Lady Eagles hand Eastside girls a loss
The Morrison Lady Eagles traveled to Eastside Monday night and handed the Lady Bulldogs a 38-9 loss.
Morrison jumped out to an early lead in the first quarter and never looked back. Defense from the Lady Eagles created many turnovers by the Lady Bulldogs, which Morrison turned into points on the board.
Morrison’s Melita Pelham and Kayley Murray did most of the damage as they combined for 10 of the Lady Eagles’ 14 points in the first quarter, and tough defense held the Lady Bulldogs scoreless in the first period.
Eastside hit the scoreboard with 5:14 left in the second quarter. Tessa King and Becky Najera scored Eastside four points in the quarter as Morrison added six to take a 20-4 lead at the half.
Morrison’s defense would again control much of the third quarter as they held Eastside to three points in the period. The Lady Eagles added 10 in the period and took a 30-7 lead into the fourth.
Eastside continued to struggle from the floor in the fourth with missed opportunities, as they put only two points on the board in the final period. Brooke Bowman hit for six points for the Lady Eagles in the fourth to give Morrison the 29 point win.
For the Lady Eagles, Pelham and Murray had 12 points each. Bowman had eight, Miki Rogers had four and Callie Orrick added two points.
For Eastside, King had four points, Najera and Yessenia Arenall had two points each with Synthia Watts adding one point.