Lady Patriots top WCHS girls
Thursday night in the Charlie Dalton gym, the Lady Pioneer freshman basketball team fell to the Lady Patriots of Oakland 43-31. Tessa King led Warren County with 15 points, as Jasmine Wood added six, Lea Montgomery hit for four, Chancerie Martin, Kassidy Kominos and Shelbie Tubb pitched in two points each.
Wood put in the first two points of the night for Warren County, but turnovers hurt the Lady Pioneers during the first period. Oakland was held scoreless until the 3:28 mark of the opening period, when the Lady Patriots hit back-to-back baskets. King scored after driving through the paint, making it a 4-4 game with 2:19 left in the period. Oakland turned back-to-back steals into four points and with 15 seconds left on the clock Amber Kinsey added a basket. Just before the period ended Tubb found the bottom of the basket for Warren County as the period ended with the Lady Patriots on top 10-6.
Second-period action saw the Lady Pioneers turn things around after King nailed a 3-pointer with 5:16 left in the half, but Oakland ran off five unanswered points during a two-minute run. Trailing 17-11 with 3:17 on the clock Warren County picked up the defensive pressure, which gave the offense a chance to get back in the game. Montgomery, Wood and King hit for one basket each in the remaining minutes of the half to tie the game at 17-17 at the break.
The Lady Pioneers came out in the third period, once again with pressure defense, which gave Oakland trouble. The Lady Patriots managed just eight points in the period as Kinsey hit for six. Back-to-back 3-pointers by King gave Warren County the spark it needed. Kominos hit from the paint, King added a layup and Montgomery hit for two points as the Lady Pioneers took the lead heading into the final period 29-25.
The Lady Pioneers offense went cold in the final period, however, and Oakland took control on both ends of the floor. Rickee Roper hit a 3-pointer to open the period for Oakland and after Wood hit two-of-two from the line for Warren County, the Lady Patriots ran off 15 straight points to close out the victory.
Shanrekia Ward had 12 points, Kayla McGowan added 11, and Kinsey had 10 to lead the Lady Patriots.
Warren County will take on Tullahoma at home on Monday.