JOURNAL STAFF 

Parkway overcame an off-night shooting from the field by forcing numerous turnovers it cashed in for fast break baskets and made free throws down the stretch in outlasting visiting St. Amant 58-49 Thursday night at home in a LHSAA girls basketball quarterfinal.

The Lady Panthers outscored the Gators 16-6 the last six minutes to advance to their third straight Marsh Madness in Hammond. Parkway is the Non-Select Division I defending champion after a runner-up finish in Class 5A the previous year. 

Senior guard Chloe Larry scored nine of her game-high 33 points in those last six minutes. She and junior Dakota Howard made four of six free throws in the last 44 seconds to salt the game away. 

Parkway (28-6) scored on four layups and a Larry put back in the lane for its last five field goals. 

Zora Baker’s 3-pointer from the right corner gave the hosts a 42-39 lead early in the final quarter. But the Gators got baskets from leading scorer sophomore Rhian Comery (29 points) and Jacey Coleman (9 points) to take their final lead at 43-42 with six minutes left. 

Larry scored six straight points to give Parkway a 48-43 lead and layups by Baker and Jayla James among two buckets by Comery would stake them to a 54-47 advantage with a little more than a minute left. 

Parkway will play top-seed Walker (35-1) in the semifinals. 

Haughton fell to the Lady Cats 74-33 on the road in another quarterfinal. The Lady Bucs finish their breakout season with a 29-7 record. 

Parkway 58, St. Amant 49 

St. Amant 9 12 16 12 – 49 

Parkway 14 14 11 19 – 58 

St. Amant (17-14) – Comery 29, Coleman 9, Braidy Trabeau 9, Kylan Lebellos 2. 

Parkway (28-6) – Larry 33, Howard 10, Baker 9, Khia Thomas 2, James 2, Savannah Wilson 2.