TEACHEY – Shiaries Carlton and Jordan Maynor combined for 29 points to lead Wallace-Rose Hill to a 52-41 Four County Conference girls basketball victory over West Bladen Monday night.
The Lady Knights trailed 25-21 at halftime, but Maynor fired in 9 points and Carlton added 8 points during a 19-11 Lady Bulldog third quarter surge that opened up a 44-32 lead.
Carlton tallied 4 points in the final quarter and topped all scorers with 15 points, and Maynor scored 3 points in the period and finished with 14 points.
The Lady Bulldogs built a 14-9 first period lead as Sadejah Murphy bombed in a 3-pointer and scored 6 points. Junior Patience Parker tossed in a pair of baskets for West Bladen in the quarter, and seniors Logan Autry and Jerena Purdie threw in a basket each to go with an Akira Grimes free throw.
Parker sank a trio of free throws and a basket in the second period, and junior Elizabeth Allbright pumped in a basket and a free throw. Autry and sophmore Erica McKoy chipped in with a basket each before halftime.
Senior Laikyn Pait nailed a 3-point shot and another basket for the Lady Knights in the third period. Purdie worked in close for a pair of baskets, and senior Jenna Dove added a basket.
Junior Mikayla Winebarger, Indiyah Williams, Grimes and Purdie scored a basket each in the final quarter for West, and Pait hit a free throw.
Parker led the Lady Knights with 9 points, and Purdie followed with 8 points. Pait finished with 6 points.
The Lady Knights, now 5-4 in league play and 9-10 overall, will travel to Pender Wednesday night.
West Bladen (41) – Conner Brisson, Mikayla Winebarger 2, Erica McKoy 2, Patience Parker 9, Logan Autry 4, Indiyah Williams 2, Laikyn Pait 6, Jenna Dove 2, Elizabeth Allbright 3, Akira Grimes 3, Jerena Purdie 8.
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