The Bobcats suffered just their third loss of the season, falling 60-51 to McGehee in the semi-finals of the 8-3A District Tournament Thursday, February 17, 2022 at Dumas High School.
Starters for Dumas Head Boys Basketball Coach Larry Harris included: #1 Mike Reddick, #4 Tommy Reddick, #2 Derrick Lee, #10 Joseph Jones and #32 Kavion Beavers.
The Bobcats edged the Owls 13-12 in the first period, led by Mike Reddick with seven points, while Tommy Reddick scored four including a 3-pointer.
McGehee outscored Dumas 21-13 in the second period to take a 33-26 lead at the half.
A close third period saw the Bobcats score nine points, while the Owls scored eight to make the Score Dumas 35, McGehee 41.
The Owls outscored the Bobcats 19-16 in the final period to take a 60-51 win.
“First off, my hat goes off to McGehee and their coaching staff,” said Coach Harris. “They did a good job of preparing their guys for the game. Their players came out to play. They were playing with a sense of urgency. They came in as a four seed so they played with a sense of urgency and just out played us. I give them all the credit.”
“They got all the 50/50 balls. They got all the loose balls,” said Harris. “We didn't block out well, we missed our free-throws, we missed layups. They just wanted it a lot more than we did. We didn't come out and play and it hurt us down the stretch. As the game went on, McGehee played patient, they ran their sets and they executed down the stretch and they beat us.”
“We just got beat,” said Harris. “They were more ready to play than we were. I don't know if we underestimated them because we'd already beat them twice or what. McGehee just had a more sense of urgency them we did.”
Mike Reddick led the Bobcats with 23 points including a 3-pointer, while Tommy Reddick scored 15 including three 3-pointers.
Joseph Jones scored nine points, while Kavion Beavers and Derrick Lee scored two points each.
The Bobcats shot 72% from the free-throw line, making 13 of 18 attempts.
