ELIZABETHTOWN — Maegan Burney and Lala Smith each scored 19 points as East Bladen breezed to a 64-23 non-conference girls’ basketball game victory Tuesday against South Columbus.
The unbeaten Eagles (5-0) scored the first 10 points — a pair of opening buckets from NeNe Ward followed by a basket from Smith and two from Burney — and led 17-1 with less than three minutes remaining in the first quarter.
East Bladen opened a 13-2 scoring spree in the second quarter which featured 3-pointers from Ward and Burney for a 33-6 lead. The Eagles led 37-9 at half and 50-18 at the end of the third quarter.
Ward had 11 points and eight steals. Smith had nine rebounds and six steals. Burney had five steals. Anna Grey Heustess collected six rebounds. Ariel Cromartie netted six points.
East Bladen is scheduled to play at Heide Trask on Wednesday.
South Columbus 4 5 9 5 — 23
East Bladen 22 15 13 14 — 64
SOUTH COLUMBUS (23) — Kyleigh Reaves 8, Jordane Cribb, Jakiyah Graham 4, Trinity Strickland 2, Bella Coleman 3, Jenaysha Jackson 2, Denisha Scott, Bethan Lupo 4, June Perrite, Zyrainna Drayton, Cadence Sasser.
EAST BLADEN (64) — NeNe Ward 11, Martha Simmons, Ariel Cromartie 6, Cabria Baldwin 1, Anna Grey Heustess 6, Karli Priest, Zoe Smith 1, Maegan Burney 19, Lala Smith 19, Nia McKoy 1, Brianna Phillips, Niyha Wooten.
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