Lady Eagles soar past WCMS girls
Friday night at the Warren County Middle School gym, the Lady Eagles of Morrison scored 15 points in the second period to down the seventh-grade Lady Pioneers 39-20.
In first-period action, both teams worked hard on offense. Morrison’s Brooke Bowman got her team off to a good start, but baskets by the Lady Pioneers’ Lea Montgomery and Kassidy Kominos kept WCMS within one by the end of the period at 7-6.
Morrison went to work on defense in the second period, holding the Lady Pioneers to one basket in the quarter by Lindsey Clayton. Morrison went to work in the paint going to Melita Pelham, who hit for 10 of the Lady Eagles’ 15 points in the period for a 22-8 lead by the half.
Kayley Murray hit back-to-back baskets in the opening minutes of the third quarter. Morrison’s defense held the Lady Pioneers off the scoreboard until the 3:28 mark, when Chancerie Martin hit for two. Pelham and Tia Curtis added one basket each before Montgomery and Martin hit as the quarter ended with Morrison leading 30-16.
The fourth period was all Lady Eagles. Warren County’s only bright spot in the period came when Montgomery nailed a 3-pointer at the 2:20 mark and Shelby Knowles added a free-throw with 36 seconds left in the game. Morrison scored nine points in the period with baskets from Murray, Bowman and Miki Rogers to secure the win.
For the Lady Eagles, Pelham led all scorers with 14 points. Bowman and Murray had nine points each, Rogers had three and Curtis added two points.
For the Lady Pioneers, Montgomery had seven points. Kominos, Martin and Douglas had four points each and Knowles added one point.