

Houma Christian 57, St. Katharine Drexel 34

Mount Carmel Academy 36, St. Joseph’s Academy 26

Ouachita Parish 61, Ponchatoula 49

St. Helena 44, Archbishop Hannan 30

St. James 38, E.D. White Catholic 35

St. Joseph’s Academy 65, St. Charles Catholic 26

St. Louis Catholic 75, Mount Carmel Academy 53

St. Michael 55, St. Scholastica 34

St. Thomas Aquinas 64, Hammond 51

Sulphur 62, St. Thomas Aquinas 29

Washington Township (NJ) 41, Mandeville 29

West St. John 63, Bogalusa 30

Baton Rouge Area

East Ascension 52, Ellender 28

Hammond 76, Scotlandville 48

Lee Magnet 55, Lafayette Christian 47

Live Oak 33, St. Amant 27

Madison Prep 42, Dominican 26

Madison Prep 53, Episcopal 43

Madison Prep 53, Lake Arthur 43

Northeast 64, University High 46

St. Amant 45, Byrd 25

Walker 63, Ruston 41

Bayou Area

Assumption 59, Terrebonne 39

Central Catholic 59, Hanson Memorial 51

Dunham 32, Central Lafourche 29

South Terrebonne 53, Academy of Our Lady 27

Thibodaux 49, South Lafourche 42