Mount Tabor opened the game by taking a 13-0 lead and was on top 22-2 at the end of the first quarter. The Spartans eventually led by 34 at 59-25 in the final quarter before South scored the game’s final nine points.

The Spartans improved to 9-3 overall, while coach James Greene’s Raiders lost their seventh straight game and fell to 2-11.

South will be in action again at 6 p.m. today at Northwest Cabarrus in a nonconference game.

Hot-shooting Heather Schleupner, a transfer from Davie County, led Mount Tabor’s scoring with 17 points. She went 7-for-10 on field goals with three 3-pointers. Teammates Molly Hughes and April Goolsby added 10 points each.

Forward Jennifer Morgan and center Ashlie Sheets had solid games in defeat for the Raiders. Morgan, playing with her face heavily taped to protect over 40 stitches in her mouth and chin, showed tremendous intensity.

She scored 12 points, grabbed four rebounds, blocked a couple of shots and stole the ball five times. Sheets came off the bench for a game-high 13 rebounds, matching her career high, and added a career-high seven points.

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NOTES: Mount Tabor went 23-for-69 (33.3 percent) on field goals and 6-for-15 at the foul line, while South was 14-for-51 (27.5 percent) from the floor and 4-for-8 on free throws. ... Mount Tabor hit seven 3-pointers. ... The Spartans, led by Julia Anderson with eight rebounds and Schleupner and Goolsby with seven apiece, had a 40-35 rebound advantage. ... The Raiders had 28 turnovers to 18 for the Spartans. ... Morgan Andrews had three steals for South. ... Bekah Ford contributed five assists and several steals to the Spartans’ victory.

SOUTH ROWAN (34) — Gaddy 4, Morgan 12, Andrews 5, Easley 3, Willett 2, Kahn, Yost 1, Sheets 7, Miller, Roberts, Efird.

MOUNT TABOR (59) — Schleupner 17, Hughes 10, Anderson 3, Ford 6, Goolsby 10, Herb 3, Pleban 1, Tackaberry 2, Crafton 4, Stanley, Cragen, Allen 3, Caldwell, Dinkins.

South Rowan 2 12 9 11 — 34