ELIZABETHTOWN – Nur Abdullah and Paige McCallum each scored 25 points for their respective Whiteville High School basketball teams as they defeated host East Bladen Tuesday night in a pair of non-conference basketball games.
Abdullah paced the Wolfpack boys to a 58-54 win while McCallum led the WHS girls to a 55-52 victory in a battle of unbeaten teams.
The Whiteville boys scored 22 fourth-quarter points to overtake the Eagles after trailing 23-22 at half and 39-36 after three quarters. Chris Grant had seven points for the Wolfpack, which got its second win of the season. Nine WHS players contributed to the scoring total.
Mike-Mike Smith scored 24 points for East Bladen and Jeffrey Bryant had 12.
The Whiteville girls pulled out their win after falling behind 14-7 in the first quarter and 26-23 at the half. The Lady Wolfpack gained the lead in third quarter when they outscored the EBHS girls 17-11. Portia Baldwin joined McCallum in double figures with 15 points.
Jatoya Kemp scored 24 points a Kayla Davis followed with 15 for The Lady Eagles, who were handed their first loss of the season.
East Bladen will play at Whiteville tonight in a rematch.
GIRLS GAME
| Whiteville |
7
|
16
|
17
|
15
|
-
|
55
|
| E. Bladen |
14
|
12
|
11
|
15
|
-
|
52
|
WHITEVILLE (55): Gore 1, Faison 4, Jordan 8, McCallum 25, Manning 2, Baldwin 15.
EAST BLADEN (52): Powell 6, Kemp 24, Davis 15, McKiver 3, Perkins 9.
BOYS GAME
| Whiteville |
12
|
10
|
14
|
22
|
-
|
58
|
| E. Bladen |
7
|
16
|
16
|
15
|
-
|
54
|
WHITEVILLE (58): Abdullah 25, Clark 4, McIntyre 1, Livingston 5, Grant 7, Mahoney 4, Jordan 5, Royal 1, Godfrey 6.
EAST BLADEN (54): Lancaster 5, Whittington 2, Higgins 2, Autry 4, Bryant 12, Smith 6, Smith 24.