Whale Branch girls basketball couldn’t keep up with a red-hot Cross team in the fourth quarter, falling to the Trojans 43-29 on the road Tuesday.
The Warriors kept it close in the first half, trailing 8-5 after one quarter before keeping pace with the Trojans in the second to go into the break down 16-13.
The game was there for the taking at the end of the third with Cross clinging to just a four-point lead, but Tranice Smalls and Lauren Middleton found their stroke late to spark a 17-7 run as the Trojans pulled away for the victory.
Kynew Barnwell paced Whale Branch with nine points, and Kiana Smashum added eight.
Whale Branch (3-3, 0-1) faces Palmetto Scholars Academy at home Friday.
By Wes Kerr
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