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The Drew Central Lady Pirates finished the 8-3A regular season with back-to-back wins to secure the season as the 8-3A Conference Runner-up.
Hosting Lakeside on Tuesday night, it would be the Lady Beavers that would control the opening tip, but the Lady Pirates would get on the board first with a basket under the goal by Chloe Anderson.
The Beavers would out score the Lady Pirates in the first quarter by one point, 11-10.
Drew Central’s first four points of the second quarter would come from free throws by Kayln Miller and Anderson, to give the Lady Pirates a one-point, 14-13 lead.
Drew Central would extend their lead to 16-13 after a two by Caroline McRae.
The quarter would remain close on the scoreboard with Lakeside taking the quarter 14-13 to take a 25-23 advantage at the halftime break.
The Lady Pirates would take over the contest in the third quarter after Anderson and Amari Lucas scored six points each in the quarter, as the Lady Pirates would go on to take the advantage in the ball game with a 23-4 performance in the quarter to hold a 46-28 lead heading into the final quarter.
The Lady Pirates close the contest by outscoring the Lady Beavers 11-10 to take the 57-39 win.
Chloe ANderson would lead the way with 14 points followed by KZ Gipson with 13 and Caroline McRae with 10.
Amari Lucas scored seven, Kayln Miller with six, and Jolie Lloyd with three.
McKinzie Adcock and Samari Youngblood rounded out the scoring with two points.
The Lady Pirates would wrap up the regular season on the road in DeWitt on Thursday, February 12.
The Lady Pirates would take the lead in the first quarter after out scoring the Dragonettes 12-9 with DeWitt coming back to take the second quarter 14-10 to take a 23-22 lead over the Lady Pirates at the half.
DeWitt would extend their lead in the third quarter, taking the stanza 11-8 for a 34-30 lead heading into the fourth quarter.
The Lady Pirates would come back to regain the advantage in the final quarter, taking the quarter 18-10 to get the four-point, 48-44, win.
Amari Lucas would lead the way with 20 points, Kayln MIller with eight, and Caroline McRae with six.
Samari Youngblood, KZ Gipson, and Alexis Woods would score four, and Chloe Anderson scored two.
WIth the win the Lady Pirates will enter the District Tournament at Lakeside as the second seed.
The Lady Pirates automatically advance to the semi-final contest.
