Sharp-shooting Bulldogs pull away from Northside Christian

The Iota Bulldogs got hot from beyond the arc Tuesday and dropped in 10 3-pointers in a 71-49 dismantling of Northside Christian.
The Bulldogs improved to 2-1 with the victory heading into tonight’s home contest against Kaplan.
The Warriors, who entertain Crowley High on Friday, fell to 6-4 overall.
Tuesday’s contest went back-and-forth early on before Iota’s Payton DarDar drilled back-to-back shots from long range late in the first quarter to break open a tight game. Andrew Thibodeaux added a shot in the lane just before the buzzer to give the hosts a 22-15 advantage.
The Warriors got a layup and a free throw from Garrett Kidder midway through the second frame to trim the lead to five (24-19) but the Bulldogs went on a 9-3 run to end the frame to take a 33-22 advantage into the break.
Cole Breaux scored all four of his points for Iota in the period and Chase Lalonde had five.
The lead ballooned to 20 (44-24) six minutes into the third quarter when the hosts went on an 11-2 run. Kolton Morgan had five points and Thibodeaux dropped in a 3-pointer during the outburst.
Jagger Thibodeaux scored seven points for the Warriors over the final three minutes and the guests went on a 7-1 run of their own to close the gap to 13 (49-36) entering the fourth quarter.
The Bulldogs pulled away over the final eight minutes with a 22-point outburst. Lalonde knocked down a pair of shots from beyond the arc during the run and Payton Daigle and Thibodeaux each hit one in the final frame.
The Warriors didn’t help themselves much from the charity stripe where they made just 15 of 37 free throw attempts. The guests also turned the ball over 21 times on the night.
The Bulldogs, on the other hand, made five of their 10 free throw attempts and turned the ball over just 11 times.
Thibodeaux paced the Warriors with 13 points and Caleb Hanks had 11, including nine in the first quarter.
Joseph Woods added eight points in the loss, Kidder scored seven and Andrew Woods had five. Jake Morgan and Christian Myers rounded out the Warriors’ offense with three and two points, respectively.
Lalonde was the leader for the Bulldogs with three 3-pointers and 20 total points. Thibodeaux added 16 points and Morgan had 12. They each knocked down two long balls.
DarDar also hit two shots from beyond the arc and he finished with 10 points.
Post player Cole Breaux added four points as did Luke Duhon, Payton Daigle hit a 3-pointer and Connor Daigle finished with two points.