ELIZABETHTOWN – Junior Ja’Tyra Moore-Peterson and sophmore Patience Ward combined for 41 points Monday night to lead East Bladen to a 74-50 girls basketball victory over South Robeson in the quarterfinals of the Three Rivers Conference Tournament.
Moore-Peterson fired in 22 points and was credited with 5 steals for the Lady Eagles. Ward flirted with a triple-double racking up 19 points, grabbing 9 rebounds and totaling 8 steals.
Junior Erica McKoy finished with 14 points and 5 steals for East Bladen. Senior Shardajah Brown tossed in 8 points and pulled down 8 rebounds, and sophmore Lorna Mendell totaled 6 rebounds.
East Bladen raced to a 22-12 first period lead then padded the margin to 38-24 at halftime. The Lady Eagles led 53-39 after 3 periods and pulled away with a 21-11 closing surge.
Coach Patty Evers’ Lady Eagles ran their winning streak to 19 consecutive games and improved to 23-1 overall. East Bladen will host East Columbus in Wednesday’s TRC semi-finals at 6 p.m. East Columbus defeated St. Pauls 48-41 Monday night.
Freshman Jakirra White led the South Robeson scoring with 21 points. Junior Tellia Page finished with 9 points.
EAST BLADEN (74) – Katie Evans 2, Erica McKoy 14, Kaley Smith, Izzy Smith 2, Shardajah Brown 8, Anna Kate White, Abbey Cross 2, Kabarah Moore, Patience Ward 19, Ashley Hardin 2, Ja’Tyra Moore-Peterson 22, Lorna Mendell 3.
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