West's Grissett Drops Bombs On Gators
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Kancka Grissclt was in "the zone"
Friday night.
The West Brunswick sophomore
made six three-pointers and finished
with 21 points to lead the Lady
Trojans to a 59-52 high sch<x>l girls'
basketball victory over visiting East
Columbus.
Grissett made six out of eight
three-point shots, not counting a pair
of desperation 30-footers she
launched at the end of the second
and third quarters.
"It seemed like Kaneka's been
struggling all year and she had a real
good game tonight," West Bruns
wick Coach Brenda Council said.
"She's been having to shoot off the
dribble and we got her open tonight
for some shots."
Grissett. who knocked down five
three-pointers from the top of the
key, did most of her damage in the
first half when the Lady Trojans
pulled out to a 32-16 lead.
The sharp-shooting guard was 5
for-6 from three-point range in the
first half, when she scored 15 points.
Grissett added her sixth "trey" at the
start of the third quarter.
The partisan West Brunswick
crowd greeted each three-pointer
with a deep "woosh" and the noise
grew louder with each successful
bomb.
Grissett's hot shooting lifted the
Lady Trojans into a tie for first place
in the Waccamaw Conference with a
record of 3-1. Whiteville also en
tered this week's play at 3-1.
Grissett scored West's first six
points on a pair of three-pointers.
The Lidy Trojans pulled out to a 10
2 lead in the first six minutes and led
11 -6 after one quarter.
East Columbus' Lady Gators
trimmed the iead io i i-o caiiy hi tiic
second period before West Bruns
wick went on a 10-0 run keyed by a
pair of Grissett long-range bombs.
West Brunswick led 32-l(> at in
termission, and Grissett's sixth
three-pointer of the night at the fvl5
mark of the third quarter gave the
Lady Trojans a 37-20 advantage.
The Cialors pulled to within 4s
after three quarters anil cut West's
lead to 47-42 vs ith 5:10 remaining in
the game before the Lady Trojans
used a (>-<) spurt to rebuild their lead
to 11 points.
Hast Columbus battled back agam
and pulled to within seven points.
55-48. with I 43 on the clock.
However, the Lady Gators were
whistled for an intentional foul with
I 24 remaining anil West Brunswick
converted lour ol eight free throws
down the stretch lo hold on.
Senior center Nicoie Norris
scored II points lor West Bruns
wick Leading the Lady Gators were
Shaw ml.i Moore with 19 points.
Tamara Bray w ith 14 and Stephanie
Freeman w ith I .V
Prior to last week. West
Brunswick's girls had blown fourth
quarter leads in four of their last
eight games. The Lady Trojans pro
tected late leads in both conference
wins last week over Last Columbus
and Whiteville.
"It's been a big turnaround."
Coach Council said, ' l feel like
we're on the right foot now."
WVst Brunswick (5-7 overall) was
scheduled to host West Columbus
Tuesday night. The Lady Trojans
w ill play a non-conference game at
Wilmington Lanev on Thursday
night and travel lo South Brunswick
on Saturday.
Score By Quarters
East Columbus 6 10 I1) 17?52
West Brunswick II 21 1314?59
East Columbus scoring: Moore.
l'); Bray. 14; Freeman. 13; Daniels.
4; Graham 2.
West Brunswick scoring: Grissett.
21; Norris. 11; Moodv. 9; Morgan.
7; Moll. 6; Hill. 5
FORWARD FELECIA MORCiAS looks to score for the Lady Tro
jans over East Columbus' Shawnda Moore.
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STAFF PHOTOS BY DOUG RUTTER
W EST SENIOR NICOLE NORMS guards Tamara Bray of East
Columbus.
MOODY HITS GAME-WINNER
Lady Trojans Upset Whiteville
Donici.i Moody 's basket w ith lour
seconds remaining lilted West
Brunswick to a 54-53 upset win
over Whiteville in high school girls'
basketball action last Tuesday.
Regina Garcia's steal and layup
had given the host Lady Wolfpack a
53-52 lead with 13 seconds left.
West Hrunsu ick called timeout with
12 seconds on the clock to set up an
inlnuinds play.
West Brunswick Coach Brenda
Council said she overheard White
ville Coach Ken Helms tell his team
to play man-to-man defense.
Council set up a play in which
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three West players set a screen and
Moody broke loose and ran toward
the Whiteville basket. Senior Nicole
Norris heaved a length-of-the-court
inbounds pass to Moody.
The freshman forward slipped
and fell to the floor after receiving
the pass, but she regained her feet
and made the winning shot.
Moody finished with 16 points.
Norris had 17 and sophomore for
ward Felecia Morgan added 12 as
the l.ady Trojans improved to 2-1 in
the Waccamaw Conference and 4-7
overall.
Whiteville. led by Dawn Thread
gill's 2(1 points, fell to 2-1 ip. the
league and 10-2 overall. Ciarcia anil
Dee Dee Toon scored 12 points
apiece for the Lady Wolfpack, who
carried a six-game winning streak
into the game.
West Brunswick outscored White
ville 1S-12 in the second quarter to
grab a 30-22 lead at halftime.
The Lady Trojans ieu by as many
as 13 points in the third quarter, but
Whiteville trimmed the deficit to
eight heading into the final period.
Score By Quarters
West Brunswick 1218 16 8?54
Whiteville 1012 1615?53
West Brunswick scoring: Norris.
17; Moody. 16; Morgan. 12;
Grissett, 7; Moll, 2.
Whiteville scoring: Threadgill.
20; R Garcia. 12; Toon. 12; K.
Garcia, 4; Rogers. 3; Holden, 2.
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