Lady Raiders too much for Lady Devils

Lady Raiders too much for Lady Devils

Nettleton girls remain undefeated in 5A play with win over West Memphis

WM School District JONESBORO — The West Memphis Lady Devils simply ran into a buzz-saw Friday night at Nettleton High School.

Elauna Eaton and Mya Love combined for 31 points and the Lady Raiders didn’t let up until they had imposed the mercy rule on the West Memphis girls in a 72-33 victory.

With the transfer of Eaton, last season’s Most Valuable Player in the Class 6A state tournament for the champion Golden Hurricane of Jonesboro, the Lady Raiders have established themselves as a legitimate contender for the Class 5A title this season.

Nettleton (21-1 overall, 10-0 in the 5A-East Conference) is ranked No.

4 overall in the Arkansas Sports Media girls poll.

“They are a really good team,” West Memphis coach Sonja Tate said of Nettleton. “But we didn’t do a whole lot to help our cause.”

Nettleton ran out to a 25-10 first-quarter lead and didn’t stop until the scoreboard read “tilt.”

The hosts used a 16-2 run to close out the first half en route to a 45-16 lead at intermission.

Nettleton’s 2-3 zone press forced six Lady Devil turnovers in the second quarter during that final spurt.

“We were giving (Nettleton) exactly what they wanted as far as getting out in transition,” Tate added.

“We didn’t go with our game plan.”

Eaton led all scorers with 18 points while Love added 13. Nettleton also got 9 points from Wakiyra Daniels and Dasia Young hit for 7.

The Lady Devils were paced, as usual, by junior point guard Aryah Hazley, who had 17 points. From there, it was slim pickings for the Lady Devil offense.

Senior forward Kenya Freeman and junior center Tierra Bradley hit 6 apiece and Terrika Inmon scored 3.

The Lady Devils (12-8, 5-5) will return home Tuesday night when they face Jonesboro.

By Billy Woods