ELIZABETHTOWN – Ten different Elizabethtown players scored Tuesday as the Lady Cougars defeated Tar Heel 32-5 in Waccamaw Middle School girls’ basketball action.
Guard Aaliyah Monroe led the Elizabethtown scoring with 7 points, and teammates Sana’a Singletary and Kamyra McDowell followed with 5 points each. Ellen Battle tallied 4 points. ZaAsia Lewis threw in 3 points to lead Tar Heel.
Monroe fired in a 3-point shot and another basket in the opening quarter, and McDowell and Harmony Richardson tossed in baskets as the Lady Cougars built a 9-2 lead. Lewis worked inside for a Lady Panther basket.
Singletary battled inside for 2 baskets and a free throw in the 2nd period, and teammates McDowell, Zahreonna Baldwin, Kayclynn Chambers, Allysa Stringfield and Alayah Powell threw in a basket each as the Elizabethtown lead grew to 24-4. Abigail Dew and Lewis sank free throws for Tar Heel.
Monroe drove for a 3rd quarter basket, and Ellen Battle pumped in 2 baskets in the final period for the Lady Cougars. Nyasia Banks popped in a basket, and McDowell cashed in a free throw. Dew scored the final Tar Heel point on a foul shot.
Coach Cedric Owens’ Lady Cougars sit atop the Waccamaw’s ‘AA’ Division with 1 game remaining Thursday at West Columbus. Elizabethtown is 5-2 in league play and 7-5 overall. Tar Heel will host East Columbus Thursday.
Tar Heel 2 2 0 1 — 5
Elizabethtown 9 15 2 7 — 32
TAR HEEL (5) – Janavia Adams, Abigail Dew 2, Taurihanna Currie, ZaAsia Lewis 3, Amiracle Robinson, Genesis Fernandez, Wendy Sandoval, Jessenia Labra.
ELIZABETHTOWN (32) – Sana’a Singletary 5, Zirrihana White, Mariah Ward, Ellen Battle 4, Harmony Richardson 2, Kayclynn Chambers 2, Alayah Powell 2, Allysa Stringfield 2, Aaliyah Monroe 7, Tanaisha McKoy, Arian Fields, Nyasia Banks 2, Zahreonna Baldwin 2, Kamyra McDowell 5.
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