If the Bears played in the Big East tonight they would sit a top of the standing after having beaten Nash Central and Rocky Mount on consecutive nights. Last night trailing late Hertford County beat the Bulldogs in Ahoskie and they follow that up downing the Gryphon in Rocky Mount.
This was a strange game Mike Gainey called time out thirty second into the game and took Kenyatta Bullock out of the game and sent him to the dressing room where he never returned. Donte Battle with his left elbow wrapped played in the first half and none in the second. The Gryphons made two shots all night from more than ten feet as this was a game of shoot and go get the rebound and Hertford County got their share of the boards.
Hertford County lead by 11 at the end of the first quarter and the Gryphons never lead even though they tied the game at 38-40-42 before Hertford County forges a four point lead in which the Gryphons never caught up.
Hertford County downs the Gryphons 62-56 giving the Gryphons two losses in a row and they head to conference play struggling to find someone to push the ball at the basketball where the Gryphons are good but the ball must get there first.
Dontez Tyler lead HC with 17 points and he was followed by Jordon Jones with 16. Tecoby Hines starting for Donte lead the Gryphons with 16 and Exzavier Cooper added 14.
Rocky Mount only had 12 turnovers but they could only force nine on Hertford County. Rocky Mount won the rebounding battle 33-30 with Cooper pulling down 10 boards.
The Lady Bears of Herford County are historically bad but the team that showed up in Rocky Mount tonight was one of the best girls teams I have ever seen from Ahoskie. Combine a Good Hertford County team and the fact the the Lady Gryphons played the first three quarters like they needed WD 40 to get going they had their hands full tonight.
Thank Goodness it is a four quarter game as Hertford County lead until early into the fourth quarter before the Lady Gryphons moving parts stopped sweaking and they win at home 59-50 over Hertford County.
Hertford County had no answer for Tia Hudgins in the fourth quarter as the Lady Gryphon defense took its toll on the Bears. Hudgins finished with 22 while J'Kyra Brown added 14 and Timisha Walker supplied ten points.
The Gryphons Host Nash Central Friday night as Big East conference play gets started. The Lady Gryphons will head in with a 12-2 record while the boys stumble in at 10-4
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