ELIZABETHTOWN – Whiteville Central pulled away with a 16-2 2nd half surge and defeated Elizabethtown 39-16 in Waccamaw Middle School Conference girls basketball action.
Ariel Cromartie and Sanaa Singletary fired in 3 baskets each as the Lady Cougars raced to a 14-8 1st quarter lead. Teammate Harmony Richardson tossed in the other Elizabethtown basket in the period.
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Photos by Kenneth Armstrong
Shipman poured in 11 of her game-high 19 points for Central in the 2nd quarter as the Lady Hornets rode a 15-0 spurt to a 23-14 halftime lead. Phillips bombed in a pair of 3-balls for Central as the lead ballooned to 35-14. Phillips finished with 11 points.
Cromartie sank a free throw in the final period and led the Lady Cougars with 7 points. Singletary finished with 6 points, and Richardson tacked on a free throw and totaled 3 points in the game.
Elizabethtown, now 2-4, will host Bladenboro Thursday.
Central 8 15 12 4 – 39
Elizabethtown 14 0 0 2 –16
Whiteville (39) – Shipman 19, Dennis 4, Phillips 11, Graham 5, Riddy, Smith, Diaz, Hendren, Green, Addyson.
Elizabethtown (16) – Niyah Wooten, Ariel Cromartie 7, Nia McKoy 0, Sanaa Singletary 6, Mariah Ward, Nyasia Blanks, Tanaisha McKoy, Arian Fields, Alayah Powell, Harmony Richardson 3, A’Nide McKibben, Aaluyah Monroe, Hailey Bennett 1, Kmyah Brown, Tmyah Brown.