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February 10, 2012

Roundup: Woodrow starts fast, slows down Princeton

Staff reports Bluefield Daily Telegraph

PRINCETON — Olivia Moore scored 29 points and Alexis Allen canned four of Woodrow Wilson’s eight 3s to finish with 17, leading the Flying Eagles to a 72-63 win over Princeton on Thursday night.

Woodrow Wilson (13-5) jumped out to a 23-14 first quarter lead, and still led by 10 at the break.

McKenzie Akers paced Princeton with 30 points, including five of the Tigerettes’ eight 3s, while Hannah Preservati added 16 points. Kendria Perkins scored six points and pulled down 12 rebounds.

Akers also dished out seven assists.

Princeton (14-6) travels to Hurricane on Saturday.



WOODROW WILSON (13-5)

Olivia Moore 11 6-9 29, Shaitece Trigg 4 2-4 14, Sarah Akers 1 0-0 2, Alexis Allen 6 2-4 17, Dawnhsa Heath 3 1-2 7, Danielle Miller 0 1-2 1, Brianna Thompson 1 0-0 2. Totals 26 12-21 72

PRINCETON (14-6)

McKenzie Akers 10 5-9 30, Kendria Perkins 2 2-4 6, Marissa Mullins 2 0-3 4, Hannah Preservati 5 4-4 16, Stephanie Lambert 1 0-0 3, Rachel Surface 1 2-2 4. Totals 21 13-21 63.

Woodrow Wilson..................23 16  12  21  —  72

Princeton............................ 14  15  12  22   –  63

3-point goals: WW 8 (Trigg 4, Allen 3, Moore 1); PR 8 (Akers 5, Preservati 2, Lambert 1). JV—PR won.





Independence 38, Mount View 36

INDEPENDENCE — Emily Fedukovich canned three 3s and joined Kelsey Hart with 11 points to lead the Patriots past the Golden Knights.

Mount View was paced by Jordan Younger with nine points and eight from Gizelle Brown.

The Lady Knights (9-9), who are 1-7 since starting 8-2, will host Bluefield tonight. Independence (6-13) will host No. 2 Westside on Tuesday.



MOUNT VIEW (9-9)

Ashley Belfiore 3 0-0 6, Shyrell Johnson 1 0-0 2, Shyanne Saunders 3 0-0 6, Shamecca Perkins 2 1-3 5, Jordan Younger 3 3-6 9, Gizelle Brown 4 0-0 8. Totals 16 4-9 36.

INDEPENDENCE (6-13)

Staci Daniel 0 1-2 1, Kelsey Hart 5 1-2 11, Alissa Ward 3 0-0 7, Emily Fedukovich 4 0-2 11, Krista Greene 0 1-2 1, Krista Harris 2 2-2 7. Totals 14  5-10 38.

Mount View..............................2  12  4  18  —  36

Independence.........................6  6  11  15  —  38

3-point goals: MV 0; ID 5 (Fedukovich 3, Harris 1, Ward 1).  



BOYS



Mercer Christian 58, Champions 35

PRINCETON — Jonathan Easter connected on five 3-pointers to help Mercer Christian to avenge an earlier 31-point loss to the visitors from Richlands.

Easter finished with 21 points and James Beckner added 19 for the Cavaliers, which lost at Champions 65-34 earlier in the season.

Chris Slade paced Champions with 16 points, while Isaac Ratliff canned 13.

Mercer Christian will travel to New Life Academy tonight in Summersville.



CHAMPIONS (n/r)

Justin Widener 4, Chris Slade 16, Tanner Robinette 2, Isaac Ratliff 13.

MERCER CHRISTIAN (5-15)

Josiah Janning 4, Jonathan Easter 21, Kenny Shrewsbury 4, James Beckner 19, Samuel Stephens 2, Caleb Janning 8.

Champions Academy...........8  9  10   8  —  35

Mercer Christian...............15  14  13  16  —  58

3-point goals: CH 1 (Ratliff 1); MC 7 (Easter 5, Beckner 2).







 

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