LADY COUGS ROLL PAST NORTH
South Brunswick Girls Rip West
Columbus For Fourth Straight Win
BY JOHNNY CRAIG
The momentum of the South
Brunswick girls' basketball team
continued to snowball last week as
the Lady Cougars ripped North
7/1
Brunswick and West Columbus for
their fourth straight win.
South romped visiting West
Columbus 62-29 on Friday after
cruising to a 65-35 win over host
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1ADY COUGARS ROMP ? Amy Powell controls the ball under
the basket for West Columbus last Friday while being guarded by
South Brunswick's Erika Bryant (right) in Waccamaw 2 -A
Conference play. The Ijady Cougars rolled to a 62-29 win.
North Brunswick last Tuesday.
The current Lady Cougar win
streak has brought them within a
game of second-place of West
Brunswick with a 6-3 league record
and a 10-8 overall mark.
West Columbus
South Brunswick avenged an ear
lier loss to West Columbus in re
lentless fashion Friday dominating
the contest in the second half for an
easy 62-29 win over the Lady
Vikings.
Tasha Sellers scored 15 points
and Alison Cum bee 10 to lead
South Brunswick.
Jana Bowcn led West Columbus
(7-5, 13-7) with 10 points and Amy
Powell added seven.
"Tonight is the best game we've
had since our loss to West Bruns
wick on Jan. 25," said first-year
South Brunswick coach Mike Iscn
berg. "We opened the second half
?v:th a pressing defense and it really
worked well. We were only ahead
by 11 points at the half and I was a
little reluctant about opening the
second half with a press. I was
afraid that if we didn't run the press
just right, West Columbus might get
some easy layups."
As result, the Lady Cougars
outscorei West Columbus 12-2 to
open the half with a 40-19 lead.
Erika Bryant keyed the early spurt
scoring the first four points and by
die end of the quarter, South
Brunswick held a 42-23 advantage.
As the rout grew more evident in
the second half, Isenberg cleared his
bench while also giving playing
lime to senior center Tessa Lee, last
year's Brunswick County player of
the year.
"We're continuing to work Tessa
back into the lineup," said Isenberg.
"She had surgery about the lime
preseason practice began and now
she's recovering from the flu. She's
good enough to bo a starter but she
hasn't been back in practice but two
weeks now."
"I was very pleased with our
man-to-man defense tonight. We re
ally gave West Columbus trouble
getting their shots off. Offensively,
we fought through their screens
well to get some easy baskets."
"Tameka Davis (freshman point
guard) came in and did a good job
when starter Alison Cumbec fouled
out."
South Brunswick opened the fi
nal period with an 11-0 run that ex
tended its advantage to 53-23.
The Lady Cougars continued to
build on their lead at the free throw
line during a 1:45 stretch midway in
the fourth quarter scoring six of
eight points from the charity stripe.
Score By Quarters
West Columbus 6 11 6 6 ? 29
South Brunswick 12 16 14 20 ? 62
West Columbus scoring: Everette
3, Woolen 2, Hardin 6, Powell 7,
Smith 1, Bowen 10.
South Brunswick scoring: Cum
bee 10, Hankins 8, Lee 8, Davis 7,
Sellers 15, Brown 3, Coates 4,
Bryant 7.
North Brunswick
Lee and Cumbec scored 13 points
each in leading the Lady Cougars to
their 65-35 win over North Bruns
wick.
Sellers and Erika Bryant fol
lowed with 10 points each as South
Brunswick kept the Lady Scorpions
(0-10, 1-16) winless in Waccamaw
Conference play.
Lady Trojans Drop League Pair To South Robeson, Fairmont
STAFF FHOTOS BY JOHNNY CRAIG
CUMBEE DRIVES ? South Brunswick guard Alison Cumbee
drives down the lane during the iMdy Cougars' 62-29 romp over
West Columbus lasl Friday in Waccamaw 2- A Conference play.
Cumbee scored iO points to help the South girls in their fourth
straight win.
BY JOHNNY CRAIG
The West Brunswick Lady Tro
jans dropped back-to-back basket
ball games last week for the first
time this season to Waccamaw 2-A
Conference foes South Robeson and
first-place Fairmont.
The West girls lost to Fairmont
64-52 last Tuesday and fell to South
Robeson 44-40 on Friday.
The two losses dropped West
Brunswick to 6-4 in the WC and 13
5 overall. The West girls are now in
a four-way battle for second place
in the league standings. South
Brunswick (6-3) currently has a
half-game edge over West Bruns
wick, Whiteville (6-4) and West
Columbus (7-5).
The Lady Trojans continue
league play Friday hosting North
Brunswick then travel to East
Bladen next Tuesday.
South Robeson
West Brunswick let an early 11-6
lead get away as South Robeson
staged a second-half rally to hand
the Lady Trojans their second loss
of the week.
Chasity Oxendine scored 20
points and Taneta Killins added
nine to lead the Lady Mustangs (3
6,5-9).
"We got off to a good start but let
a few bad breaks in the first half get
us down," said West Brunswick
coach Brenda Council. "We're just
not playing with the same intensity
as we did early in the season. It
seems like we've hit a slump."
"We're going to have to hustle a
lot more and reach back and get that
desire to win we displayed early in
the year. We are also going to have
to crash the boards better to im
prove our rebounding."
South Robeson cut into West
Brunswick's first-quarter lead by
four points to trail by only 24-23 at
halftime.
The Lady Mustangs continued to
gain momentum while holding West
Bruswick to only six points in the
third period for a 33-30 lead.
South Robeson outscored the
Lady Trojans 11-10 in the final
quarter to hold on for only their
third league win of the season.
Becky Buffkin led West Bruns
wick with 14 points and Cynthia
Williams added 10.
Score By Quarters
West Brunswick 1 1 13 6 10 ? 40
South Robeson 6 17 10 11 ? 44
West Brunswick scoring: Buffkin
14, Williams 10, C. King 7, M.
King 2, Detrie 4, Hankins 2, Mor
gan 1.
South Robeson scoring: Oxen
dine 20, Killins 9, McKoy 8,
McLain 7.
Fairmont
Tonya Watson led three Lady
Golden Tornadoes in double figures
with 20 points to keep Fairmont un
beaten in Waccamaw Conference
play last Tuesday with a 64-52
league win.
Jennifer Renfrow added 17 points
and Shalonda Townsend 12 for
Fairmont who improved to 10-0 in
the WC and 15-1 overall.
Becky Buffkin scored 19 points
and Christy King 11 to lead West
Brunswick.
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"We played a much belter game
this time around as compared to the
last time we played Fairmont," said
Council. "We committed some cru
cial turnovers iaie in the game
which could have been caused by
fatigue."
"We forced Fairmont into some
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turnovers early which helped us get
out to a quick lead. I guess we just
ran out of gas."
The Lady Trojans grabbed a 16
12 lead in the first quarter but
Fairmont used a 10-point scoring
edge in the second period to take a
34-28 halflime advantage.
West Brunswick managed to cut
in'o the Fairmont lead by three
points in the third quarter to trail by
47-44 but the Lady Golden
Tornadoes pulled away in the fourth
period with a 17-8 scoring advan
tage.
Score By Quarters
West Brunswick 16 12 16 8 ? 52
Fairmont 12 22 13 17?64
West Brunswick scoring: King
11, BufTkin 19, Dctrie 3, Moore 2,
Williams 9, Morgan 8.
Fairmont scoring: Watson 20,
Rcnfrow 17, Townsend 12, Taylor
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