WHITEVILLE – Zhariana Shipman blistered the nets with 33 points Wednesday as she led Whiteville Central to a 46-18 Waccamaw Middle School Conference girls’ basketball victory over Elizabethtown.
Shipman tallied 20 of her points in the 1st half as Central built a 27-11 lead, then added 9 more in the 3rd quarter.
Ariel Cromartie tossed in 4 of her team-high 8 points for the Lady Cougars in the opening period. Niyah Wooten sank a free throw and a basket to keep Elizabethtown within 13-7 at the quarter break.
Cromartie and Nia McKoy threw in a basket each in the 2nd period. Sanaa Singletary popped in a 3rd quarter bucket for Elizabethtown, and Wooten made a free throw. Cromartie and Singletary netted a basket each in the final period.
Wooten and Singletary finished with 4 points each for the Lady Cougars who are now 3-6 and will host West Columbus Thursday in their regular season finale.
Elizabethtown 7 4 3 4 –18
Central 13 14 13 6 – 46
ELIZABETHTOWN (18) – Niyah Wooten 4, Ariel Cromartie 8, Nia McKoy 2, Sanaa Singletary 4, Mariah Ward, Nyasia Blanks, Tanaisha McKoy, Arian Fields, Alayah Powell, Harmony Richardson, A’Nide McKibben, Aaluyah Monroe, Hailey Bennett, Kmyah Brown, Tmyah Brown.
WHITEVILLE CENTRAL (46) – Shipman 33, Dennis 4, Phillips 5, Graham 3, Riddy, Smith, Diaz, Evans, Green 1, Addyson, Thompson.
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