JOURNAL SPORTS

Bossier Parish Community College hosts the two-day Dacari Markray Classic at the Billy Montgomery Gym on campus today and Tuesday, honoring the memory of the former BPCC guard who was an All-State standout at Doyline High School.

The Cavaliers (4-2) will play at 7 tonight against Baton Rouge Community College, then at 1 Tuesday afternoon against Tribulation Prep.

The LSUS men (3-2) are also home today, in a 2 o’clock game against Freed-Hartman.

The freshman-laden BPCC squad dropped a homecourt game Friday night 85-79 to Southwest Mississippi CC.

“Our team fought hard in the first half to keep it close despite foul trouble,” said first-year coach Jeff Moore. “Down 13 at halftime, we had some players really step up in the second half to fight back to tie it late in the second half.

“This group is improving and will finish a close game soon with a win,” he said. “We still have some defensive things to correct but effort is not an issue. This one just didn’t go our way against a well-coached team that dominated us on the boards. We will learn and turn the page.”

The Cavs got a 34-point outing by Tony Montgomery, who hit 11 of 19 shots including 6 of 9 on 3-pointers. Drew Cooper added 14 points. Zequan Lewis made 5 steals.

Southwest Mississippi shot 61 percent overall to 41.5 percent for BPCC, and held a 41-28 rebounding advantage.