Lady Bulldogs mercy rule Lady Tigers

Lady Bulldogs mercy rule Lady Tigers

Earle rolled past the Armorel Lady Tigers last night in a conference matchup

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The Earle Lady Bulldogs (8-2 overall, 6-0 conference) dismantled the Armorel Lady Tigers (110, 1-5) last night by a score of 60-30.

Last night’s conference matchup represented the second time the Lady Bulldogs and Lady Tigers have squared off this season with Earle winning its first contest 66-18. Lady Bulldogs Head Coach Corey Garrett believes the ladies success in the first game against Armorel could have contributed to what the coach considered a slow 15-7 start in favor of the Bulldogs in this game.

“I think with us playing them once and beating them handily it might’ve been hard for the girls to get motivated,” Garrett said. “But I take the blame for part of that because it’s my job to prepare them and have them motivated.”

The Lady Bulldog’s offense picked up the pace offensively and defensively in the second quarter, going on a 20-5 run.

Contributing to that run primarily was RoShala Scott, Laderyca Childs and Takilya Toombs. Scott and Toombs chipped in 7 and 5 points, respectively, in the second stanza as Childs connected from long range twice resulting in 6 points.

With a 35-12 lead to begin the third quarter, more and more Lady Bulldogs began to be substituted out in order to rest.

However, Scott continued to play without a break until the 5:36 mark of the fourth quarter.

“That actually wasn’t by design,” Garrett said. “I didn’t realize that she had played that many minutes until an assistant pointed it out to me. I actually wanted to make it a short night for her but she wanted to stay in and I allowed her to stay in. She’s been off for three or four games so she needed the extra work.”

Scott, who recently returned from missing several games due to undisclosed reasons, led the Lady Bulldogs in scoring on her way to a doubledouble. The sophomore guard finished the night with 21 points while also snagging 10 boards and dishing out 6 assist. Scott also accounted for 5 steals on the night.

Childs also brought fire power to the potent Lady Bulldogs scoring attack.

The senior drilled three total shots from downtown on her way to 17 points in the contest.

While Scott and Childs accounted for almost twothirds of the Lady Bulldogs total points, Garrett believes there are many more players on the team who can contribute to the ladies’ success.

“We don’t necessarily rely on one or two people in particular,” Garrett said.

“We try to make it a team effort. If they try to contain RoShala (Scott), we have three or four other girls who can step up and make plays. I don’t approach it that we are relying on one or two players.”

The Lady Bulldogs, who have played five games in the past seven days, are not in action again until next week.

By Collins Peeples