Pearl River women trounce Gadsden State

Tyler Johnson - PRCC Athletics

POPLARVILLE, Miss. — The Pearl River women's Basketball team concluded the Microtel Tip-Off Classic on Friday. Pearl River was off and running from the opening tip, defeating Gadsden State 86-36.

"The first thing I told them this morning was that I think we tried to look good instead of playing well yesterday. If you strive to play well, you'll do that and that's what we did today," head coach Scotty Fletcher said. "We let our defense set up opportunities for our offense and everyone was able to contribute tonight."

FIRST HALF

Pearl River (2-0 overall) opened the scoring after Ty'Mesha Reed (Meridian) stole the ball and found Alexis Arrington (Terry) down the court for an easy layup.

The Wildcats continued the scoring through Marcavia Shavers (Biloxi). The center grabbed an offensive rebound and laid it back up to convert the putback bucket. Shavers converted a free throw moments later to increase the lead to 5-0. The Cardinals responded with a three-pointer to cut the deficit to 5-3.

Leading 24-3 after one quarter of play, Pearl River continued to pile it on through another Shavers layup.

Marcavia Shavers (25) looks for an opening against Gadsden State