West Stanly women sweep basketball series with North Stanly
Published 1:01 pm Thursday, December 5, 2024
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The West Stanly women’s basketball team entered Tuesday’s road game having won three of the team’s first four games.
Included in the early schedule was a win at home versus North Stanly, ending a 10-game losing streak to the Comets.
The Colts (4-1) went on an 11-4 run early in Tuesday’s rematch at North (3-2), ending a three-game active win streak for the Comets with a 51-39 win.
Kennedy Foxx led West with 15 points, including three made 3-pointers, while Grayson Howell added 14.
Shymani Baslan led North with 12 points while Allie Morgan added eight.
West led 16-6 after one quarter, but the Comets cut the lead to five midway through the second quarter, 16-11.
North’s Lexie Brown cut the deficit to one, 21-20, with 2:45 left in the first half.
A corner 3-pointer from Raygan Gainey and a layup from Brynli Huneycutt in the final minute of the period pushed the Colts’ advantage to seven at halftime, 28-21.
West pushed the lead to 12 in the first three minutes of the third quarter and led by the same margin after the end of the period, 40-28.
The Colts built a lead as much as 21 points in the fourth quarter en route to the win.