Prep girls roundup

By News-Argus Staff
Published in Sports on February 15, 2004 2:00 AM

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DUDLEY -- Southern Wayne's girls got balanced scoring from the entire lineup as the Lady Saints beat Washington 49-44 Friday night in the play-in game of the Eastern Carolina 3-A Conference Tournament.

The Lady Saints advance to a quarterfinal matchup at top-seeded Goldsboro Monday night at 7 p.m.

Southern Wayne, using several call-up players from their conference champion JV squad, scored 18 points in the third period to build a 40-28 lead. Washington closed the gap to five points but could not draw any closer.

"We played a lot of people and got scoring throughout the team," said Southern Wayne coach Richard Proctor. "We played good defense and rebounded well. They have a couple of good shooters, and we controlled them defensively."

Tiffany Swinson and Jessica Teachey both had 11 points to pace Southern Wayne, which saw 11 players score in the contest. Washington was paced by 17 points form Jeri Bell and 11 from Meredith Knox.

" We finally finished a game," said Proctor. "This was a team victory, and we needed it as we head to Goldsboro."

Washington 10 8 10 16 -- 44

Southern Wayne 9 13 18 9 -- 49

WASHINGTON (2-22)

Jeri Bell 17, Jan Boston 5, Candace Cogdell 2, Meredith Knox 11, Dakita Keel 8, Ponchettia Woodard 1.

SOUTHERN WAYNE (5-17)

Tiffany Swinson 11, Christina Lopez 5, Jessica Teachey 11, Ebony Darden 2, Laccarro Mathis 2, Dionne Dotson 4, Aldonna Jones 4, Danielle Wilkins 2, Talisa Robinson 2, Sholanda Smith 3, Lynn Grantham 3.

Three-point baskets -- Washington 6 (Bell 4, Knox 2), 4 Southern Wayne (Swinson, Lopez, Jones, Grantham). Turnovers -- Southern Wayne 15. Total fouls -- Washington 17, Southern Wayne 22. Fouled out -- Technicals -- Washington bench.

Ziemer's double-double

guides Lady Chargers

Wayne Country Day's Carolyn Ziemer posted a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds as the Lady Chargers closed the regular season with a 46-38 win over Faith Christian of Rocky Mount on Friday.

Wayne Country Day (6-13, 3-5 Coastal Plains Independent 1-A Conference) will open conference tournament play on Tuesday in a play-in game with Rocky Mount Academy at 6:30 p.m. at Kerr-Vance.

Christin Grubb added 13 points, while Hannah Grantham chipped in 11.

Louise Northington pulled down 12 rebounds to go with seven points in the win.

Faith Christian's Meredith Bruce scored 13 points as Nicole Check provided 12.

Faith Christian-RM 7 8 7 14 -- 38

Wayne Country Day 14 10 10 12 -- 46

WAYNE COUNTRY DAY (6-13, 3-5 CPIC)

Carolyn Ziemer 15, 10 reb., Christin Grubb 13, Hannah Grantham 11, Louise Northington 7, 12 reb.

FAITH CHRISTIAN-RM

Meredith Bruce 13, Nicole Check 12

Lady Devils

catch fire

SNOW HILL -- The South Lenoir girls basketball team knocked down 12 three-pointers Friday night and ran away from Greene Central 82-54.

Elizabeth Turner led the Blue Devils with 23 points.

Greene Central's Teketia May led all scorers with 28, while Briana Stanton added 16.

The Rams (7-17, 2-8) will host South Lenoir again Monday night at 6:30 p.m. in the first round of the Class 2-A Eastern Plains Conference tournament.

South Lenoir 22 17 17 26 -- 82

Greene Central 2 23 9 10 -- 54

SOUTH LENOIR (15-5, 5-5)

Elizabeth Turner 23, Erin Pike 14, Nicole Corn 12, Kari Ham 10, Tamika Jones 9, Molly Pollock 5, Latoya Graham 2, Jess King 2, Ashton Hardison 2. Totals 27 12 16-23 82.

GREENE CENTRAL (7-17, 2-8)

Teketia May 28, Briana Stanton 16, Fernanda Brown 4, Diandra Tyson 4, April Jones 2. 18 3 15-21 54.

North Lenoir

rolls into postseason

TARBORO -- North Lenoir's girls pulled away from a game Tarboro squad Friday night, beating the Lady Vikings 50-35.

The victory was sealed in the closing minutes of the second half as North Lenoir turned a one-point lead into a 21-point bulge on turnovers and pressure defense.

"I was worried, even as far as the middle of the third quarter," said North Lenoir coach Wayne Floyd. "The longer they stick around, the harder it's going to be."

Lonnie Jones led the Lady Hawks with 17 points. Katie Maloney added 14 for the Hawks, who open Class 2-A Eastern Plains Conference Tournament play on Thursday at home as the number-two seed against the winner of North Pitt and Tarboro.

North Lenoir 10 14 13 13 -- 50

Tarboro 14 6 3 12 -- 35

NORTH LENOIR (22-2, 9-1)

Tiara Brundie 3, Shannon Plymouth 5, Chance Lynch 4, Lonnie Jones 17, Katie Maloney 14, Tammy Moye 7.

TARBORO (13-9, 6-4)

Takeria Thorne 4, Cassandra Jones 5, Nicole Thomas 4, Courtney Jarrell 5, Ashley Anderson 6, JaQuannah Pittman 4, Kanesha Mercer 3, Liz Brown 4.