LHSAA Non-Select Division I Boys Basketball state championship box score
Saturday, March 9, Burton Coliseum, Lake Charles
Ponchatoula 75, Natchitoches Central 60
Natchitoches Central 9 21 14 16 – 60
Ponchatoula 20 11 23 21 – 75
Natchitoches Central (29-8) – Jaden Braden 8-18 4-6 21, Cam Davis 7-20 1-4
15, Jacorien Beard 2-5 2-2 7, Logan Smith 2-6 1-4 7, Ja’Dell Demery 2-9 1-2
6, Harold Remo 2-2 0-0 4, Tobi Adeleye 0-1 0-0 0. TOTALS 23-61 9-18 60.
Ponchatoula (30-4) – Taj Jackson 10-19 4-4 24, Allen Graves 8-20 3-5 19,
Jeremiah Lewis 5-11 1-2 13, Cory Jackson 3-3 5-6 11, CJ Braziel 2-2 1-2 6,
Jarvis Labee 1-3 0-0 3, Noah Ferina 0-1 0-0 0, Seaberry 0-1 0-0 0. TOTALS
29-60 14-19.
3-point goals: NCHS 5-15 (Smith 2-3, Beard 1-3, Demery 1-3, Braden 1-4,
Davis 0-2). Ponchatoula 3-14 (Lewis 2-8, Labee 1-1, Seaberry 0-1, Ferina
0-1, T. Jackson 0-1, Graves 0-2). Rebounds: NCHS 32 (Beard 8). Ponchatoula
44 (Graves 20). Assists: NCHS 9 (Davis 5). Ponchatoula 17 (Jackson 4).
NOTE – This was the second state basketball runner-up finish for NCHS to go
with state titles in 2014 and 2021; adding in Natchitoches High, the school
has five state basketball crowns and five more runner-up finishes.
