Faith takes over game early, beats Morgan

Published 12:00 am Sunday, December 16, 2007

Faith’s 13-6 run late in the first quarter was the catalyst for a 66-42 win Saturday.

The Rams (6-2) allowed their lead to fall to 8 early inthe

second quarter. Then Tatyana Haywood hit a jumper that sparked an 11-0 stretch, and Faith’s lead stayed in double digits the rest of the contest.

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Morgan’s Jaime Pilcher scored 17 to lead all players.

Amy Dennis scored 14 for Faith, and Aisha Hudson had 11.

A 9-3 Morgan run didn’t help what was already a large deficit, and the Rams still led 40-27 with 1:54 left in the first half.

Morgan Crawford got a second look at a 3-pointer and sparked a 7-0 run that put Faith up 59-31 late in the third.

Morgan’s biggest run of the game came when it outscored Faith 9-3 and trailed 62-42 with 3:28 left in the game.