Friday sports page: Scoreboard, Hustle win in Santa Cruz
Friday, Feb. 28
Prep girls’ basketball
TSSAA Division 2-A state quarterfinals
- Webb School, Tenn. 66, Northpoint Christian 23
Prep baseball
- Center Hill 10, Southaven 0 (5 innings)
Perfect Game Showdown at Hoover, Ala.
- North Broward Prep, Fla. 7, DeSoto Central 6
- Rabun Gap-Nacoochee 4, DeSoto Central 2
- American Christian Academy, Ala.11, Lewisburg 4
Five Tool High School Festival, Dallas, Texas
- Magnolia Heights 6, Argyle, Texas 2
- Magnolia Heights 7, Flower Mound Marcus, Texas 3
Prep softball
At Jones College
- Hernando 4, Purvis 2
- DeSoto Central 18, West Jones 2
NBA G League basketball
- Memphis Hustle 115, Santa Cruz Warriors 109
JUCO men’s tennis
- Mississippi Gulf Coast 8, Northwest 1
JUCO women’s tennis
- Mississippi Gulf Coast 9, Northwest 0
Bacot’s career night lifts Hustle over Warriors
The Memphis Hustle (11-10) rallied from a 17-point fourth quarter deficit to defeat the Santa Cruz Warriors (12-9) 115-109 behind a career night from Armando Bacot.
Bacot led the Hustle with 34 points and a franchise-high 25 rebounds. Bacot’s performance marks the first 30-point, 20-rebound game in franchise history. Bacot set new career-highs with 10 offensive rebounds and 15 defensive rebounds.
Nate Hinton contributed 16 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists for the Hustle. Malachi Smith tallied 16 points and eight rebounds. Miles Norris scored 15 points. Mãozinha Pereira added 10 points off the bench.
Blake Hinson paced the Warriors with 25 points.
The two teams will complete the back-to-back set tonight, March 1, at 9 p.m. Central at Kaiser Permanente Arena in Santa Cruz, California.
