03/28/2024
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Khadijah Jones poured in 18 points to lead Clarkton School of Discovery to a 34-16 Bladen Five Middle School girls basketball victory at Tar Heel Tuesday.

Abbie Cross fired in 4 first quarter points as the Lady Blue Devils grabbed an early 7-1 lead. Lauren Bowen threw in 4 points in the second quarter as the Clarkton lead grew to 15-7. Katie Evans and Jones netted baskets in the period.

Shelby Pharr, Brianna McNeill and Claudia Cuc-Reyes tallied one basket each in the second quarter for Tar Heel.

Jones tossed in 5 third quarter points to stretch the lead to 24-14. Lorna Mendell and Jaya Howell chipped in with a basket each in the period.

Cuc-Reyes bombed in a 3-point shot and scored all 7 of Tar Heel’s points in the quarter.

Jones lit up the scoreboard with 5 baskets in the final period as the Lady Blue Devils pulled away with a 10-2 spurt.

The Lady Blue Devils evened their record at 1-1 and will host Elizabethtown Thursday at 4 p.m.

CSD (34) – Lorna Mendell 4, Lauren Bowen 4, Katie Evans 2, Khadijah Jones 18, Tara Rogers, Lily Lin, Sara Gargala, Cybil Campbell, Abbie Cross 4, Jaya Howell 2, Gracyn Martin, Lila McDuffie, Izzy Smith.

TH (16) – Selena Hernandez, Jessica Labra 2, Sandra Maldonado-Ortiz, Brianna McNeill 2, Shaunessy McMillan 1, Shelby Pharr 2, Claudia Cuc-Reyes 9, Karen Santos-Osornio, Josefina Taboada, Melissa Valades-Suarez, Brigit Zuniga.

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