Lady Pioneers pound Lebanon
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Whitney Pelham made her return to the starting lineup, and made her presence known early in what would prove to be a 51-33 rout of the homestanding Lebanon Blue Devilettes.
Pelham, who had spent the previous week seeing limited playing time after recovering from a stress fracture, knocked down three 3-pointers during Tuesday’s first period, and sparked a 22-1 run which became a 22-3 Lady Pioneer lead by the period’s end.
Heather Frazier added four of her team-high 13 points in the opening minutes of the second, and Amanda Locke scored five points to help WCHS to its biggest lead of the night at 33-6. Lebanon — which dressed just eight girls for the game — closed the first half with a 6-0 run, but never threatened through the final two periods.
Warren County cleared its bench for much of the second half, and led 45-20 at the end of the third period. Despite being held to just six points in the fourth — four of which came at the free-throw line — coach Ann Eades’ squad easily withstood Lebanon’s 13-point quarter and rolled to the 18-point victory.
In addition to Frazier’s 13 points and Pelham’s 11, WCHS got nine points from Leah Cunningham, five of which came during the team’s first-quarter run.
Locke finished with seven, Vanessa Cornelius had five, and three Lady Pioneers — Nikki Griffith, Elizabeth Lavoie and Jessica Ford — scored two each.
WCHS is scheduled to travel to Murfreesboro tonight, for a district tilt against the Riverdale. The Lady Warriors downed the Lady Pioneers 73-57 during their first meeting this season, but will enter tonight’s contest having lost three of their last four District 7-AAA games.
Tipoff tonight at the Johnny Parsley Gym is scheduled for 6:30.