After falling to St. Paul’s last week, the Escambia County Eagles are back to winning after defeating the Daphne Trojans 34-27 in Daphne on Sept. 18.

The Eagles (2-1) controlled the tempo of the game in the first, but had to overcome a scare in the third quarter to keep their lead.

In the first quarter, the Eagles pulled out to a quick lead outscoring the Trojans 12-6.

They continued to pull away from Daphne in the second quarter scoring six points to Daphne’s two and taking an 18-8 lead into the locker room at halftime.

Following halftime, the Trojans would try and sneak back into the game, but the Eagles proved to be too much for them to handle.

Daphne opened up on offense and tightened down on defense in the third period as they held the Eagles to two points and scored 10 of their own to crawl back into the game.

With a 20-18 lead heading into the fourth quarter, the Eagles overcame their third quarter slump and pulled away from the Trojans outscoring them 14-9 to pull off the 34-27 win.

Eagles head coach Robert Smith said big performances by his players proved to be the difference.

“The return of Melik McMillian was huge for us,” Smith said. “He had a great game on the board and blocking shots. We also had an outstanding performance from Jerome Webster and TyAnthony McNeal controlled the game.”

Webster led all scorers with eight points and also had 12 rebounds, six assists and three steals.

McMillian was a monster on the boards pulling down 14 rebounds, while scoring six points with five blocks and one steal.

David Johnson added six points and recorded 10 rebounds, five steals, one block and three assists.

Other Eagles recording stats were Gordon Brooks with eight points, four steals and two assists; Josh Hill with three points, two rebounds, two assists and one steal and McNeal with three assists, two steals and one point.

The Eagles next game is on Nov. 29 at home against Spanish Fort. Games begin at 4:30 p.m.

Lady Trojans 22

Lady Eagles 19

The Escambia County Lady Eagles lost their first game of the season last Thursday as they fell 22-19 to the Daphne Lady Trojans in Daphne.

The Lady Eagles (2-1) battled tightly with the Lady Trojans, but a strong second half by Daphne handed them their loss.

The Lady Eagles fell behind the Lady Trojans in the first quarter as Daphne outscored them 5-3.

In the second quarter, the Lady Eagles fought back and took the lead by scoring five points to Daphne’s three and took an 8-6 lead into halftime.

Following halftime, the Lady Trojans pulled away from ECMS.

Daphne took the lead back in the third quarter by outscoring ECMS 8-5 and continued to extend their lead by outscoring the Lady Eagles 8-6 in the fourth to hand them their first loss.

Lady Eagle Nicole Johnson led her team with 15 points in the loss.

The Lady Eagles next game is on Nov. 29 at home against Spanish Fort. Games begin at 4:30 p.m.