LaJarvia Brown of Alton had a star performance on Saturday in a tourney game, tossing in 27 points to lead all scorers.
LaJarvia Brown of Alton had a star performance on Saturday in a tourney game, tossing in 27 points to lead all scorers.

 

 

Alton battled under the boards against Jennings during the entire tourney game on Saturday.
Alton battled under the boards against Jennings during the entire tourney game on Saturday.

 

GODFREY – Saturday evening's Atrium Hotel Great Rivers Shootout match-up between Jennings and Alton may not go down as the prettiest game in basketball history.

But the Redbirds and coach Bob Rickman will certainly take the outcome of it any day of the week.

Thanks to a 27-point effort from LaJarvia Brown, the Redbirds got back in the win column as they took a 48-45 win over the Warriors in the fourth game of the five-game card.

“A win is a win is a win,” Rickman said. “I think the learning process for, still, a relatively young team, outside of Jewel (Wagner) and LaJarvia, shows there. We had some bad shot selection, some bad decisions; we've got to have people make better decisions. I thought what really hurt us was people who I thought people who I thought were capable of making better decisions just didn't do it. That's something we've got to figure out.