03/29/2024
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CLARKTON – Center AnnaGrey Heustess poured in 19 points Thursday to lead Clarkton School of Discovery to a 39-20 Waccamaw Middle School Conference girls basketball victory over Elizabethtown.

Karlie Priest and Shy’Asia Ratliff nailed 3-point shots in the opening quarter, and Heustess canned 2 free throws as the Lady Blue Devils edged ahead 8-7. Laila Smith pumped in 2 baskets and a free throw, and Iveonna Ward added a basket to keep Elizabethtown close.

Maegan Burney threw in a pair of second quarter baskets, and Heustess dropped in a basket and 2 free throws to spark a 10-2 Clarkton run. MaKayla Dixon tacked on a basket as the lead grew to 18-9 at halftime. Ward scored the only Lady Cougar basket in the period.

Heustess worked the paint for two baskets and a free throw in the third quarter, and Priest, Ratliff and Emma Turbeville flipped in a basket each as the CSD lead grew to 29-11. Ward delivered the only Elizabethtown basket in the period.

Ward and Zoe Smith drained 3-point shots for the Lady Cougars in the fourth quarter. Laila Smith hurled in a basket, and Lainey Hughes hit a foul shot.

Heustess racked up 2 baskets and 4 free throws in the final period, and teammate Gabby Nealey flipped in a basket.

Priest and Ratliff finished with 5 points each for Clarkton, and Burney followed with 4 points. Ward topped the Lady Cougar scoring with 9 points, and Laila Smith totaled 7 points.

Coach Chris Callihan’s Lady Blue Devils improved to 8-1 and will travel to Tar Heel Monday. Elizabethtown, now 4-2, will travel to Nakina Monday.

Elizabethtown  7    2    2    9 – 20
Clarkton             8  10  11  10 – 39

ELIZABETHTOWN (20) – Lainey Hughes 1, Iveonna Ward 9, Zoe Smith 3, Calise Jackson, La’Toshia Melvin, Brianna Phillips, Laila Smith 7, Amari Richardson.

CLARKTON SCHOOL OF DISCOVERY (39) – AnnaGrey Heustess 19, Maegan Burney 4, Karli Priest 5, Shy’Asia Ratliff 5, Addie Bowen, Emma Turbeville 2, MaKayla Dixon 2, Cate Devane, Molly Evans, Emmee Ward, ShaNidra Richardson, Gabby Nealey 2.

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