ELIZABETHTOWN – Ariel Cromartie and Nia McKoy combined for 15 points Thursday to lead Elizabethtown to a 23-16 Waccamaw Middle School Conference girls’ basketball victory over West Columbus.
Cromartie led the Lady Cougars with 8 points, and McKoy was right behind her with 7 points. Teammate Niyah Wooten scored 4 points. Iyanna Lowery topped the West Columbus scoring with 8 points, and Valashia Murchison added 6 points.
McKoy fired in a 3-point shot and a free throw in the opening quarter, and teammates Cromartie and Sanaa Singletary threw in baskets as Elizabethtown grabbed an 8-2 lead.
Wooten, McKoy and Hailey Bennett tossed in a basket each, and McKoy tacked on a free throw as the Lady Cougars built a 15-3 halftime lead.
Cromartie dropped in the only basket for Elizabethtown in the 3rd period as the Lady Warriors trimmed the lead to 17-10. Cromartie popped in 2 baskets in the final quarter to seal the verdict, and Wooten tossed in another basket.
Coach Cedric Owens’ Lady Cougars raised their record to 4-6 with the victory.
West Columbus 2 1 7 6 – 16
Elizabethtown 8 7 2 6 – 23
West Columbus (16)-Skylah Collins 1, Iyanna Lowery 8, Kaleigh Blackwell, Dennya Powell 1, Valashia Murchison 6, Aniya Davis, Shanija Graham, Summer Griffith, Gersha Hemmingway, Abby Clemmons.
Elizabethtown (23) – Niyah Wooten 4, Ariel Cromartie 8, Nia McKoy 7, Sanaa Singletary 2, Mariah Ward, Nyasia Blanks, Tanaisha McKoy, Arian Fields, Alayah Powell, Harmony Richardson, A’Nide McKibben, Aaluyah Monroe, Hailey Bennett 2, Tmyah Brown, Kmyah Brown.
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