2016 Girls Basketball Playoffs

CLASS 5A Region II Mansfield Summit 48, Lufkin 46 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 II Bells 62, Union Grove 50 Martin's Mill 8

ATHENS -- The District of Doom is down to three teams. Lufkin expelled Waxahachie from the Class 5A girls basketball playoffs Friday with a 63-36 area round victory at Trinity Valley Community College and kept East Texas in the running for a state championship.

LINDALE -- District 16-4A has certainly been one of the best girls basketball districts in East Texas all season, and the same is holding true through two round of the playoffs. The biggest statement yet may have come Friday night with Chapel Hill's 63-44 area-round defeat of No...

HAWKINS -- The 18th-ranked Bullard Lady Panthers rolled to an 83-38 rout of Emory Rains on Friday night in a Class 4A Region II area-round playoff game. Bullard (30-6) will face No. 12 Canton next week in the regional quarterfinals. Lexi Kirgan paced the Lady Panthers on Friday with 24 points...

CLASS 5A Region II Lufkin 63, Waxahachie 36 CLASS 4A Region II Bullard 83, Emory Rains 38 Canton 45, Spring Hill 40 Chapel Hill 63, Brownsboro 44 Gilmer 62, Ferris 48 Region III Diboll 46, Waco Connally 45 Tatum 46, Madisonville 41 Mexia 66, Henderson 49 CLASS 3A Region II Winnsboro 54, DeKalb 35 Alba-Golden 72, Cooper 41 Whitewright 40, Mount Pleasant Chapel Hill 26 Region III Little Riv

CLASS 5A Region II Mansfield Summit 67, Sulphur Springs 32 Mansfield Legacy 53, John Tyler 50 CLASS 4A Region III Waco La Vega 83, Lufkin Hudson 45 CLASS 3A Region II Mount Vernon 68, Harmony 39 CLASS 2A Region II Martin's Mill 89, McLeod 37 CLASS A Region III Saltillo 84, Forestburg 28

Here are the East Texas girls basketball area-round playoff pairings.

TATUM -- Lexi Kirgan was in the midst of another tear when the world stopped. For as long as it took the referees to reset the ball underneath Bullard's basket, anyway. The Lady Panthers' 6-3 senior center had 13 points in 11 minutes of play, but she was whistled for her third foul in the same span.

TYLER -- The 10th-ranked Malakoff Lady Tigers opened the postseason in dominant fashion, rolling past Jefferson 55-37 in their Class 3A Region III bi-district playoff Tuesday night at Wagstaff Gymnasium. Malakoff, the champions of 18-3A, will face Rogers in the area round later this week ...

TYLER -- The Eustace Lady Bulldogs survived a 26-point outburst from Sabine in the fourth quarter, earning a 51-45 victory Tuesday night in a Class 3A Region III bi-district playoff at Wagstaff Gymnasium. Eustace, which is making its first postseason appearance in 47 seasons, will face Teague later this week in the area round ...