TAR HEEL — Elizabethtown’s inside duo of Sana’a Singletary and Ellen Battle combined for 26 points Thursday to lead the Lady Cougars to a 39-16 Waccamaw Middle School Conference girls’ basketball victory over Tar Heel.
Coach Cedric Owens’ Lady Cougars raised their record to 6-1 and will host Willliams Township Tuesday. Tar Heel, now 0-6, will travel to Whiteville Central.
Singletary and Battle shared scoring honors for Elizabethtown with 13 points each, and teammate Zariyahh Riddy chipped in with 6 points. Abigail Dew poured in a game-high 14 points for Tar Heel.
Battle sparked the Lady Cougars to an early 16-3 lead with 3 baskets and a free throw. Singletary nailed a 3-point shot, another basket and a free throw, and Riddy popped in a basket and a free throw. Dew drilled in a 3-point shot for the Lady Panther points.
Dew bombed in another 3-pointer and sank 3 free throws in the 2nd period. Battle and Alexandra Riveria tossed in baskets to keep the Lady Cougars up 20-9 at halftime.
Battle and Singletary powered in baskets in the 3rd quarter, and Morgan Hammon and Racquel Whittington sank free throws to push the lead to 26-11. Dew cashed in a pair of foul shots for the Tar Heel points.
Singletary worked the paint for 2 baskets and a free throw in the final period. Riddy buried a 3-point shot, and Battle and Shamairrha McEchen added a basket each. Teammate Kaitlyn Chambers tacked on a free throw. Dew connected on 3 more free throws in the 4th quarter, and Savannah Wooten pumped in a basket for Tar Heel.
Elizabethtown 16 4 6 13 — 39
Tar Heel 3 6 2 5 — 16
Elizabethtown (39) — Sana’a Singletary 13, Ellen Battle 13, Morgan Hammon 1, Zariyahh Riddy 6, Racquel Whittington 1, Ny’Asia Lyles, Kaitlyn Chambers 1, Alexandra Riveria 2, Gabbi West, Shamairrha McEchen 2.
Tar Heel (16) — Abigail Dew 14, Genesis Fernanta-Villafuerte, Serenity Council, Jannet Hardin, Carolina Martinez, Savannah Wooten 2, Bryanna Brady.
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