It might as well have been Gulliver and family versus the Lilliputians. The Shelby Lady Golden Lions towered over and past Surry Central Monday night in the first round of the state high school basketball playoffs, 64-31. At any given moment throughout the night, up to four Lady Lions held an height advantage over the entire Surry Central squad on the floor. And it showed when the Lady Eagles attempted to take the ball inside.
Teams stand a better chance of hitting a shot if it makes it in the vicinity of the rim.
Shelby's Krystal Wesson made sure that didn't happen often in the first half, blocking six Lady eagle shots in the opening two periods. We try to funnel everything in to Krystal and hopefully she'll block the shot or disrupt it. Wesson, who finished with eight blocks on the night, was not the only one redirecting Lady Eagle field goals. Shamia Borders swatted four Surry shots out of the air and Sharonda Cannon and Tykesha Williams smacked away two apiece. While Wesson sent balls careening in different directions on one end, Williams sent her shots through the net on the other.