By Stephen Hargis
shargis@timesfreepress.com
SOUTH PITTSBURG, Tenn. — His team not yet able to pull away and one of his fellow senior captains sidelined with an ankle injury, Jiajuan Fennell took matters into his own hands.
South Pittsburg’s 6-foot-4 post player scored 16 of his game-high 24 points in the second half to help the Pirates claim a 60-52 District 6-A victory over cross-county rival Marion County.
Fennell also grabbed 11 rebounds, seemingly answered each scoring run by the Warriors in the second half and held Marion’s 6-8 Cody Henegar, a UNC Greensboro signee, to just three field goals.