SOUTH GRAY GIRLS 49, PAWNEE HEIGHTS 39 — A brilliant 20-point, 19-rebound effort by Pawnee Heights Tiger Abby Hands pushed South Gray in a hard-fought 49-39 in Friday's Southern Plains Iroquois basketball game. It marked the closest loss by the Tigers against perennial 1A powerhouse South Gray.

Pawnee Heights first-year basketball coach Thomas Brooks enjoyed a dazzling debut.

The Tigers played brilliant team basketball with 14 assists on 16 baskets. Lili Cissell dished out five assists and had three steals.

The Tigers outscored the Rebels 30-29 after the first quarter.

Pawnee Heights 9 10 11 9 — 39

South Gray 20 9 12 8 — 49

PAWNEE HEIGHTS (FG/3/FT/TP)—Abby Hands 8-19 4-7 20; Cissell 3-24 (0-5) 2-6 8; Thomas 1-1 0-0 2; Pelton 2-6 (0-1) 1-1 5; Archuleta 2-2 0-0 4; Amspacker 0-8 (0-1) 0-0 0; Totals 16-60 (0-7) 6-14 39

Rebounds—PH 36 (Hands 19). Assists—PH 14 (Cissell 5). Steals—PH 6 (Cissell 3). TO—PH 23

SOUTH GRAY 79, PAWNEE HEIGHTS 41 — Perennial 1A powerhouse South Gray outscored Pawnee Heights 43-13 after halftime to wear down the Tigers 79-41 in Friday's Southern Plains Iroquois basketball showdown. The Tigers trailed 36-28 at halftime.

The Tigers placed Cody Holste (12), Logan Ebabnit (12) and Owen Giffin (10) in double figures. It was a solid debut for first-year Tiger basketball coach John Giffin.

South Gray's Gavin Wahl scored 29 points with four 3-pointers and Asa Briscoe added 23 points. The Rebels outscored the Tigers 24-18 from 3-point range.

Pawnee Heights 13 15 7 6 — 41

South Gray 22 14 22 21 — 79

PAWNEE HEIGHTS (FG/3/FT/TP)—Holste 5 (2) 0-2 12; Enabnit 5 (2) 0-0 12; Giffin 4 (1) 1-2 10; Baier 1 0-0 2; Price 0 2-4 2; Ibarra (1) 0-0 3; Totals 16 (6) 3-6 41

SOUTH GRAY (FG/3/FT/TP)—Gavin Wahl 10 (4) 5-6 29; Asa Briscoe 8 (2) 5-8 23; Thomas (1) 2-2 5; Hendrickson 4 1-1 9; Faurot 0 0-3 0; Loepky 3 0-0 6; Anderson-Jordan 3 (1) 0-0 7; Totals 29 (8) 13-20 79