NEWPORT NEWS – After starting the season with seven straight road games, the Apprentice School women’s basketball team knocked off Central Carolina, 68-50, Saturday afternoon.

The Builders led wire-to-wire, jumping out to a 9-1 lead over the first five minutes. After the Cougars cut the lead down to five early in the second quarter, Apprentice pushed the lead out to 17 points at 34-17 and maintained a sizable margin going into halftime.

Central Carolina didn’t go away quietly, trimming the lead to as few as 17 after trailing by as many as 27 in the second half.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Two Builders finished with double-doubles, including a 15-point, 20-rebound outing from Jada Bryant off the bench. Amaya Ray ended with 14 points and 13 boards and also had six assists and six steals. Nyla Jackson led Apprentice with 18 points.
• The Builders pulled down 27 offensive rebounds and converted them into 16 second chance points.
• The win marked the first home opening win for the women’s basketball program in exactly three years when they took down Regent in the home opener on December 10, 2019.

NEXT UP

Apprentice will next take the floor in 2023 as they will be at Virginia-Lynchburg on January 10.

Story and image courtesy gobuilders.com