Minden’s Crimson Tiders hit a cold spell in the second half of Friday night’s District 1-4A showdown with Bossier, coming out on the short end by 66-52 in the conference contest.

Bossier now leads 1-4A with a 5-0 mark (13-11 for the season) while Minden drops to 4-1 in league play and 18-3 overall.

Bossier’s Kerel Dean led all scorers with 25 while David Thomas added 13 and Kam Davenport tossed in 12.

For the Tide, Cameron Parker scored 14 and Darnell Morris had 11 to lead the way. Jaiden Franklin and Kameron Harris each added seven points, Christian Lofton had six, Carmelo Smith notched four and Hudson Brown had three.

Minden will try to rebound Tuesday night when Northwood comes to the Tide gym for a district game. Minden will than travel to Southwood to take on the Cowboys in a Friday contest.