Pittsboro, NC – The Northwood Lady Chargers varsity basketball team scored 70 points and held the Southern Durham Spartans to 44 points in a league victory on Thursday, January 7. The Chargers now sport a 2-0 record. They put it on the line next when they host Orange for a Big Eight 3A battle on Friday, January 15.
| January 7, 2021 | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Durham | 13 | 4 | 17 | 10 | 44 |
| Northwood | 18 | 12 | 20 | 20 | 70 |
Leading scorers for the game were McKenna Snively with 20 points (7-15 shooting 3-6 3pt. FG), Te’Keyah Bland (8/11 Shooting) with 17 points, Natalie Bell with 8 points and Caroline Allen with 7 points.
Northwood Scoring
| # | Athlete Name | Pts | FG | FGA | FG% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Rae McClarty (Sr) | 6 | 2 | 4 | 50 |
| 5 | Natalie Bell (Jr) | 8 | 2 | 2 | 100 |
| 12 | Te’Keyah Bland (So) | 17 | 8 | 11 | 73 |
| 14 | Mckenna Snively (Jr) | 20 | 7 | 15 | 47 |
| 22 | Skylar Adams (Fr) | 6 | 2 | 8 | 25 |
| 24 | Myla Marve (Jr) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 33 |
| 40 | Caroline Allen (Jr) | 7 | 3 | 5 | 60 |
| 45 | J. Faucette (Sr) | 4 | 2 | 3 | 67 |
| Team Totals | 70 | 27 | 51 | 53 |
Leading rebounder for the game was Te’Keyah Bland with 10 rebounds. Skylar Adams contributed with 6 assists and grabbed 5 steals.
(photo by Gene Galin)
Rebs, Asst, Steals and TOs
| # | Athlete Name | Off | Def | Tot Reb | Ast | Stls | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Rae McClarty (Sr) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Theryn Elmore (So) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Natalie Bell (Jr) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | Te’Keyah Bland (So) | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Mckenna Snively (Jr) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | Skylar Adams (Fr) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 |
| 24 | Myla Marve (Jr) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| 40 | Caroline Allen (Jr) | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 45 | J. Faucette (Sr) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 23 | 31 | 11 | 16 | 16 |
After the big win head Lady Chargers basketball coach Cameron Vernon said: “This is a big win for us. During my time at Northwood we have really struggled against Southern Durham because they are always a very athletic and aggressive team. But this by far was our best performance during my tenure against them. A key was our guards ability to handle their pressure. I cannot say enough about our guards especially Skylar Adams for handling the pressure. We talked briefly before the game about what to expect and she is a great decision maker and ball handler.
McKenna once again showed her improvement. 20 points a career high and she was 3/6 from 3 point range and 2 that were misses were halfway down. Very nice to have Tekeyah on the floor as well as she showed her ability to be a force inside and was very efficient with 8/11 shooting. I have a very good problem because I have a lot of girls that can play and not enough minutes to hand out.
Natalie Bell, Rae McClarty and Myla Marve did a phenomenal job offensively and defensively against the Southern guards. A key moment was in the first quarter when we decided to go from man defense to a 2-3 zone because we were not moving our feet well enough and reaching. That forced Southern to shoot more from the outside and I feel their strength is getting to the basket.
On the offensive end we were very efficient. 24/44 (55% from 2fg) and 3/7 (43% 3FG) is very good. An area though that we all know we need to work on is the 13/26 from the foul line (50%). Our team goal is 70% daily in practice and games so we have a lot of room for improvement.
However, very happy on the girls performance tonight and they played extremely well.”