Lady Wolfpack cruises past Evans
Somewhere lost in the shuffle of an Evans boys win at Greenbrier on Friday night sat the Lady Wolfpack basketball team.
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The Greenbrier girls cruised to a 67-33 win over Evans, in part, because of 10 first-half 3-pointers. Junior guard Sara Oland hit four 3-pointers in the first quarter. Evans had seven points as a team.
"I don't know if I've seen a girl shoot the ball like that in the first quarter," Greenbrier girls basketball coach Garrett Black said. "The only one I can compare it to is Tiffany Blackburn."
Blackburn led the Lady Wolfpack in scoring with 18 points, including four 3-pointers.
Greenbrier led 42-16 at halftime after shooting 10 of 23 (43.5 percent) from the 3-point line in the first half.
With a full line-up of substitutes playing, Greenbrier scored only two points in the fourth quarter, but the Lady Wolfpack still managed more than 65 points for the 11th time this season.
Greenbrier's 18-0 record to start the season is a school record.
More girl power
Augusta Christian's girls picked up a pair of wins during the weekend with a 42-35 victory over St. Joseph on Friday and a 66-29 win over Spartanburg Christian on Saturday.
Lady Lions senior Casey Brush scored 23 points in Friday's win, and freshman Elizabeth Alewine led Augusta Christian on Saturday with 15 points.
The Lady Lions entered the week with a 10-6 record.
Near Knightmare
Coming off one of the biggest wins in school history, the Evans boys basketball team almost tripped up a day later in a 51-48 victory over Aquinas.
Evans trailed 14-1 after the first quarter and 17-1 at one point in the second quarter, but senior Brandon Durr sank two clutch free-throws in the fourth quarter, and the Knights escaped with their 13th win of the season.
Dominating Dominion
Augusta Prep's Laura Kopald scored 24 points, and teammate Mary Beth Horton added another 21 points in a 60-26 win over Dominion Christian on Saturday.
The Lady Cavaliers led 26-0 after the first quarter and improved to 9-9 this season.
Overtime win
Lakeside's girls knocked off Burke County for their second win of the season Saturday night in a 35-32 overtime game.
Seniors Ashley Williams and Hillary Hall each scored 10 points in the victory as the Lady Panthers outscored Burke County 7-4 in the overtime period.
Keeping up
The Lady Knights of Evans rebounded from a region loss at Greenbrier during the weekend with a 34-23 win against Aquinas on Saturday.
Evans junior Taylor Jones led all scoring with 12 points to put the Lady Knights at 8-7 overall.
Don't rock the Boatner
Harlem's boys came up just short of a region victory in a 59-54 loss to Butler on Friday night.
Harlem sophomore Cedric Boatner scored 27 points as the Bulldogs led by two points after the third quarter.
Butler, however, outscored Harlem 20-13 in the fourth quarter.