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The Lady Eagles of Uwharrie Charter Academy soared to a 21-point halftime advantage and coasted to an easy 44-22 non-conference triumph over turnover-prone Chatham Charter Friday night in Julia-Brent Milholen Gymnasium.

Defeating the Lady Knights for the second time in four days, the Lady Eagles improved to 2-0 for the season, while Chatham Charter fell to 1-3 overall.

Abby Barker fired in a pair of three-pointers and finished with 10 points while Natalie Beeson chipped in nine points for the winners. Uwharrie Charter Academy connected on 38% (20-of-53) of its field goal attempts while committing 21 turnovers.

Alexis Baldwin led the Lady Knights with eight points while pulling down a game-high 12 rebounds as Chatham Charter shot 35% (11-of-31) from the floor and held a huge 33-15 advantage on the boards but turned the ball over 41 times.

Behind three baskets by Gabi Greene, the Lady Eagles raced out to an 11-0 lead over the first five-and-a-half minutes of play before a Baldwin layup with 32.8 seconds remaining in the first quarter drew the Lady Knights within nine after one period.

Bre Brooks, Barker and Mia Leonard combined for all of Uwharrie Charter Academy’s points in the second stanza as the visitors from Asheboro outscored Chatham Charter 16-4 in the frame to open up a 27-6 bulge at intermission.

Beeson’s driving layup from the right wing with 4:53 to go in the third quarter allowed the Lady Eagles to equal their biggest margin of the evening at 36-8 prior to the Lady Knights using back-to-back hoops by Morgan Lineberry plus buckets by Rebecca McGaughnea and Baldwin to close the gap to 36-16 entering the final period.

Molly Teel’s layup with 3:10 left in the contest capped a 6-0 Lady Eagles’ run to begin the fourth stanza and Chatham Charter never got closer than 22 in the time remaining.

Eagles 44
Knights 22

UCA 11 16 9 8 – 44
CCH 2 4 10 6 – 22
Uwharrie Charter Academy (2-0) – Barker 4 0-0 10 Greene 3 0-0 6 Teel 2 0-0 4 Beeson 4 0-0 9 Leonard 3 0-2 7 Duggins 0 0-0 0 BBrooks 3 0-1 6 Duvall 1 0-0 2 Hoover 0 0-0 0 Hussey 0 0-0 0 Boles 0 0-0 0 Gordon 0 0-0 0. Totals 20 0-3 44.
Chatham Charter (1-3) – Baldwin 4 0-1 8 Brewer 0 0-0 0 Lineberry 3 0-0 6 Rickman 0 0-0 0 Simpson 10-0 2 Cheek 1 0-2 2 Griffin 0 0-0 0 MBrooks 1 0-0 2 McGaughnea 1 0-0 2 Clark 0 0-0 0. Totals 11 0-3 22.
Halftime-Uwharrie Charter Academy, 27-6. Three-point goals-Uwharrie Charter Academy 4-15 (Barker 2-7, Leonard 1-3, Beeson 1-3, Greene 0-1, Teel 0-1); Chatham Charter 0-2 (Lineberry 0-1, MBrooks 0-1). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Uwharrie Charter Academy 15 (BBrooks 6); Chatham Charter 33 (Baldwin 12). Turnovers-Uwharrie Charter Academy 21; Chatham Charter 41. Total fouls-Uwharrie Charter Academy 10; Chatham Charter 11.

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