Charleston girls roll past Mt. Zion for another win, 55-33

Charleston once again grabbed a big first-quarter lead.

And the Trojans again retained control the rest of the game to earn their second victory in a row to start the girls basketball season, defeating Mt Zion 55-33.

Shae Littleford and Alycia Triplett combined for 11 points in Charleston’s 16-7 first-quarter run.

After basically matching points with Mt. Zion in the second quarter, the Trojans shut down last season’s Apollo Conference runner-ups in the second half, allowing the Braves only 13 total points.

Littleford finished with 22 total points, Triplett had 13 and seven other Charleston players scored.

CHARLESTON (55): Buescher 0 1-2 1, Triplett 6 1-2 13, Meister 1 0-0 2, Blair 0 0-0 0, Littleford 7 6-9 22, Logsdon 0 0-0 0, Blase 3 0-0 6, Herrington 1 2-4 5, Campbell 1 0-0 1. Totals 20 12-19 55. 3-pointers – Littleford 2, Herrington 1.