Lady Pioneers routed by Sparta, still winless in 7-AAA play

White County?s girls started strong and never looked back Tuesday night on their way to handing Warren County its 20th loss of the season.

The Warriorettes scored 11 unanswered points to start the District 7-AAA contest at Dalton Gym, and the Lady Pioneers connected on just six field goals over 32 minutes of play, falling to their guests by a 62-29 final.

With the loss, the Lady Pioneers? 13th straight, they fell to 0-11 in the district standings and 3-20 overall heading into tonight?s road game against Blackman.

Joni Simpson led the way for the Warriorettes with 18 points, including seven in the first quarter as Sparta built a double-digit lead in the first three minutes on the way to a 17-6 advantage by the quarter?s end.

The Lady Pioneers, who turned the ball over 20 times and were 0-for-8 from 3-point range in the first half, went without a field goal in the second quarter, hitting 3-of-7 attempts from the free-throw line and trailing 25-9 at halftime.

Warren County hit just three second-half shots from the field, all from behind the 3-point arc, and trailed by a steadily increasing margin through the final two quarters. A Katie Mayfield trey with 1:28 to go accounted for the Lady Pioneers? final score of the game, and Sparta?s reserves wrapped up the win with a six-point run.

Lacy Yslas added 13 points to the winning tally, while Brittany Cash had nine and Ashley Page scored eight. The Warriorettes hit 37 percent of their 61 attempts on the night, and were 12-of-19 from the charity stripe.

Brooke Bowman?s 10 points led WCHS, which shot 20.7 percent overall and 18.8 percent (3-of-16) from 3-point range. Kasey Owens and Brittany Frazier had four each, while Miki Rogers and Mayfield had three.

Tipoff tonight in Murfreesboro is scheduled for 6:30.