JACKSON — No. 3-seed Brookhaven saw their season come to a close Tuesday night. The Lady Panthers dropped a narrow 67-65 decision to the No. 2-seed host Wingfield Lady Falcons in the opening round of the Region 6-5A tournament at the Wingfield High Gym.

Friday’s championship finals begin at 6 p.m. with the No. 1-seed Natchez girls taking on Wingfield. At 7:30, boys No. 1-seed Brookhaven takes on No. 2 Wingfield.

In other first round tournament games, Wingfield defeated Natchez 71-67 in boys’ action.

The Lady Panthers (12-11) got off to a great start in the early moments, holding the advantage for a majority of the game. Brookhaven, coached by Freda Craft, saw her team led by as many as 9 points. Craft’s crew led 15-10 after the opening stanza and 34-25 at halftime.

The Lady Falcons (4-16), coached by Anita Johnson, took advantage of several unforced turnovers down the stretch run by Brookhaven, cutting their deficit to 3 at 48-45 entering the final 8 minutes. Wingfield was able to knock down 9 of 11 from the free throw line in the waning moments, including a pair with under 2 seconds left on the clock to secure the win.

“We got off to a great start in the first half,” said Craft. “We just too many unforced turnovers in the second half. We did not play very well down the stretch.”