NAKINA – Bladenboro’s Lady Bulldogs clinched the Waccamaw Middle School Conference’s A League Championship Wednesday with a 30-19 girls’ basketball victory over 2nd place Nakina.
Coach Otis Evans’ squad improved to 9-0 and will close out regular season play Thursday with a Homecoming game against Tabor City.
Kali Allen fired in 14 points to lead the winners. Natalee Sykes tossed in 7 points, and Micheala Hester followed with 4 points. C. Sasser led Nakina with 5 points.
Allen drove to the rim for a pair of baskets to start the game, and Sykes threw in a basket for a 6-0 lead. Hester and Addison Wilcox worked the paint for a basket each in the 2nd quarter, Allen sank 2 free throws, and Sykes made one for a 13-6 Bladenboro halftime lead.
Sykes and Allen tossed in baskets in the 3rd period. Sykes cashed in 2 free throws, and Wilcox made one as the Lady Bulldog lead grew to 20-11.
Allen bombed in a pair of 3-point shots in the final quarter for the winners. Hester and Faith Wren pumped in baskets to grow the final margin to 30-19.
Bladenboro 6 7 7 10 –30
Nakina 0 6 5 8 – 19
BLADENBORO (30) – Faith Wren 2, Natalee Sykes 7, Kali Allen 14, Makenna Thurman, Cheyenne Reinhart, Karlee Gause, Addison Wilcox 3, Amiya McCarty, Harley Jordan, Morgan Moore, Zybriona Johnson, Jaylen Clark, Micheala Hester 4, Maleigha Chatman, Marbelia Sandoval, Angelina Jones.
NAKINA (19) – B. Price 4, L. Grice 3, R. Lewis 1, T. Strickland 2, C. Sasser 5, D. Graham, N. Goodson, M. Long 2, A. Bellamy, M. Boyd 2, A. Ward.
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