Lady Cyclones net first Coastal win
NEW BERN — A 9-4 advantage in the opening quarter boosted the visiting Community Christian school varsity girls basketball team to its first 1-A/2-A Coastal Independents Conference victory of the season by a 28-22 margin against Epiphany on Friday night.
The Lady Cyclones of head coach Kenneth Atkinson improved to 1-4 in the conference and to 3-8 in all games.
Junior Olivia Walker sparked the CCS offense with a game-high 14 points. Senior MiChaeyla Lee grabbed 11 rebounds and come up with five steals. Alexis Langley, a 6-foot-2 junior, claimed nine rebounds and 6-1 seventh-grader Lilly Lyndon added eight rebounds.
Atkinson said strong rebounding helped the Lady Cyclones survive a 4-for-18 performance at the foul line.
CCS continues conference play at Rocky Mount Academy on Monday.
COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN (28)
Walker 14, Lee 4, Langley 3, Vaughan 2, Jackson 2, Gardner 2, Webb 1.
EPIPHANY (22)
Potter 9, Oliver 7, Litchfield 3, Weatherly 3.
Score by quarters:
CCS 9 7 5 7 — 28
Epiphany 4 9 3 6 — 22
NEW BERN — A 9-4 advantage in the opening quarter boosted the visiting Community Christian school varsity girls basketball team to its first 1-A/2-A Coastal Independents Conference victory of the season by a 28-22 margin against Epiphany on Friday night.
The Lady Cyclones of head coach Kenneth Atkinson improved to 1-4 in the conference and to 3-8 in all games.
Junior Olivia Walker sparked the CCS offense with a game-high 14 points. Senior MiChaeyla Lee grabbed 11 rebounds and come up with five steals. Alexis Langley, a 6-foot-2 junior, claimed nine rebounds and 6-1 seventh-grader Lilly Lyndon added eight rebounds.
Atkinson said strong rebounding helped the Lady Cyclones survive a 4-for-18 performance at the foul line.
CCS continues conference play at Rocky Mount Academy on Monday.
COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN (28)
Walker 14, Lee 4, Langley 3, Vaughan 2, Jackson 2, Gardner 2, Webb 1.
EPIPHANY (22)
Potter 9, Oliver 7, Litchfield 3, Weatherly 3.
Score by quarters:
CCS 9 7 5 7 — 28
Epiphany 4 9 3 6 — 22
