BOGUE CHITTO – The Bogue Chitto Lady Cats opened the 2014-15 basketball season with a 71-43 victory over the McLaurin Lady Tigers Thursday night in basketball action.

“It is good to get the 2014-15 season started with a win,” said BC coach Christi Terrell. “The girls hustled and played hard. We started the game off a little nervous by making some poor decisions early and missed a lot of easy shots. We managed to settle down during the contest and played a lot better. Overall, I’m proud of these girls and the effort they gave.”

Bogue Chitto will return to action Thursday and host the West Lincoln Bears and Lady Bears for four games. Junior high action tips off at 4 and 5 p.m., followed by the varsity games.

Bogue Chitto 71, McLaurin 43 

The Lady Cats came out strong and seized controlled of the contest in the first quarter at 11-7 and secured a 30-19 lead at halftime.

In the second half, the Lady Tigers battle back but could not overcome BC’s huge lead to spoil BC’s season opening win.

Junior Zariah Matthews was the offensive leader for the Lady Cats with a game-high 33 points, four rebounds, four steals and three assists. Karlie Williams contributed 11 points and five assists. Lauren McCaffrey paced the Lady Cats on the boards with 10 rebounds. Terrah Nelson collected six rebounds

Mary Maxwell was the top scorer for the Lady Tigers with 18 points. Summer Kersh netted 12 points.