Buckeye’s Natalie Graves hit a game-winning 3-pointer with seven seconds remaining Monday night on the road to give the Lady Panthers a thrilling victory at Frederick A. Douglass in LHSAA girls basketball second-round playoff action.
Other local teams advancing were Alexandria Senior High, Menard, Plainview and Oak Hill. Buckeye and Menard won on the road.
Scores of Rapides Parish teams in action Monday night (all parish teams play in the Select Division):
Division I
ASH 58, Riverdale 35
Division II
Buckeye 40, Frederick A. Douglass 39
Division III
Menard 51, Newman 17
Class B
Oak Hill 67, Hicks 51
Fairview 71, Glenmora 26
Class C
Plainview 63, Claiborne Christian 29
Quarterfinal matchups (Thursday games)
ASH (8th seed) at John Curtis (1)
Buckeye (9) at University-BR (1)
Menard (10) at Academy of Sacred Heart-New Orleans (2)
Pitkin (6) at Oak Hill (3)
Gibsland-Coleman (6) at Plainview (3)