HOST LADY DEVILS FALL

BY STEVE WILHOIT
SPORTS WRITER

Cosby (Va.) held off Greeneville High in a hard-fought battle on Monday evening, 43-40.

The Lady Titans (4-0), led by a pair of Division 1 signees, trailed early, jumped to a nine-point lead by the third quarter, then held off a hard-charging rally by the Lady Devils (10-3) down the stretch.

The college-bound seniors, Jazmin Pitts (Virginia) and Becca Wann (Richmond) teamed up for a key play in the closing moments to help Cosby hang on. A beautiful assist by Wann to Pitts for a reverse lay-inwith 55 ticks left gave Cosby a 40-35 advantage.

Two free throws by Adriaine Vaughan then helped offset a late trey from Greeneville's Morgan Shipley.  

The Lady Titans played a solid floor game with just 13 turnovers on the evening.

Wann played a complete floor game for the winners with 13 points, eight rebounds, five assists, five steals and committed just two turnovers. Pitts was close to a double-double with 12 points and nine boards.

Shipley poured in a game-high 14 points with four 3-pointers for the Lady Devils. Samantha Fender contributed 10 points and ripped downeight rebounds.

It was the first loss for GHS in the tourney's  opening round in four years.

Cosby (Va.) (43) Nichols 1-5 1-2 3, Conyers 0-4 1-2 1, Becca Wann 5-112-4 13, Bertrand 2-8 2-2 6, Jazmin Pitts 5-12 2-4 12, Morgan 0-2 0-0 0,Vaughan 3-5 2-2 8. TOTALS: 16-47 10-16 43.  

Greeneville (40) Chandler 2-6 0-0 5, Kelley 1-3 0-0 3, Morgan Shipley 4-15 2-2 14, Story 2-6 2-3 6, Samantha Fender 4-8 2-4 10, Shaw 1-1 0-0 2, Foulks 0-0 0-0 0. TOTALS 14-39 6-9 40.

3-Point Goals: CH-1 (Wann). GHS-6 (Shipley 4, Christopher, Kelley).

Score by quarters:
Cosby    8    13    10    12--43
Greeneville    14    6   5    15--40