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[Rocketcorner News]

By Joshua_Morgret

BERLIN - When Division III, second-ranked Columbus Africentric took a 32-21 halftime lead over Division II, top-ranked West Holmes, things looked meek. Then the second half started and Rachelle Morrison went to work.

West Holmes outscored the Nubians, 41-18 in the second half for a 62-50 win at the 10th annual Classic in the Country.

Morrison led the Knights (16-0) with 24 points while Laina Snyder had just seven points but pulled down an impressive 24 rebounds.

Marley Hill, who is headed to Cincinnati next season, led Africentric (11-4) with 19 points.


West Holmes 62, Columbus Africentric 50

Columbus Africentric (11-4)
Harley 1-2-4, Parks 4-0-9, Seward 3-1-7, Johnson 1-0-2, Franks 0-0-0, Stith 2-0-4, Jones 2-1-5, Hill 8-3-19. TOTALS: 21-62, 7-10 - 50.

West Holmes (16-0)
Molnar 3-7-14, Straits 0-0-0, Strother 2-2-7, Abraham 0-0-0, Clark 0-0-0, Vess 1-1-3, Synder 2-3-7, Morrison 8-5-24, Brown 0-0-0. TOTALS: 18-39, 19-30 - 62

3-point FG: Columbus Africentric 1-13, West Holmes 7-16.
Turnovers: Columbus Africentric 6, West Holmes 20.
Rebounds: Columbus Africentric 19 (Seward 5), West Holmes 44 (Synder 24).

Columbus Africentric 15-17-9-9 - 50
West Holmes 12-8-23-18 - 62