On Thursday the Lady Bobcats toppled the Jasper Lady Bulldogs 54-38 in their first game of the Tennison Tournament.

The Lady Bobcats jumped out to a commanding 21-7 lead at the end of the first quarter and then held off the scrappy Lady Bulldogs the rest of the way.

Lady Bobcat post Cameron Choate dominated the Lady Bulldogs in the paint as she finished with 20 points and seven rebounds.

Chaote scored eight of her points in the big first quarter and piled up 10 points in the third period.

Faith Fregia filtered in eight points. Evie Arceneaux contributed seven points. Emmi Lummus had four points and five boards. Shelby Perales pulled down seven rebounds while Tatum Garlington had five.

Alexa Payton paced the Lady Bulldogs with 14 points and had six rebounds. Makayla Bailey chimed in with nine points to go along with five boards. Sakina Whitley added a team-high seven rebounds.

The Lady Bobcats finished with a 40-32 rebounding edge. Jasper had 21 turnovers while the Lady Bobcats had 14.

Both teams struggled from the free-throw line. Orangefield went 16-of-35 while Jasper was 13-of-34.