JOURNAL SPORTS
Shreveport defeated Enid, the top team in The Basketball League’s Central Division, 115-108 Saturday night in Enid to earn a split of its two road games in Oklahoma over the weekend.
The Mavericks got double-doubles from Paul Parks (32 points, 12 rebounds) and Jamal Brantley, who came off the bench, to post 15 points and a game-high 13 rebounds. Tavin Cummings scored 14 points from off the bench as Shreveport reserves outscored the host Outlaws’ reserves 56-7. The Mavs bench was 27-of-38 from the floor for 71 percent. Overall Shreveport shot 52 percent and held Enid to 46 percent.
Ricardo Artis had a double-double for Enid with 27 points and 12 rebounds and Daylon Guy had 26 points and 11 assists. K.D. Moore 23 contributed points and Kadavion Evans 16.
The Mavericks took control of the game in the fourth quarter by scoring the first four points of the quarter to break an 89-89 tie. The Outlaw got within 102-101 with just under six minutes left, but Parks hit a 3 and Tyrone Jordan hit two free throws to give the Mavs a cushion they would not relinquish.
PJ Meyers and Brantley both made layups around the two-minute mark to give Shreveport an insurmountable 113-103 lead.
Both teams enjoyed nice leads in the first three quarters only to see the other come back.
Enid started the game by scoring the first 11 points, but Shreveport came back to lead by 27-26 at the end of the first quarter. Shreveport built a second-quarter lead only to have Enid come back to tie the game 56-56 at the break. It was Enid’s turn in the third quarter to build a lead, but a Parks 3 tied the game 89-89 entering the final period.
Shreveport finished the regular season 19-5 after having to settle for a split of the two games after dropping the first game of the road trip, 123-111 at Potawatomi on Friday.
The Fire broke open a tight game midway through the second quarter and the Mavs were never able to catch them.
Shreveport was led by Tyrone Jordan’s 27 points and Parks and Paul Harrison both added 19 points. Harrison led the Mavs with eight rebounds as they outrebounded the Fire 54-44. DeAndre McIntyre was the only other Maverick to score in double figures with 13. PJ Meyers had seven assists to lead the Mavs.
Deshawn Munson had a triple-double for Potawatomi with 24 points, 13 rebounds and 14 assists. He was also 9-of-10 from the floor as the Fire shot 59 percent.
