Girls Basketball Notebook: Brownsboro’s Tiykeah McKenzie takes weekly honor

Published 12:08 pm Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Brownsboro sophomore Tiykeah McKenzie has been named the Tyler Morning Telegraph Girls Basketball Player of the Week for games played Nov. 21-26.

McKenzie averaged 22.5 points, 9.0 rebounds, 7.5 steals and 2.5 assists in wins over Hawkins and Whitehouse.

On Tuesday against Hawkins, McKenzie had 19 points, eight rebounds, five steals and three assists. She followed that up with a triple-double on Saturday against Whitehouse, scoring 26 points with 10 rebounds, 10 steals and two assists.

In other outstanding performances in the area last week (based on information provided by coaches):

Whitehouse freshman Tayla Morris averaged 23.0 points per game. She had 25 points in a win over Forney and had 21 points and eight steals in a loss to Brownsboro.

Hawkins’ Laney Wilson averaged 15.0 points and 5.0 rebounds in two games, including scoring 24 points in a win over Quitman.

Van’s Landry Jones had 23 points, eight rebounds, eight steals and three assists in a win over Sabine. Cassidy Stewart had 13 points. Marisa Richardson had 12 points, seven assists and six steals.

Chapel Hill’s DJ Kincade had 15 points, six rebounds, six assists and five steals in an overtime win over Kaufman. Alexia Rogers had 14 points.

LaPoynor junior Payton Maze had 25 points, 11 rebounds, five steals and a block in a win over Palmer.

Neches’ Joely Jenkins averaged 16.0 points, 4.5 assists, 5.0 steals and 1.0 rebound per game in wins over Giddings and Cross Roads.

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East Texas teams ranked by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches are Lufkin Hudson 20 and Canton 25 in 4A; Winnsboro 3, Edgewood 9, Central Heights 12, Malakoff 18, Mount Pleasant Chapel Hill 19 and Mount Vernon 23 in 3A; Martin’s Mill 6, Tenaha 10, Chireno 12, LaPoynor 13, Woden 22 and Douglass 23 in 2A; Neches 3 in 1A; Grace Community 7 in TAPPS 5A; Bullard Brook Hill 10 in TAPPS 4A; and Bishop Gorman 8 in TAPPS 3A.

East Texas teams ranked in the txhsgbb.com rankings are Canton 9, Bullard 15 and Chapel Hill 16 in 4A; Winnsboro 2, Mount Vernon 11, Malakoff 15, Waskom 20, Edgewood 22 and Central Heights 23 in 3A; Tenaha 5, Martin’s Mill 7, Woden 10, LaPoynor 11, Lovelady 13 and Timpson 22 in 2A; Neches 1 in 1A; and Grace Community 5 in TAPPS 5A.

East Texas teams in the Texas Girls Coaches Association rankings are Tyler 11, Longview 16 in 5A; Lufkin Hudson 9, Bullard 10 and Canton 20 in 4A; Mount Vernon 13 and Grand Saline 19 in 3A; Chireno 19 in 2A; and Slocum 17 in 1A.