WCHS girls fall by two at Lynchburg
The Moore County Lady Raiders rallied in the fourth quarter Tuesday night, and handed Warren County’s varsity girls a 50-48 loss in a Hall of Fame game at Lynchburg.
The game, the first of the Lady Pioneers’ two preseason contests, was close from the opening tip. WCHS took the lead in the opening quarter, thanks to seven first-quarter points from Whitney Pelham and eight — including a pair of 3-point baskets — from McKenna Rhea.
Up 15-10 by the first period’s end, WCHS continued to have success from the outside in the second quarter. Rhea, Pelham and Leah Cunningham all hit 3-pointers in the period, helping their team match the Lady Raiders’ 13 points over the eight-minute span and taking a 28-23 lead into the halftime break.
Cunningham hit another pair of treys in the third, but Moore County answered with seven points from Vanessa Pincheon and six more from Marcy McKenzie, and pulled within four — 42-38 — heading into the game’s final stanza.
The Lady Pioneers went cold from the field in the fourth, managing just two field goals, while the Lady Raiders countered with eight more points from Pincheon and connected for a dozen points in the period to pull off the come-from-behind win.
Pelham’s 18 points led the WCHS effort, while Rhea added 12 points and Cunningham had 11. Nikki Griffith chipped in three, while Brittany Brewer and Vanessa Cornelius added a bucket apiece to round out the scoring for the Lady Pioneers.
Moore County got 18 points from Pincheon, while McKenzie added 14 and Tiffany Geerdes had eight.
The Lady Pioneers traveled to Woodbury Thursday night for their second Hall of Fame game, and open their 2004-05 regular season Tuesday night at DeKalb County.