Webbers Falls struggles at McCurtain
MCCURTAIN — Class B McCurtain proved too much for the Class A Webbers Falls to handle on the road Friday, with the Warriors and the Lady Warriors coming out on the short end in the twinbill.
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MCCURTAIN — Class B McCurtain proved too much for the Class A Webbers Falls to handle on the road Friday, with the Warriors and the Lady Warriors coming out on the short end in the twinbill.
McCurtain 45, Webbers Falls 38 The McCurtain Lady Bulldogs (13-6) are first in their district, and it showed against the Webbers Falls Lady Warriors (13-3), who are also first in their district.
In a hard-fought game that on paper looked like a pretty even match, the Lady Warriors and the game’s top scorer, Anistyn Garner with 21 points on the night, couldn’t keep up with their hosts in the second half.
In the first quarter, the Lady Warriors slipped to a 12-9 deficit, but Webbers Falls’ defense answered with a strong performance in the second stanza, allowing McCurtain only one bucket enroute to an 18-14 advantage by halftime.
But in the second half, McCurtain responded to forge a 30-29 edge by the end of the third period, then outdistanced the Lady Warriors in the fourth frame for the 45-38 final.
McCurtain’s top scorer was Avrie Ford with 15 points.
WEBBERS FALLS 9 9 11 9 – 38 McCURTAIN 12 2 16 15 – 45 WEBBERS FALLS — Anistyn Garner 20, Teralynn Colston 7, Samatha Griffith 5, Bridgette Baer 5.
McCurtain 71, Webbers Falls 45 Webbers Falls could not outscore the McCurtain Bulldogs in any quarter, but trailed by a single point at intermission. Then the bottom fell out for the Warriors.
The Warriors were able to keep it close in the first quarter, with Jaxon Swearingen scoring nine points and Stryker Chappell contributing eight points, but McCurtain owned a 21-20 edge by the end of the initial period.
In the second stanza, the Bulldogs (11-8) and Warriors (89) played to a stalemate, each scoring 15 points for a 36-35 halftime score.
But the Warriors managed only four points in the third p e r i o d and six in the fourth f r a m e , while the Bulldogs built an insurmountable lead with 13 third-period points and 22 in the deciding final quarter.
WEBBERS FALLS 20 15 4 6 – 45 McCURTAIN 21 15 13 22 – 71 WEBBERS FALLS – Jaxon Swearingen 21, Stryker Chappell 15, Riley Ogg 4, Maddux Shelby 3, Luke Pierce 2.
