Barbe scored the first 10 points of the fourth quarter to pull away from New Iberia in a 52-42 District 3-5A win Friday.

The Bucs (11-5, 2-1) led 34-33 after three quarters but took control in the final frame, getting a pair of 3-pointers from Savon Price and another from Devin Anderson during the decisive run.

“We mixed it up and went zone and were able to get a few stops there,” Bucs head coach Carl Klein said of the fourth-quarter run. “We spent some time on time and score and executing in the fourth quarter in practice and it paid off.

“We hadn’t been hitting anything outside or getting the ball inside like we wanted to early in the game. We finally started getting it inside and it opened the perimeter up for us.”

Price led Barbe with 15 points. Brison Savoy led New Iberia (5-11, 1-2) with 14 points.

Barbe 41

New Iberia 37

Barbe scored the last six points of the game to edge the Yellow Jackets.

Ashlyn Poole made a 3-pointer — her lone basket of the night — with 1:26 left to give Barbe the lead for good.

Barbe trailed by seven early in the second quarter before scoring the final 13 points of the half.

New Iberia took the lead four times on the final quarter but went scoreless on its last three possessions.

(Rick Hickman/American Press)

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