Lady Lions win district opener
December 10, 2008

By STEVE SHWARTS
Herald-Banner Staff

GREENVILLE -- Tuesday’s opening night of District 10-4A basketball play brought out the best in the Greenville Lady Lions in the Lions Den.

Olivia Carter banked in 19 points while Rocio Medrano added 13 as the Lady Lions defeated Rockwall-Heath, 54-47.

Shanae Lowrance pumped in 19 points to lead Rockwall-Heath and Katelyn Morris added 15. Morris hit three 3-pointers.

Greenville battled the Lady Hawks to a 14-14 tie at the end of the first quarter.

Rockwall-Heath rallied in the second quarter, outscoring Greenville 16-13 to take a 30-27 halftime lead.

Rockwall-Heath had its biggest lead of the night at 33-28 following a layup by Lowrance with about three minutes to go in the third quarter. But Greenville scored four points in a row. First Medrano hit a jump shot to get Greenville within 33-30 and then moments later Myneshia Crow hit a basket from top of the key to get the Lions within one at 33-32.

It was nip and tuck for the rest of the quarter as the Lady Hawks clung to a 37-35 lead.

Greenville surged ahead for good with a 19-10 advantage in the fourth quarter.

Greenville improved to 6-4 for the season while Rockwall-Heath dropped to 4-8.

Varsity girls
Rockwall- Heath 14 16 7 10 --47
Greenville 14 13 8 19 --54

R-H: Shanae Lowrance 19, Katelyn Morris 15, Macall Smith 5, Sidney Horton 4, Brooke Eddy 2, Lyndsey Renta 2.
G: Olivia Carter 19, Rocio Medrano 13, Jessica Franklin 9, Myneshia Crow 9, ShaKia Whetstone 4.

Records: R-H 4-8,G 6-4.

Next game: Greenville at Highland Park, Friday.

Junior varsity girls
Rockwall-Heath 8 11 7 11 --37
Greenville 6 2 2 10 --0

R-H: Brianna Richardson 12, Morgan Cook 11.
G: LaBrandi Mayberry 5, Tailor Kelsey 4, Payton Gore 4.