By Brian Gosset
In a rematch of the 2025 state title game, Decatur was led by Oklahoma State signee Bralyn Peck’s 33 points as the Eagles beat Waco La Vega 58-54 in overtime during the Class 4A D1 final on Friday at the Alamodome in San Antonio.
#1 Decatur ends the season 37-4 with back-to-back titles. The Eagles, who started the season as the preseason #2 in 4A by the TABC, beat the Pirates 53-41 last year to win their first state championship in program history. Last season’s trip to state was the program’s first since 1961 and now Decatur is back-to-back champ.
Peck, a 4-star forward, was the obvious state champ MVP with her 33 points on 11 of 14 shooting, 3 of 5 from three and 8 of 10 at the line. She also pulled down 12 rebounds and added one block and two steals.
Style Brazile added 8 points while Cece Davis and Laken Coffman each had 6 points for Decatur.
The Eagles trailed 44-36 with 5:16 left when Cemaria Kelly converted a Decatur turnover into a layup. Davis hit a three-pointer and Brazile went 2 of 2 at the line to cut the lead to 44-41 at the 4:05 mark.
Peck drilled a second-chance jumper and added two free throws to give Decatur a 45-44 lead with 2:30 to play.
Rihyana Kinsey scored the next seven points for La Vega and her three-pointer gave the Pirates a 51-47 lead with 1:12 remaining in the fourth.
Peck answered with a three to cut it to 51-50 at 49 seconds.
Kelly went 1 of 2 at the line to give La Vega a 52-50 lead at 42 seconds.
Decatur committed a traveling turnover with 25 seconds before La Vega missed a layup at 16 seconds. The Pirates got two offensive rebounds, but missed back-to-back layups and Brazile brought down the defensive board before Decatur called a timeout near mid court with 8.9 left.
Brazile threw in the inbound pass to Peck in the paint, who scored and tied it with under 6 seconds.
La Vega went down the court and got inside the arc, but couldn’t get a shot off before the buzzer – sending it to overtime.
In the extra period, Peck’s layup gave Decatur a 54-52 lead with 2:17 left before La Vega tied it with a pair of free throws.
Peck scored again for a 56-54 lead at 49 seconds.
The Pirates missed two free throws with 31 seconds to go and Sayler Peck got the defensive rebound for the Eagles. Coffman made both free throw attempts for a four-point lead and 13 seconds remaining.
La Vega missed two more free throws and a layup to end the game.
