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Photos by Kenneth Armstrong
Patience Ward lit up the scoreboard with 21 points Thursday to lead Elizabethtown to a 31-17 Bladen Five Middle School Conference girls basketball victory over Clarkton School of Discovery that gave the Lady Cougars a share of the league regular-season title.
The victory moved Coach Eric Hines’ Elizabethtown squad into a first-place tie with Clarkton and Bladenboro. All 3 teams finished the season with 4-2 records, and all 3 teams are Tri-Champions.
Ward threw in a pair of first quarter baskets, and teammate Magdiel Gonzalez added a bucket to give the Lady Cougars a 6-4 lead.
Khadijah Jones and Abbie Cross tossed in 2 points each for Clarkton in the quarter.
Ward pumped in a trio of baskets in the second quarter, and teammate Lavada Jackson tallied a basket that stretched the Lady Cougar halftime lead to 14-6. Jones scored the only Clarkton basket in the period.
Six more points from Ward and another basket from Jackson increased the Elizabethtown lead to 22-10 in the third period. Jones tallied all 4 points for Clarkton in the quarter.
Ward racked up 5 more points in the fourth quarter, and baskets by Chasity Carter and Cheylee Mathis kept the Lady Cougar lead from shrinking.
Jones connected for 5 points in the final period and led the Lady Blue Devil scoring with 13 points. Lauren Bowen scored the other 2 points for Clarkton in the quarter.
Jackson finished with 4 points for the winners.
After the game a coin flip was held to determine seeding for next week’s tournament at Bladenboro. The host Lady Bulldogs will be the top seed. Clarkton will be the No. 2 seed and will get a rematch with No. 3 Elizabethtown on Monday.
CSD (17) – Lorna Mendell, Lauren Bowen 2, Katie Evans, Khadijah Jones 13, Tara Rogers, Lily Lin, Sara Gargala, Cybil Campbell, Abbie Cross 2, Jaya Howell, Lila McDuffie, Izzy Smith.
E’twn (31) – Zion McKoy, Magdiel Gonzalez 2, Shanell McMillian, Shykia Rhodes, Lexus Smith, Patience Ward 21, Amyia Williams, Chasity Carter 2, Lavada Jackson 4, Cheylee Mathis 2, Tinyauh Rhoda.
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