After their Christmas break, WFBA's Lady Conquerors started the first week of the new year with three games. The Lady Conquerors won two of those games. The loss was against the S.L. Jones Christian Warriors, 55 to 59. The two wins were against the Alethia Lions, 55 to 37, then against the Pensacola Pistols 38 to 26.
The first game at S. L. Jones Christian Warriors of Pensacola started very rusty for both teams, with the Warriors leading 8-5 at the end of the first. The rust wore off of the Warriors' Aliyah Lewis though as she raced ahead for 11 2nd quarter points herself. Her teammates added 10 as well and the Lady Conquerors were down 13-30 at the half. WFBA was able to cut the lead by 2 as they outscored the Warriors 18-16 in the 3rd. Trailing 31-45 at the start of the 4th, the Conquerors went on a 15-0 run to go up 46-45 with 3:15 remaining. The lead changed 3 times before a 53 point tie at 30 seconds. The Warriors thwarted a basket to tie in the final seconds and scored a basket of their own to defeat the Conquerors 59-55.
Warriors points: Lewis 19, Ne Ne Frasier 18, Amonei Wiggins 16, Tricea Hall 4 and Jayla Jones 2.
Conquerors: Ashtyn Kaunitz 34 points 10 rebounds and 8 steals, Havii Berry, 19, Allison Whiting 1, Maddie Whiting 1.
Thursday night, the Lady Conquerors stormed back and led the Lions 35-9 at the half. The Conquerors scored 10 points in each 2nd half quarter to the Lions 13 and 15, respectively. Both Kaunitz and Berry ended the night with 22 points. Kaunitz added 12 rebounds and Berry 7 steals. The remaining Conqueror points include Alyssa Johnson with 3, and Deanna Pearson, Allie Whiting, Hannah Smith and Madison Whiting, each with 2.
Aletheia points: Brandy Segreto 16, Armoni May15 and Katelyn Roberson 6.
Conqueror scoring was suppressed Saturday versus the Pensacola Pistols, but their defense responded accordingly with 13 team steals. Only three Conquerors scored: Berry and Kaunitz, each with 17, and Smith with 4. Kaunitz led rebounding with 10 defensive and 5 offensive.
Pistols: Becca Northrop 11, Amber Porter 7, Kari Ebert 6, Samantha Morse 2.
This article originally appeared on Santa Rosa Press Gazette: Girls basketball: WFBA wins two of three