High school basketball: Mackenzie Chabala scores career high for South girls
Published 4:37 am Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Staff report
South Rowan’s Paige Chabala. Photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
THOMASVILLE — South Rowan’s girls played one of their better games but came up short on Tuesday.
The Raiders fell 55-45 at Thomasville in Central Carolina Conference action.
The Bulldogs (3-5, 2-4) got huge games from seniors Shakira Little, who scored 29 points, and Jada Gainey, who scored 18.
South (1-8, 1-5) stayed in it with the help of a career-high 15 points by Mackenzie Chabala.
Carlie Moore scored nine. Paige Chabala had eight. Madilyn Cherry scored six.
South led by two after the first quarter, but Thomasville rallied for a 26-19 halftime lead.
The Raiders dropped their fifth in a row, but it was their best offensive effort since Jan. 15.
South plays Lexington at home on Friday.
SOUTH (45) — M. Chabala 15, Moore 9, P. Chabala 8, Cherry 6, Elliot 4, Childers 3.
THOMASVILLE (55) — Little 29, Gainey 18, Lee 4, Thompson 2, Wright 2.
S. Rowan 14 5 8 18 —45
Thomasville 12 14 13 16 — 55
