BASKETBALL

Blinn women fall to Paris: PARIS -- The Paris women's basketball team beat Blinn 63-45 on Wednesday in Region XIV Conference play, holding the Buccaneer women to their lowest point total of the season.

Blinn (14-4, 3-4) had scored at least 54 points in their first 17 games of the season.

"I think their defense definitely put us out of sync," Blinn coach Jeff Jenkins said. "They're very talented defensively, and it was not easy to get a shot off tonight."

Paris outscored Blinn 29-2 in the paint.

Sophomore guards Miki Turner and Alycea Price each scored 10 points for the Buccaneers, who will host Panola College at 2 p.m. Saturday.

SOFTBALL

Brenham ranked 19th in Class 4A: Brenham is the only Brazos Valley team to make the Texas Girls Coaches Association's preseason Top 20 softball poll. The Cubettes are No. 19 in 4A.

TGCA Softball Poll

Class 5A: 1. The Woodlands; 2. Plano East; 3. San Antonio O'Connor; 4. Tomball; 5. Keller; 6. Alvin; 7. San Benito; 8. Dobie; 9. Houston Bellaire; 10. El Paso Americas; 11. Deer Park; 12. Plano; 13. Belton; 14. Round Rock Stony Point; 15. Southlake Carroll; 16. El Paso Hanks; 17. San Antonio Southwest; 18. Lubbock Coronado; 19. Flower Mound Marcus; 20. Los Fresnos.

Class 4A: 1. Frisco Wakeland; 2. Santa Fe; 3. Forney; 4. Dripping Springs; 5. Waco Midway; 6. Birdville; 7. Burleson; 8. Royse City; 9. Barbers Hill; 10. New Braunfels Canyon; 11. Montgomery; 12. Red Oak; 13. Corpus Christi Moody; 14. Elgin; 15. Little Cypress Mauriceville; 16. Fort Bend Ridge Point; 17. Bay City; 18. Manvel; 19. Brenham; 20. Sherman.

Class 3A: 1. Celina; 2. Huntington; 3. West; 4. Sweeny; 5. Lucas Lovejoy; 6. Lubbock Cooper; 7. Robinson; 8. Henderson; 9. Rusk; 10. Pilot Point; 11. Midland Greenwood; 12. Burkburnett; 13. Paris North Lamar; 14. North Forney; 15. Lufkin Hudson; 16. Van; 17. Yoakum; 18. Lindale; 19. Canton; 20. Columbia.

Class 2A: 1. Danbury; 2. Nacogdoches Central Heights; 3. Wall; 4. East Bernard; 5. Refugio; 6. Santa Gertrudis Academy; 7. Wichita Falls City View; 8. Alpine; 9. Mineola; 10. Poth; 11 Crawford; 12. Tom Bean; 13. Edna; 14. Brock; 15. Colorado City; 16. Bishop; 17. Coahoma; 18. George West; 19. Early; 20 Grand Saline.

Class A: 1. Shiner; 2. Grapeland; 3. Albany; 4. Lindsay; 5. Petrolia; 6. Itascaa; 7. Mart; 8. Sam Rayburn; 9. Charlotte; 10. Beckville; 11. Moody; 12. McLeod; 13. Center Point; 14. Malakoff Cross Roads; 15. Falls City; 16. Dodd City; 17. McLean; 18 Saltillo; 19. Tahoka; 20. Hubbard.

-- Eagle staff reports