Glenn Marsh of West St. Mary (center) goes to the hoop against Centerville’s Zacchaeus Johnson (12) and Jumanji Washington. - Lee Ball / The Daily Iberian

FRANKLIN — It was no big secret that Franklin was going to play hustle defense and shoot from outside against Delcambre Wednesday night at the Hanson Holiday Classic. After all, it was something the Hornets basketball team has been doing all year.

But the level of pressure FSH was able to apply to the Panthers was more than a little surprising.

“We made way too many turnovers and let their quickness bother us,” said DHS coach Benny Dronet. “We didn’t handle the ball well and I think we had like 35 turnovers.

“You’re not going to beat many teams with than number of turnovers. You just won’t.”

Using Delcambre’s turnovers to their advantage, Franklin jumped out to a 10-1 first quarter lead. The Panthers briefly rallied to cut the lead to 16-10 at the end of the opening quarter, but Franklin was able to keep up the pressure and come away with a 61-38 win.

“We played better tonight than we have been playing,” said FSH coach Todd Viator. “We just haven’t been able to finish. We’ve lost a lot of close game because we’re inexperienced.

“We only have two guys that have really played from that last couple of years.”

Avery Bell led Franklin with 25 points and Jrevon Anderson added 11 points for the Hornets, who will play West St. Mary Friday at 8 p.m. in the tournament.

“Hopefully we’ll get some confidence from this tournament,” added Viator. “We’ve been shooting a lot better than we’ve been shooting and we need to cut down on the turnovers. We’re not good enough to throw the ball way and give our opponents extra chances.”

Delcambre plays Centerville today at 5 p.m. in the consolation bracket.

Jace Dore scored 7 for Delcambre and Winston Linden added 5 points.

“We forced some passes and forced some shots tonight and we need to stop doing that,” said Dronet. “They out-quicked us a lot of times. We’re having trouble spreading out and seeing the court and that’s something we have to work on.”

In other tournament games, Franklin’s girls beat Centerville 44-40, West St. Mary’s boys beat Centerville 60-38 and Teurlings’ girls beat Berwick 71-19

Franklin 44, Centerville 40

J’Ashlyn Bowers scored 15 points as Franklin survived a second half rally to take the win over the Lady Bulldogs.

Karson Grogan added 9 for FSH, which led 23-18 at halftime and held on for the win.

Dariel Delasbour led Centerville with a game-high 20 points and Kya Nerve added 13 in the loss.

Teurlings Catholic 71, Berwick 19

Cydney Noreaux led the way with 13 points as 14 different players for Teurlings got into the scorebook with a win over Berwick.

Taylor Brown scored 9 and Madison Proctor added 8 for the Lady Rebels, who also had 6 points from three different players and 4 points from three different players in the rout.

Abigail Ohlin led Berwick with 7 points.

West St. Mary 60, Centerville 38

Deandre Gabriel led a trio of WSM players in double-figures as West St. Mary beat Centerville 60-38.

Gabriel scored 14, Adonis Sterling added 13 and Glenn Marsh chipped in 12 for the Wolfpack, who blew open a tied game with 22 second quarter points.

Rodrick Taylor led Centerville with 11 points and Jumanji Washington added 10 for the Bulldogs.