Lady Lions beat Newman Smith
January 30, 2010

Herald-Banner Staff

CARROLLTON -- Greenville’s Lady Lions stayed in contention for a playoff spot in District 10-4A with a 52-45 overtime victory over Newman Smith of Carrollton on Friday.

Mackenzie Cooper hit a 3-pointer for Greenville to send the game into overtime at 43-43 and then the Lady Lions outscored Newman Smith 9-2 in the overtime period to up their district record to 6-5 and season mark to 15-10. The Lady Lions were tied with Royse City for fourth place in the district standings heading into this game. The top four teams from 10-4A will advance to the playoffs.

Freshman Maddy Crabtree led the Lady Lions and all scorers with 23 points to go with six steals.

Olivia Carter chipped in nine points for the Lady Lions, plus produced 13 rebounds and four steals.

Ke’Arra Davis added eight points and had seven rebounds.

Cooper and Shanterria Riley both tallied six points. Riley added six steals and Cooper had six rebounds, eight assists and three steals.

Rani Hadley led Newman Smith with 12 points.

Varsity girls

Greenville 10 9 18 6 9 --52

Newman Smith 12 9 15 7 2 --45

G: Shanterria Riley 6, Maddy Crabtree 23, Mackenzie Cooper 6, Olivia Carter 9, Ke’Arra Davis 8.

NS: Rani Hadley 12, Lauren Jumao-as 8, Mary Chris Vogt 7, Lisa Wright 6, Sharika Nash 4, Morgan Ainsworth 4, Mariah Bell 2, Cassandra Florence 2.

Records: G 15-10, 6-5; NS 7-16, 4-7.

Next game: R.L. Turner at Greenville, Tuesday.

Junior varsity girls

Greenville 7 10 9 12 --38

Newman Smith 17 6 8 17 --46

G: Arian Alford 20, Stephanie Morales 10.

NS: Humble 14.