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South Girls LADY COUGARS ARF 26-0 Edge Whitevil/e For Waccamaw Tourney Crown Hi! IK. BY D()U(; RUTTKR Enough already. The resi of ihc Waccamaw Conference has seen all of the evidence it needs to see sup porting South Brunswick's ranking as the top 2-A girls' basketball team in North Carolina. After terrorizing league foes dur ing the regular season, the undefeat ed Lady Cougars captured their sec ond straight conference tournament championship Friday with a 50-46 win over Whitcvillc. South's Tasha Sellers hit two free throws with 27 seconds remaining to break a 46-46 tie. Stacy Iscnbcrg drained two more foul shots with 2.7 seconds left to nail down the win. "1 was real proud of them. I think they felt a lot of pressure tonight," said Lady Cougar Coach Mike Iscnbcrg, who battled the flu Friday as his team battled for its 26th straight win of the year. South Brunswick, which pounded league opponents by an average of 22.6 points per game en route to the regular-season conference title, wasn't so punishing in the tourna ment. After thrashing North Brunswick 78-46 in the opening round, the Lady Cougars slipped past fourth seeded Fairmont 34-27 last Wed nesday to advance to the champi onship game at South Robeson High School. On Friday, Whitcvillc had its way through most of the first half. The second-seeded Lady Wolfpack led 13-11 after one quarter and used a 7 0 run to take a 26-17 lead with 2:28 remaining in the second period. Whiteville's Dawn Threadgui scored 10 of her team-high 14 points in the first half, when the Wolf pack's full-court press was effective at times in creating turnovers. South Brunswick, however, scored the final six points of the half and only trailed 26-23 at intermis sion. The third quarter belonged to the Lady Cougars. Sellers, who scored a game-high 16 points, tossed in two three-pointers and a pair of free throws to lead the South Brunswick charge. The Lady Cougars used a 15-0 run?holding Whitcvillc scoreless for 6 minutes, 34 seconds?to bolt out to a 41-29 lead. "At halftimc they really came out ready to play and they played a great third quar ter," Iscnbcrg said. Whitcvillc trailed 41-33 after three periods, but rallied in the ERIK A BRYANT drives for two points during the tournament championship game. Defending for Whiteville is Dawn Threadgill. _ ff?i TASHA SELIJiRS (with ball) led South Brunswick with 16 points and scored the winning points in Friday's win over Whiteville. South To Host Playoffs The South Brunswick boys' and whoever we play is going to have a girls' basketball teams were sched- game under their bell," South Coach uled to host state 2-A playoff games Mike Isenberg said Friday. "But I'd this week after receiving first-round rather play at home and let some byes for their performance during body else drive two or three hours." the regular season. If the Lady Cougars win Wed The undefeated Lady Cougars, nesday night, they will host the sec champions of the Waccamaw Con- tional finals Saturday at 7 p.m. fercnee in the regular season and South Brunswick's boys, who tournament, were expected to open won the Waccamaw Conference the playoffs Wednesday with a 7 tournament after finishing second to p.m. home game. Fairmont during the regular season, South Brunswick's girls received also received an opening-round bye a first-round bye in the playoffs and in the playoffs. were expected to play the winner of The Cougars open the playoffs at Monday night's Graham/Fuquay- home Thursday at 7 p.m. South will Varina game. South is ranked first in host the winner of a first-round the state 2-A class and enters the game between Whiteville and playoffs 26-0. 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Stacy Isenberg scaled the deal with two more foul shots down the stretch. Whiteville, which made 15 of 21 free throw attempts in the game, missed two crucial onc-and-onc chances in the final 13 seconds. The Lady Wolfpack's record fell to 20-6. "Whiteville always makes a good run at us," Coach Isenberg said. "We always gel up by about 10 points and they make a run at us." In this case, Whitcville's run started when the Lady Cougars went into their "four-corners" offense with about 3 1/2 minutes left in the game. South held a 44-37 lead at the time, but il quickly disappeared. Isenberg said he wouldn't have gone into the delay game so early if his team hadn't been in foul trouble. Starters Tamcka Davis and Jenny Fullwood fouled out in the fourth quarter. Whitevillc's girls had advanced to the tournament final with a first round win over East Bladen and a 62-50 victory over West Bruns wick's l^ady Trojans in the semifi nals. South Brunswick, which has won 46 of 52 games over the last two seasons, also defeated Whitcvillc in last year's Waccamaw Conference tournament final, 47-43. Score By Quarters Whitcvillc 13 13 7 13-46 South Brunswick II 12 IS 9?50 Whitcvillc scoring: Threadgill, 14; Register, 10; Garcia, 9; Jones, 8; Toon, 5. South Brunswick scoring: Sellers, 16; Brown, 12; Fullwood, 7; Iscn bcrg, 6; Bryant, 4; Davis, 4; Hank ins, 1. Lady Cougars South Brunswick's girls advanced 10 the Waccamaw Conference Bask etball Tournament championship game with a 34-27 win over Fair mont in the semifinals last Wednes day. The Lady Cougars, who beat North Brunswick in the tourna ment's opening round, raced out to an 11-0 first-quarter lead against Fairmont and held on for their 25th win of the year. Senior Tasha Sellers tossed in four three-pointers and led the Lady Cougars with 14 points. Jodie Edge Fairmont Brown chippcd in eight points and Stacy Iscnbcrg added seven. Tyra Taylor led the Golden Tornadoes with 10 points. Fair mont's girls trailed 17-9 at halftime, hut they cut the South Brunswick lead to 26-20 after three quarters. Score By Quarters Fairmont 0 9 11 7?27 South Brunswick 116 9 8?34 Fairmont scoring: Taylor, 10; Barber, 6; Nealy, 6; T. Scott, 2; Fields, 2; Butler, 1. South Brunswick scoring: Sellers, 14; Brown, 8; Isenberg, 7; Bryant, 4; Fullwood, 1. B I N (> 0 Thursday Nights ? Doors Open 6:15 pm Calabash VFW Post 7288 Carter Rd., Trader's Village, Calabash. 579-3577 OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Games begin at 7:30 PM Minimum "Buy In" $5.00 Minimum Pay Out $650.00 Maximum $725 Snacks Available ? No Children under 12 NEW SMOKE-FREE AIR SYSTEM 01983 THE BRUNSWICK BEACON We Salute Brunswick Farm Supply in Ash We're proud to have provided paving services for your business. M Helping Brunswick County Grow! Grading And Paving Contractor | 754-7177 Asphalt Plant-2 miles north of Shallotte on Hwy. 17 ? 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