Chargers Shower Knights With Threes To Big Win

Varsity Women's Basketball: Spotsylvania Knights vs. Chancellor Chargers

Friday night's match-up showed a Chancellor Chargers (9-6) squad that had shaken off its shooting woes from earlier in the week. The Spotsylvania Knights were overwhelmed by a dominant defense, and thanks to 19 points from the Chargers' Bianca Atkinson, they were able to cruise to a swift 59-28 victory.

The Chargers got off to their usual lightning-hot start, with two straight 3-Pointers from Atkinson that helped the Chargers gain some consistency. Sydney Collins also improved on her impressive season with early blocks and successful shots, that quickly swayed the lead to a Chargers favor. Number 12 for the Knights started her team off well with an early three pointer of her own, which helped keep some hope on her team's sideline.

Throughout the half though, despite some foul troubles, the Chargers were able to maintain an average 19 point lead that discouraged a turnover heavy Knights' squad. Jasmine Talley also had a great first half, with her passing around the arc to teammates Atkinson and Lachaunda Patterson that helped keep the Knights off balance and also bleed some clock time. By the end of the half, it was all Chargers with a mountainous 36-17 lead.

To lead off the second half, it took the two teams 4 minutes and 30 seconds before the first basket was made and points were put on the board. This put a major dent in the Knights' comeback plan, as time just seemed to melt away as both teams turned the ball over and struggled shooting. After the Knights broke the ice however, the scoring heated back up again but mostly for the Chargers who took the momentum and ran with it.

The Chargers would continue to build and build on their lead, until it hit a high at 33 points, where it seemed to stay for the rest of the game as slaughter rule was implemented and the clock didn't stop. The Chargers played keep away, and threw some more successful threes, en route to a big win that will help propel their offense into the latter-half of the season. The team's 37 rebounds are a good sign of dominance under the net, and Collins will lead that charge. Tonight it was a 59-28 lead, and now the Chargers' attention will turn to rivals Courtland who will come to their home turf for a rematch that the Chargers dropped earlier in the year.

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Spotsylvania Knights

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