ELIZABETHTOWN – Ellen Battle and Zariyahh Riddy combined for 22 points Thursday to lead Elizabethtown to a 34-9 victory over Nakina in their Waccamaw Middle School Conference girls’ basketball opener.
Riddy rang up 6 of her 10 points in the 1st half as the Lady Cougars raced to a 14-7 lead. Battle fired in 4 of her game-high 12 points before halftime, and Kaitlyn Chambers and Morgan Hammon added a basket each.
Battle lit up the scoreboard with 8 points in the 3rd quarter, and Racquel Whittington added an Elizabethtown basket as the lead grew to 24-7. Riddy threw in a pair of baskets in the final period, and Sana’a Singletary, Hammon and Whittington netted baskets to cap a 20-2 2nd half surge for the winners. Hammon and Whittington finished with 4 points each.
Elizabethtown will host East Columbus Tuesday.
Nakina 4 3 0 2 — 9
Elizabethtown 10 4 10 10 — 34
Nakina (9) — A. Ward 2, J. Butler 2, R. Suggs 3, A. Freeman, A. Herring, B. McCall, S. Reaves, K. Lamas, B. Sasser, Z. Blanks, T. Cook, A. Faulk 2.
Elizabethtown (34) — Sana’a Singletary 2, Ellen Battle 12, Morgan Hammon 4, Zariyahh Riddy 10, Racquel Whittington 4, N. Lyles, Kaitlyn Chambers 2, Alexandra Riveria, G. West, S. McEachern.
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