With a 61-58 second round road victory over Houston, the Yazoo City Indians find themselves just one win away from advancing to the Mississippi Coliseum, a.k.a. The Big House, in a quest for a Class 4A state championship.
Yazoo City advanced to play Houston after defeating Clarksdale 71-52 in the first round.
The Indians will now face a familiar for, district rival Greenwood, for a fourth time this year with a chance to advance to the semifinals on the line.
The game will be played at Northeast Mississippi Community College Friday at 5:30 p.m.
While the Indians have taken 2-out-of 3 contests from the Bulldogs this season, YHS head coach Lincoln Smith is not taking anything for granted.
“We are very familiar with each other but they are playing well right now and their best player is on a tear,” said Smith. “We just have to stay locked in and focused and we should be fine.”
Against Houston, Keiron Davis led a trio of double digit Indian scorers with 19 points. Travis Jones added 17 and E’ziren Collum chipped in with 11.
Other scorers were Jacorion Taylor with seven, Jaden Rogers with four, Jamerio Effingger with two and Chris Gates with one.
