Lady Pioneers roll to home victory
Monday night the seventh-grade girls basketball team from Warren County Middle School defended its home floor with a 33-19 win over the Lady Tigers of Irving College.
The first period was one the Lady Tigers wished they could forget as the offense struggled. Irving College had problems with Warren County’s pressing defense and as a result posted just two points in the period.
The Lady Pioneers controlled the ball during the first period going inside to Tiffany Long who closed out the period with a pair of free throws to give her team a 10-2 lead.
In the second period Irving College took better care of the ball which resulted in nine points in the quarter. TaNisa Butzback hit the boards for the Lady Tigers but WCMS answered back with baskets from Long and Linnsay Williamson. The Lady Pioneers carried a 16-11 advantage into the half.
In the third period both teams struggled on offense. April Amparan had four of the Tigers six points in the period, while Jessica Mullican nailed a 3-pointer for Warren County with two-minutes left in the period as Warren County still held a five point lead.
In the final period Long, Williamson and Racheal Walker hit the boards for 11 of the Lady Pioneers points in the quarter.
The Lady Tigers started to run out of gas, which resulted in just two points in the final period.
For the Lady Pioneers, Long led all scores with 14 points, Walker hit for eight, Mullican had five, Williamson added four and Macy Broom had two points.
For the Lady Tigers, Amparan had five points, Micaela Grieves, DaRae Wells and Kristin Simons had four points each and Butzback added two points.