The DeKalb County Lady Tigers and Tigers took the long road to Macon County Thursday in the last matchup of the season before tournament play and it was the Macon County Tigerettes and Tigers who bested DeKalb, taking two big wins on senior night.

Macon County Tigerettes 50
DeKalb County Lady Tigers 45

The Lady Tigers were in a bad way after first-quarter play, as Macon County held a 19-5 head start over DeKalb County.

Not gaining or losing any ground in the second quarter, DeKalb still was on the comeback trail, down 36-22 at the break.

Led on offense by Lady Tiger Lydia Brown – who shot a game-high 22 points with 15 from outside the arc – DeKalb made a second-half comeback but fell just short by five points at the buzzer.

“I’m really proud of the way the kids came back and responded,” said Lady Tiger Head Coach Danny Fish.

“Number seven team in the state, at their place on senior night, it would have been very easy for our girls to just cut and run right there but they didn’t they kept playing; I’m really proud of our kids.

Even though we lost that game, it was a big momentum boost for us by the way we’ve been playing. So that’s a good game for us to go into the district tournament with.”

Also adding to the total tally were Joni Robinson with 10 points, Emme Colwell 9 and Megan Walker and Kenzi France both scored 2 points each.

For the Tigerettes, Keeley Carter was top scorer with 13 points in the game.

Macon County Tigers 58
DeKalb County Tigers 43

It wasn’t a good night for the Tigers as their inside game was lacking the setup DeKalb usually presents its opponents.

Macon County’s Seth Carlisle also proved to be problematic for DeKalb’s D as he scored a game-high 25 points in the contest on senior night, going 8-of-9 from the line, adding to the Tigers' troubles.

DeKalb’s Trey Jones led the offense with 11 points in the contest, followed closely by Tanner Poss with 10.

Also adding to the total score for the DeKalb Tigers were Austin Johnson with 9 points, Marshall Evins 5, Colter Norris and Nathan Atkins hit 3 points apiece and Dallas Cook was good for 2 points.

The DCHS Basketball teams started play in the District 8 AA Tournament last night at Tennessee Tech in Cookeville with the Tigers taking on Watertown – results were not available at press time. The winner meets Macon County, the third seed Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

The Lady Tigers, the fifth seed, will face Watertown, the eighth seed, Wednesday night, at 6 p.m. The winner will meet Cannon County, the fourth seed, on Friday, February 16 at 6 p.m.