St. Pauls tops Pack
Whiteville’s Brandi Drayton looks to make a pass while being heavily guarded by a St. Pauls player in Tuesday night’s girls game at WHS. St. Pauls won 59-42.
Whiteville’s Nur Abdullah puts up a shot against two St. Pauls defenders in Tuesday night’s non-conference boys basketball game at the WHS gym. St. Pauls won 56-45 to snap a four-game WHS winning streak. Whiteville played Wednesday night at West Bladen (see result in A-section of our printed edition).
The Whiteville High School boys basketball team’s four-game winning streak came to a screeching halt Tuesday as the Wolfpack fell to the visiting St. Pauls Bulldogs 56-48.
The Wolfpack was held to a single point in the second quarter as its record fell to 4-2.
“We didn’t hit our shots,” said WHS coach Kenzil McCall. “The reason we won our last four games was because we shot the ball well. That didn’t happen tonight.”
Sprandon Mahoney and Aaron Clark each scored 16 points for the Wolfpack in the loss.
R. Bethea scored 17 points to lead St. Pauls, followed by Steve Williams with 15 and William McRae with 13.
Whiteville had defeated the St. Pauls team by a 59-54 score in their game earlier this month at St. Pauls.
St. Pauls led 25-15 at the half and 36-21 after three quarters. Whiteville put up a 27-point comeback surge in the fourth quarter but could get no closer than seven points in the final minutes.
The Whiteville girls suffered their fifth straight loss as the Lady Bulldogs prevailed 59-42 behind Jasmine Williams’ 17 points.
Sarah Gore had 11 points for Whiteville, whose record slipped to 1-5.
Whiteville played at West Bladen Wednesday night. (See result in A-section of our printed edition).
GIRLS GAME
| St. Pauls | 14 |
13 |
16 |
16 |
- |
59 |
| Whiteville | 7 |
16 |
11 |
8 |
- |
42 |
ST. PAULS (59): Locklear 6, Alexander 5, Ray 4, Ashbrook 10, Sinclair 1, Smith 4, Harris 12, Williams 17
WHITEVILLE (42): Gore 11, Westberg 5, Kemp 2, Evans 2, Wilson 4, Watts 4, Worley 2, Drayton 6, McDonald 6.
BOYS GAME
| St. Pauls | 10 |
15 |
11 |
20 |
- |
56 |
| Whiteville | 15 |
1 |
5 |
27 |
- |
48 |
ST. PAULS (56): Williams 15, McRae 13, R. Bethea 17, Lilly 2, D. Bethea 9.
WHITEVILLE (48): Henry 2, Abdullah 6, Mahoney 16, Clark 16, Phillips 2, Godfrey 3, South 2