Mandeville over Northshore

In a key District 6-5A basketball game last night, the Mandeville Skippers downed the Northshore Panthers 69-51 at home sparked by Hunter Dugas' game-high 32 points and 18 from Logan Barragan to jump into a first place tie with Northsore. Mandeville and Northshore stand at 11-2 in the district race with one district contest remaining this week. Mandeville, 22-8,  plays the Covington Lions tomorrow at 5, while Northshore closes out district play with rival Slidell Friday night at 7. If both Mandeville and Northshore win they would tie for district since they split their two games. With that scenario a playoff game for seeding purposes would take place this Saturday at 3 o'clock at Lakeshore High  gym, a neutral site. Northshore's KJ Hopkins delivered 16 points for the Panthers followed by Will Claiborne and Brett McNeese with 13 points each.