Shelbyville Hands O-W First Loss

Shelbyville (TN) Central scored a 41-37 victory over Orangeburg (SC)-Wilkinson in the opening round of the 2014 CresCom Bank Holiday Invitational to hand the Bruins their first loss of the season.

Shelbyville Central (7-5) never trailed in teh second half but could not pull away from Orangeburg-Wilkinson (9-1).  With the game tied at 16-16 with 1:22 remaining in the first half, Sarah Beth Martin gave the Eaglettes the lead for good with a 3-point basket with 48 seconds remaining.  Brandi Rivers connected on a pair of free throws shortly before halftime to close the gap for Orangeburg-Wilkinson to 19-18 at halftime.

In the second half, Shelbyville Central built its largest lead of the game of eight points at 31-23 on an old-fashioned three-point play by Kyleigh Hardy with 8:05 to play.  Erin Houser connected on a long 3-pointer and then hit a running jumper in the lane to pull Orangeburg-Wilkinson to within three at 31-28 with 5:47 to play.

Shelbyville’s Romney Felts stopped the run with a pair of free throws before the Bruins connected on four straight free throws — two each by Tchenavia Jackson and Houser — to pull Orangeburg-Wilkinson to within just one point at 33-32 with 3:56 to play.  The teams traded baskets and Orangeburg-Wilkinson’s Jade Williams connected on a lay-up after a steal with 39 seconds on the clock to again pull the Bruins to within a single point at 38-37.  After trading turnovers, Felts hit 1-of-2 free throws to give Shelbyville a 39-37 lead.

Dejoria Howard missed a jumper with 10 seconds remaining for the Bruins and To’Nesha Allison sealed the victory for Shelbyville Central with a pair of free throws with just six seconds remaining.  The Eaglettes connected on 6-of-8 from the free throw line in the final two minutes to hold off Orangeburg-Wilkinson.

Felts led a balanced Shelbyville Central attack with 12 points while Allison added 11 points and six steals.  Orangeburg-Wilkinson was paced by Tchenavia Jackson’s 10 points.  Georgia Tech signee Dejoria Howard struggled from the field as she connected on just 4-of-11 shots for a season-low eight points.

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