2016 Girls Basketball Playoffs

SAN ANTONIO -- The sixth-ranked LaPoynor Flyerettes could not shake a tough shooting performance from the field, and suffered a season-ending defeat to the state's top-ranked team. No. 1 Weimar took advantage of LaPoynor's offensive struggles to score a 49-32 win Friday morning in a Class 2A state semifinal in front of 3,949 fans at the Alamodome...

SAN ANTONIO -- A back-and-forth affair in Friday morning's Class 2A state semifinal swung in Panhandle's direction in the final five minutes. Fifth-ranked Panhandle finished the game on a 14-4 run to stop No. 4 Martin's Mill one game short of a title-game appearance with a 57-47 win before 3,949 fans at the Alamodome...

SAN ANTONIO -- Cold shooting and carelessness with the basketball doomed Chireno in Thursday morning's UIL Class A state semifinal at the Alamodome. Third-ranked Nazareth took control in the second quarter and never looked back, delivering a decisive 52-29 defeat to No...

UIL Girls State Basketball Tournament March 3-5 At Alamodome, San Antonio   CLASS 2A Semifinals Panhandle 57, Martin's Mill 47 Weimar 49, LaPoynor 32   Final Weimar 52, Panhandle 47   CLASS A Semifinals Nazareth 52, Chireno 29 Lipan 74, Roby 46   Final Lipan 54, Nazareth 43   -- For complete tournament pairings, visit uiltexas.org....

COMMERCE -- The Gilmer Lady Buckeyes made the trip to the regional tournament for the second consecutive season with the hopes of making amends for its 28-point loss to eventual state champion Argyle. Gilmer got its rematch in the 4A Region II semifinals Friday night at The Fieldhouse on the campus of Texas-A&M Commerce, but left the arena with similar results. ...

COMMERCE -- For one half, the Bullard Lady Panthers were doing everything they wanted on both ends of the court, and were able to build an impressive halftime lead on their favored opponent. Then everything ground to a halt. Sixth-ranked Lincoln surged in front in the opening minutes of the third quarter, and its stall tactics on offense helped hold Bullard to just one second-half field goal in a

CLASS 4A Region II (at Texas A&M-Commerce) Semifinals Dallas Lincoln 43, Bullard 39 Argyle 65, Gilmer 39 Final Argyle 66, Dallas Lincoln 50 Region III (at Sam Houston State, Huntsville) Semifinals Tatum 48, Cleveland 44 Waco La Vega 62, Navasota 48 Final Waco La Vega 58, Tatum 32 CLASS 3A Region II (at Rockwall-Heath HS) Semifinals Brock 64, Alba-Golden 46 Grandview 56, Mount Vernon 4

WINONA -- The Bullard Lady Panthers advanced to the Class 4A Region II tournament this weekend in Commerce with a 50-46 win over Canton on Tuesday night. Bullard (31-6) will face Dallas Lincoln at 6 p.m. Friday from The Fieldhouse on the campus of Texas A&M-Commerce in one regional semifinal. Th...

CLASS 4A Region II Bullard 50, Canton 46 Gilmer 56, Chapel Hill 54 Region III Tatum 44, Diboll 42 CLASS 3A Region II Mount Vernon 50, Winnsboro 44 Alba-Golden 57, Whitewright 36 Region III Crockett 58, Woden 48 Franklin 66, Malakoff 57 Buffalo 55, Nacogdoches Central Heights 50 CLASS 2A Region III LaPoynor 50, Slocum 44 Evadale 68, Joaquin 25 Tenaha 59, Colmesneil 40 CLASS A Region III

CLASS 5A Region II Mansfield Summit 48, Lufkin 46 CLASS 2A Region II Bells 62, Union Grove 50 Martin's Mill 86, Wolfe City 48