JOURNAL SPORTS
Bossier Parish dropped its fourth straight Region XIV men’s basketball game 59-48 to Angelina College at the Billy Montgomery Gym Saturday.
On a day the Cavaliers celebrated eight sophomore student-athletes and a student manager, they were unable to generate enough offense in falling to the 17th-ranked Roadrunners. The Cavs hit just 14 of their 53 shots from the field for 26.4 percent and only 4 of 24 (16.7 percent) from beyond the arc.
Leading scorer on the season Braylan McNeal accounted for half of the output with 24 points. It was MeNeal’s 10th game of the season with 20 or more points. The sophomore from Ruston High School scored 20 of his 24 in the second half hitting all 10 of his free throw attempts in the final 20 minutes.
The Roadrunners led the entire first half until McNeal hit a shot in the lane in the final seconds giving the Cavs an 18-17 lead at the halftime break.
BPCC falls to 15-12 overall and 7-12 in region play and will be on the road its next two games before finishing the regular season at home March 5 against Lee College.
Among the sophomores honored along with McNeal were Zae Barnett, Charles Onana, Tyrone Iroghama, Simeon Powell, Oran Perrier, Ajang Tong and Terry Pratt. Student manager, team operations manager and director of social media for the team, Judd Daniels was also honored.
Angelina remained in second place in Region XIV at 14-4 and improved to 21-5 overall.