Westwood’s Rockets roll past Warren Co. Middle
Thursday night at Warren County Middle School, the Lady Pioneer eighth-graders fell to Manchester Westwood 34-18.
Westwood jumped out to an early lead in the opening minutes of the first period behind the hot shooting of Leslie Keele, who nailed two 3-pointers. Tiffany Long had the Lady Pioneers’ only point in the period hitting, the first of two from the free-throw line as Warren County trailed 12-1.
The Lady Pioneers did a better job of protecting the ball in the second period, which resulted in seven points with baskets from Jessica Mullican and Long. The Lady Rockets hit for nine in the period to take a 21-8 lead at the break.
Macy Broom had the Lady Pioneers’ only basket from the floor in the third period. Long added one from the foul line for a total of three points in the period. Westwood’s Keele hit another 3-pointer and Westwood closed out the period with a 31-11 lead.
In the final period all three of the Lady Rockets’ points came from the charity stripe. Long added a pair of baskets and Mullican hit from the paint, but the Lady Pioneers ran out of time, falling by 16.
Warren County was led in scoring by Long with 11 points, Mullican had four and Broom hit for three.
For the Lady Rockets Keele led all scorers with 17 points, Maria Vado chipped in five, Jamie Harden and Kasey Guess had four points each. Ashley Mellon had two, Samatha Dozier added one point.
The Lady Pioneers will travel to Tullahoma West Thursday for a 6 p.m. tip off.