The East Webster basketball teams only got in one game last week but were able to come away with a pair of wins at Nanih Waiya.
The Lady Wolverines overcame an early 12-0 deficit to beat the Lady Warriors 59-48 while the Wolverines blew a 17-point lead in the fourth period but managed to a take a 58-57 win over the Warriors.
East Webster will return to action this week as they will travel to Houston on Tuesday and will travel to Tishomingo County on Thursday. Friday’s scheduled game with Oak Hill on Friday will be rescheduled for a later date. East Webster will have their home opener on Saturday against Amory. Ginn said renovations to the school’s gym will be complete at the first of the week after a new floor was put down.
East Webster girls 59, Nanih Waiya 48
The Lady Wolverines fell behind early but rallied to take an 11-point win over the Lady Warriors last week.
“Nanih Waiya came out on fire,” head coach Jon Ginn said. “They hit their first five shots of the game and were up 12-0. But we settled down played a lot better after that. We finally got Whitney Winter going. We are going to need her scoring this year.”
After trailed 12-0, the Lady Wolverines scored the last eight of the period and trailed 12-8. The Lady Wolverines outscored the Lady Warriors 18-11 and led 26-23 at the half. The Lady Wolverines pulled away in the second half as they outscored the Lady Warriors 17-11 in the third and 17-14 in the fourth to take the win.
Whitney Winter led the Lady Wolverines with 14 points while Shan Culpepper had 11 points. Mary Grace Gregg had 10 points while Shamia Culpepper had nine points. Lauren Graves added seven points and Emma McKee added six points.
East Webster boys 58, Nanih Waiya 57
The Wolverines built a big lead but had to hold off a furious run by the Warriors to take a one-point win.
Each team scored 14 points in the first period and East Webster outscored Nanih Waiya 21-11 in the second to lead 35-25 at the half. The Wolverines used a 12-5 advantage in the third to take a 47-30 lead into the fourth. Nanih Waiya outscored East Webster 27-11 in the fourth for the final margin.
“We were up 17 in the fourth and Reid Gatlin fouled out with about three and a half minutes left,” Ginn said. “They came out and hit two 3s to start the period to cut the lead to 11 right away. They were pressing us and I had some young guards in the game who had trouble handling the pressure and we had some turnovers. It was tied and we got fouled and they got a technical and hit three out of four free throws and that was probably the difference in the game. They had a shot to win it but it didn’t go down.”
Reid Gatlin and Kale Crestman each had 12 points apiece while Nash Caldwell and Chandler Hodges each had nine points apiece. Blake Slay also had nine points while Hayes Fason added five points.
