COTTONDALE – The Sneads Lady Pirates cruised to a 61-22 victory over the Wewahitchka Lady Gators on Monday night in the first round of the District 3-1A tournament.
La’Tilya Baker scored 20 points to lead the Lady Pirates, while Tasharica McMillon added 16, Logan Neel eight, and Aaliyah Williams seven.
McMillon added 14 rebounds and four assists, while Baker also grabbed seven rebounds.
Jessica Smith had 14 points to lead the Lady Gators, who kept the game close in the early going before a big second quarter run blew the game open.
Smith scored the first six points of the game for Wewa, with a jump shot cutting the Sneads lead to 7-6 midway through the first period.
But the Lady Pirates got a bank shot by Neel, free throws by Baker and Williams, and a 3-pointer by McMillon for a 7-2 run to make it 15-8 at the end of the quarter.
Six straight points from Baker and another 3-pointer by McMillon gave the Lady Pirates a 25-14 lead with 3:31 left in the half.
After a basket by Smith got Wewa back to within single digits, Sneads scored nine straight points to end the half thanks to a basket by Baker, followed by two from Neel, a lay-up by Williams, and a 3-point play by Baker with 27.3 seconds on the clock.
The third quarter was even more dominant for the Lady Pirates, who outscored the Lady Gators 19-2 to complete a 28-2 run.
Baker had six more points in the period, and McMillon added seven – including her third 3-pointer of the night – to make it 53-18 Lady Pirates.
“I thought we played pretty good,” Sneads coach Erich Alderman said after the game. “Tasharica did a good job of controlling the pace, and La’Tilya did a great job as well. La’Tilya was excited because she’s our only senior and this his the first time she’s made it past the first round of the district tournament.”
It has been a resurgent season for the Lady Pirates, who sport their most talented team in recent years.
However, they’ll face the monumental task Friday of trying to knock off the district’s only undefeated team, Ponce De Leon, at 6 p.m.
PDL is 23-2 on the season, a perfect 10-0 in district play, and has won nine straight games overall.
The first match-up between the teams was a 60-31 PDL home victory on Nov. 28, followed by a 63-45 win over the Lady Pirates on Dec. 13 in Sneads.
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