Tyler takes two from Jacksonville\u00a0<\/p>\n
Published 1:33 am Friday, January 23, 2026<\/p>\n
Jacksonville came out as hot as the burning \u201cJ\u201d at the Indians light at the football games at the historic Tomato Bowl on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The Indians hit six of their first seven 3-point attempts in garnering a double-digit lead over Tyler.<\/p>\n
Jacksonville finally cooled down a bit as the Lions\u2019 aggressive zone defense allowed Tyler to get its offense in gear and registered a tough 46-43 District 10-5A basketball win at the Lions Den on Thursday night.<\/p>\n
In the first game, the Lady Lions won their second consecutive game 68-22.<\/p>\n
Both games were originally scheduled for Friday, but with possible inclement weather the schools agreed to play a day earlier.<\/p>\n
BOYS<\/p>\n
Tyler improved to 16-9 overall and 6-4 in district. Jville fell to 13-15 and 4-6.<\/p>\n
The Indians were sizzling, taking a 20-12 lead after the first quarter and 28-20 at halftime.<\/p>\n
The Lions started turning things around by outscoring Jacksonville 20-8 in the third period, taking a 40-36 advantage.<\/p>\n
In the final quarter, things remained tight with the game going down to the wire.<\/p>\n
Jacksonville got within 45-43 on a steal and a bucket by Jase Meza at 1:35, followed by two free throws from Ben Bolton.<\/p>\n
The Lions had multiple changes to expand their lead and the Indians had multiple changes to take the lead.<\/p>\n
Both teams missed changes at the free throw line as well.\u00a0<\/p>\n
With 6.6 seconds left, Keylan Bircher hit the first of two throws for a 46-43 lead. However, the Indians did not launch a shot in the final seconds.<\/p>\n
Bircher and Jasyn Grayson led the Lions with 13 points apiece with Raykell Ford adding 12. Keylen Johnson had five points and Ja\u2019Michael Cook had four.<\/p>\n
Bircher, Ford and Johnson each had 3-pointers.<\/p>\n
Grayson had nine rebounds with Johnson adding seven. Grayson had two blocks.<\/p>\n
Bolton led the Indians with 12 points, including two 3-pointers. Others scoring were Meza (9 points, 3 3-pointers), Keanu Jackson (8 points, 2 3-pointers), Abdul Bates (6 points, 2 3-pointers), Malique Masenburge (5 points, 1 3-pointer) and Deilan Sallie (3 points, 1 3-pointer).<\/p>\n
Jacksonville was 10 of 31 from 3-point land and Tyler was 3 of 13 from long distance.<\/p>\n
The Indians were 4 of 6 from the free throw line and the Lions were 10 of 14.<\/p>\n
The Indians are slated to play on Tuesday, hosting Hallsville before traveling to Texarkana to face Texas High on Friday, Jan. 30. Both games are slated to start at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
The Lions return to play on Tuesday, traveling to Lufkin before hosting Whitehouse on Friday, Jan. 30. Both games are scheduled to tipoff at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
GIRLS<\/p>\n
Jer\u2019Miya Rice hit for 18 points and Jazaiah Moore added 15 as the Lady Lions started fast and finished even stronger en route to the victory.<\/p>\n
Tyler moves to 15-17 on the season and 4-8 in district, while Jacksonville, which is a different team since standout Tia Fuller left the team in December, falls to 12-13 and 3-9.<\/p>\n
Others scoring for Tyler were Jada Brown (10), Amiyah Hawkins (6), Ryan Vega (6), Amiya Alexander (4), Ariel Johnson (4), Makayla Lewis (3) and Hailey Thompson-Swarn (2).<\/p>\n
Brown had two 3-pointers with one each from Rice and Moore.<\/p>\n
Chyna Reed led the Maidens with seven points, followed by Laila Johnson, Ke\u2019Niya Rogers and Amirycal Goodwyn with four points apiece. Ta\u2019Shiyah Johnson added three points.<\/p>\n
Reed, Laila Johnson and Rogers each hit 3-pointers.<\/p>\n
Tyler was 12 of 21 at the free throw line, while the Maidens were 3 of 10.<\/p>\n
The Maidens are slated to play on Tuesday, hosting Hallsville in a 6:15 p.m. game before traveling to Texarkana to face Texas High on Friday, Jan. 30 at 6 p.m.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Lady Lions return to play on Tuesday, traveling to Lufkin before hosting Whitehouse on Friday, Jan. 30. Both games are scheduled to tipoff at 6:15 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tyler takes two from Jacksonville\u00a0 Published 1:33 am Friday, January 23, 2026 By Phil Hicks, Tyler Morning Telegraph…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":128883,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-128882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/128883"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}