Northwood jumped out to an 11-0 lead in the first three minutes of play and placed 10 players in the scoring column as the Lady Chargers took advantage of Western Harnett turnovers in cruising to a 54-32 non-conference victory Tuesday night in Lewis Norwood Gymnasium.
Chandler Adams and Myla Marve tallied a dozen points apiece for the winners, who climbed to 3-1 for the season. Northwood connected on 18-of-47 (38%) of its field goal attempts while committing 14 turnovers.
Lahaina Bell notched a game-high 14 points for the Lady Eagles, who fell to 2-3 overall. Western Harnett shot 11-of-36 (31%) from the floor and held a 33-26 advantage on the boards but turned the ball over 35 times.
Following the Lady Chargers’ 11-0 burst to open the contest, the Lady Eagles narrowed the gap to 12-6 with 3:40 left in the initial stanza on three-pointers by Bell and Taija Pruitt prior to Northwood closing out the period with a 7-2 spurt to regain an 11-point lead after one quarter.
Western Harnett managed to pull within 23-15 on Kayling Matson’s free throw with 2:35 to go in the first half before the Lady Chargers used a Marve foul shot and Adams’ turnaround jumper in the lane to fashion another 11-point advantage at the break.
Northwood’s lead ranged from nine to 14 points throughout the third quarter prior to the Lady Chargers entering the final 12 minutes up 35-24.
Natalie Bell’s charity toss with 1:57 remaining in the game then gave the victors their biggest spread of the evening at 52-28 before Northwood went on to close out its third win in a row over the Lady Eagles dating back to 2011.
WH 8 7 9 8 – 32
NW 19 7 9 19 – 54
Western Harnett (2-3) – LBell 5 1-2 14 Farrington 0 0-0 0 Mackey 1 0-0 2 McDougald 0 0-1 0 Pruitt 1 3-6 6 Matson 0 2-4 2 Barber 2 0-0 4 MBailey 1 0-1 2 Bryson 0 0-0 0 McLean 1 0-1 2 Rice 0 0-0 0. Totals 11 6-15 32.
Northwood (3-1) – Harris 2 1-4 5 Smith 2 0-0 5 Adams 3 6-12 12 Marve 5 1-3 12 McClarty 1 3-4 6 CBailey 1 2-3 4 NBell 1 1-2 3 Snively 2 0-0 4 McKnaught 0 1-2 1 Kanapkey 0 0-0 0 Hill 0 0-2 0 Forbes 1`0-0 2. Totals 18 15-32 54.
Halftime-Northwood, 26-15. Three-point goals-Western Harnett 4-17 (LBell 3-14, Pruitt 1-1, Farrington 0-1, Barber 0-1); Northwood 3-14 (Marve 1-1, McClarty 1-3, Smith 1-3, Adams 0-1, Snively 0-1, Kanapkey 0-2, NBell 0-3). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Western Harnett 33 (MBailey 9); Northwood 26 (Adams 7). Turn-overs-Western Harnett 35; North-wood 14. Total fouls-Western Harnett 22; Northwood 16.