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BLADENBORO — Bladenboro’s Lady Bulldogs fought back from an early 8-0 deficit and knocked East Columbus from the unbeaten ranks with a 24-23 Waccamaw Middle School Conference girls’ basketball victory Tuesday.

Coach Hayley Baxley’s Lady Bulldogs improved to 5-1 and will travel to Clarkton School of Discovery Thursday. East Columbus, now 8-1, will visit West Columbus Thursday.

Kayla Hall sparked the Lady Hawks to the early lead with 5 points, but Amiya McCarty rallied Bladenboro with a pair of 2nd period baskets. Teammate Hadley Dove buried a 3-point shot, Maleigha Chatman tossed in a basket, and Allison Hickman sank a free throw to slice the East lead to 13-10.

McCarty, Hickman and Addison Wilcox threw in a basket each to pull the Lady Bulldogs even 16-16 at the 3rd period break.

Bladenboro’s Hadley Dove nailed a 3-point shot in the final quarter, and Hickman and Venus Cortes popped in a basket each. Wilcox tacked on a free throw as the Lady Bulldogs pulled out the win.

McCarty and Dove led the balanced Bladenboro attack with 6 points, and Hickman followed with 5 points. Wilcox netted 3 points each. Hall and Aleigh Godwin shared scoring honors for East Columbus with 10 points each.

East Columbus 8 5 3 7 — 23
Bladenboro 0 10 6 8 — 24

East Columbus (23) — Kayla Hall 10, J. Brown, Aleigh Godwin 10, Malaya Webb 3, G. Williamson, Aureya Young, J. Whitted, F. Carter, L. Daniels, S. Johnson.

Bladenboro (24) — Maycee Kinlaw, Logan Powers, Hadley Dove 6, Kristen Singletary, Allison Hickman 5, Venus Cortes 2, Addison Wilcox 3, Amiya McCarty 6, Brooklynn McKee, Rebekah Arnold, Liz Miller, Adyson Carroll, Sa’Bria Cobb, Maleigha Chatman 2, Caity McLaurin.