PICKENS — In its first game of the season, the Pickens High School girls’ basketball team downed cross-county rival Easley in a 36-34 thriller at Pickens’ Peggy Harden Anthony Gymnasium.

“The Lady Blue Flame had the normal pre-game jitters and played nervous in the first half of the first home game of the season,” Blue Flame coach Rikki Owens said. “However, after half time they came out confident, played smart and ran our offense, helping us to win the third quarter, which gave us the momentum we needed to finish.”

Freshman Macie Gentry led the Lady Blue Flame with 11 points, three steals and five rebounds. Senior Kaylee Gillespie led in rebounds with nine and had 10 points and three assists. Senior Sami Turner led in steals with four and had seven points, two assists and three rebounds.

The game was tied 8-8 at the end of the first quarter, but hot three-point shooting by the Lady Green Wave

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