Kasee Singletary poured in 24 points and Bladenboro rode a 23-0 third quarter blitz to a 43-16 Bladen Five Middle School girls basketball victory Thursday over visiting Tar Heel.
Singletary fired in 6 points and teammate Elexus Corrothers tossed in 2 more baskets as the Lady Bulldogs jumped in front 11-5 in the first period. Tar Heel’s Claudia Cuc-Reyes drained a 3-point shot, and Brigit Zuniga dropped in another Lady Panther basket.
Singletary bombed in a 3-point shot and another bucket in the second period, and teammate Jordan Benson added a basket as the Bladenboro lead grew to 18-9 at halftime. Cuc-Reyes and Zuniga tallied Tar Heel baskets in the period.
Singletary blistered the nets with 6 baskets and a free throw in the third quarter. Corrothers burnt the rims with 4 baskets in the period, and teammate Ocean Woody tossed in another basket as the Bladenboro lead grew to 41-9.
Tar Heel rallied in the final quarter as Cuc-Reyes, Jessica Labra, and Shaunessy McMillan threw in baskets, and Shelby Pharr hit a free throw. Corrothers scored the only Bladenboro basket in the period.
Corrothers finished with 14 points for the Lady Bulldogs. Cuc-Reyes led Tar Heel with 7 points, and Zuniga followed with 4 points.
The Bladenboro girls improved to 4-1 with the victory. The Lady Bulldogs travel to Elizabethtown Tuesday. Tar Heel will visit Clarkton School of Discovery.
TH (16) – Selena Hernandez, Jessica Labra 2, Sandra Maldonado-Ortiz, Brianna McNeill, Shaunessy McMillan 2, Shelby Pharr 1, Claudia Cuc-Reyes 7, Karen Santos-Osornio, Josefina Taboada, Melissa Valades-Suarez, Brigit Zuniga 4.
B’bro (43) – Jordan Benson 2, Ellie Smith, Jamil Bostic, Summer Addington, Elexus Corrothers 14, Kasee Singletary 24, Taylor West, Rainey Thompson, Ocean Woody 2, Tykia Deloach 1, Essance Murphy, Kaylex Wilcox, Nyasia Ellison.
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