Westwood wins region opener

COLUMBIA – Westwood girls tallied their first region win in their first region game of the season last Friday at AC Flora.

Korletta Daniels goes for an easy layup in the win over AC Flora. | Leroy Howard

Down 10-12 after a quarter, the Redhawks locked down on defense, holding the Falcons to only two points in the second. Westwood held a 24-14 lead at the half.

The Redhawks emerged stronger in the second half, holding off Flora 17-11 in the third quarter and 16-14 in the fourth to handily take the 57-39 win.

Jessica Woods put up 27 points in the win over Flora. Makiah Thompson added 12. Raven Johnson had 11 points and 10 rebounds. Korletta Daniels added 7 points and Thamia Davis had one.

The win bumps Westwood to 9-6 on the year.

The Redhawks’ game against the Demons on Jan. 11 was cancelled because of Lugoff-Elgin on Covid protocol. They are scheduled to play at Dreher on Friday in a region contest, at Lower Richland on Saturday, and will host Irmo on Jan. 18 for another region game.

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