Last Saturday, the Lady Warriors suffered a tough loss after leading for the majority of the game. Tonight while playing on the road, they handily defeated the Habersham Central Lady Raiders 54-48 for their first win of the season.

While they only won by six points, the White County Lady Warriors were in control all game long. They took the lead in the early seconds of the game, and didn’t look back. It started with Dasha Cannon scoring five straight points, and Bentley Cronic hitting a three afterwards for an early 8-0 run. However, the first quarter with end with Habersham only down two points (15-17) after a couple of baskets late. 

It was the second quarter where the Lady Warriors would take over. They went on a 7-0 run to extend their lead midway through the quarter. Bentley Cronic would score 8 of her 12 total points in the second, while Maddie Futch also scored 5 of her 15 total points in the same quarter. White County went into halftime leading 33-26, and their lead could have been larger had they not missed a couple of wide-open layups inside. 

The Lady Warriors held firm for the remainder of the game. Their biggest lead of the game was 10 points at the e end of the third quarter (47-37). Habersham Central were only able to reduce the deficit late as White County was simply trying to run the clock out. White County’s win on Friday brings them to 1-2 on the season. Unfortunately, they will have less than 24 hours to rest. They play at 6:00 tomorrow at home against South Forsyth.

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