Despite a lack of offense from the charity stripe, the Escambia County Lady Blue Devils were able to extend their winning streak.

The Lady Blue Devils (10-10, 2-2) shot 3-of-15 from the free-throw line, but still came away with a 49-32 win over the Hillcrest Lady Jaguars.

Lady Blue Devils head coach Lorenzo Jones said his team was lucky to get the win.

“We really don’t have a lot of good to talk about,” he said. “We didn’t do anything that we worked on in practice and we took a step back in turnovers. Our free throw shooting was poor. We thank God for the win.”

Even with the criticisms of their coach, the Lady Blue Devils never trailed the Lady Jaguars and dominated for four quarters.

In the first quarter, the Lady Blue Devils jumped out to an early lead by consistently getting the ball into the basket as they pulled ahead 16-5.

Escambia County continued their dominating run in the second quarter as they kept using their momentum to put points on the scoreboard outscoring the Lady Jaguars 11-6.

At the half, the Lady Blue Devils held a commanding 27-11 lead.

Following the break, the Lady Blue Devils came out and held their lead despite a small run by the Lady Jaguars in the third period.

Hillcrest found some rhythm in the the third quarter as they were able to create some turnovers and turn them into points. The Lady Jaguars used those turnovers to outscore the Lady Blue Devils 14-7 and pull within nine points of ECHS.

Atmore put the game away in the fourth quarter as they put their foot on the gas and never looked back outscoring the Lady Jaguars 15-7 to come away with the 49-32 win.

Lady Blue Devil Cha’Nae Lyles led all scorers with 22 points and also recorded three assists, two steals and two rebounds.

Jasmine Ireland added 10 points for ECHS, while posting four steals, three assists and a rebound.

Diamond Willams scored eight points in the win and led the team in rebounds pulling down 10. She also had eight steals and four assists.

Breanna Martin and Takia Johnson rounded out the scoring with Martin scoring three points and Johnson adding two.

The Lady Blue Devils next game is Monday, Jan. 31 at Northview High School.

Games begin at 3:30 p.m.