SENATOBIA – With the game on the line and no timeouts remaining,Copiah-Lincoln women’s coach Gwyn Young did what was naturallyexpected by placing the ball in the hands of his best shooter,Tiani Burns, and letting her do what she does best.

Burns nailed the game-winning trey at the buzzer to lead Co-Linin a thankful 72-71 Tuesday night win in the championship game ofthe Northwest Tournament. In the men’s contest, Northwestoverwhelmed the Wolves 104-78 to end the Holiday Tournament.

The Lady Wolves (6-0) seemed out of sync early and often in thefirst half as the Lady Rangers (2-2) claimed a 33-30 lead atintermission. Co-Lin compiled 14 first half turnovers, many theLady Rangers converted into 21 points.

In the second half, the Lady Rangers kept command of the gameoff several layups and rebounds from sophomore shooting guardChassidy Jackson. Jackson appeared to hit the game-winning shotwith 0:05 remaining, but Coach Young called a timeout with 1.8seconds remaining.

Young called for an out route pass to Burns, but he begin tosecond guess that plan. He was about to call another timeout, butrealized he had none remaining. Nevertheless, Young and the LadyWolves went on with the play that worked perfection for thewin.

“I’m glad I didn’t have any (timeouts) left,” said Young afterthe game. Young was about to call an inside pass to sophomore postworkers Mindy Livaudias or Christi Brown.

“I was going to go inside if I had any left, but scorekeeperJames Hall notified me about our situation.” continued Young.”Overall, it worked out to be the best play we ran all night.”

Brown led all scorers with 23 points, 15 rebounds, six blocks,and two steals. Burns chipped in with 18 points, seven rebounds,six assists, five steals, and three boards.

For the Lady Rangers, Cassandra Henry led with 21 points, eightrebounds, and three steals. Jackson finished with 12 points and sixboards.

In the men’s game, Co-Lin (2-4) raced out to aquick 3-0 lead. But instead of building on it, the Wolvesdissipated into a cloud of turnovers and mistakes that gaveNorthwest (3-2) a 51-33 halftime advantage.

In the second half the Wolves made a run. Co-Lin closed the gapto nine points off a pair of Jason Scott jumpers, trailing 62-53with 9:05 remaining.

The Wolves would turn the ball over five straight times, beforeadvancing pass midcourt. The Wolves went from being down by nine totrailing by 19 in the span of 58 seconds.

The Rangers kept their scoring machine going until the 7:55 markwhen head coach Don Skelton was ejected following two technicalfouls for shouting obscenities towards the officials for numerousmissed calls.

Instead of letting down, the Rangers regrouped and scored over100 points on the Wolves for the first time in recent memory. Theloss also put the Wolves on a losing streak of three, another firstin quite some time.

Leading the Rangers in the win was sophomore forward LarryParker with 25 points, 11 rebounds, three steals, and two assists.Sophomore guard Jason Rogan added 19 points and four boards.

For the Wolves, Scott led with a game-high 26 points, 14rebounds, and three steals. Sophomore center Quentin Christian had21 points, 18 rebounds, and two blocks.

The Wolves resume play at home Tuesday against Mary Holmes. Gametime is scheduled for 6:00.