Warner Robins girls dominate Houston County in historic 67-point victory

WARNER ROBINS — Warner Robins’ (5-0) 85-18 win over Houston County (0-6) was never in question after the Demonettes jumped out to an early double-digit lead, but the margin of victory will go down as one of the largest in series history.

Believe it or not, it’s not the largest. According to MaxPreps (which only goes back to 2006) the biggest gap was 90-19 (71 points) on Nov. 16, 2022. That was the year Warner Robins lost to Kell in the state championship and the Lady Bears finished 9-15.

Less than halfway through the first quarter the Demonettes led 13-3, and by the end it ballooned by 12 points to 25-3.

Despite that, head coach Rebecca Ivory was not satisfied with their first-half performance. Their volume of threes, their (lack of) aggressiveness attacking the rim and excess turnovers allowed HoCo to score a couple of times to open the second. It never amounted to much, but it didn’t live up to Ivory’s expectations of the team.

“We didn’t come out with a Demonette mentality. We came out flat, we came out like we had been on a break,” Ivory said. “So a few words were said and they understood. I think [HoCo] only scored four points in the second half.”

While 85 points on the board is certainly impressive, arguably the more impressive feat is holding the Lady Bears to four second-half points and 18 overall — even when the reserves came in.

Warner Robins certainly benefited from a HoCo team that has just two seniors. Freshman hit the floor in the first quarter and you could see in some of the process errors.

But that alone doesn’t hold a team to four points in a half. The Demonettes’ defense forced the Lady Bears into many turnovers. Whether it was squeezing them against the sideline, jumping a passing lane or trapping a ball handler they got the job done.

The halftime lead was 41-14 and they outscored HoCo 44-4 in the final two quarters.

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Warner Robins will travel down to Tift County for another non-region test on Thursday, Dec. 4 at 6 p.m.

HoCo will also be on the road as they face Peach County on Friday, Dec. 5 at 6 p.m.