Plateau Time

Charles Alston sent out an e-mail today updating everyone on the Tia Hudgins assault of 1,000 points in her career.  Through last Friday's game at South Central she is up to 991.  She so far this season she is averaging  near 15 points per game so if she hits her average Friday night against Rose she will become the fifth Gryphon woman to reach 1,000.

You would think a school that has almost 60 years of history  would have more than four people that had made a 1,000. points.  You have to remember that for almost all of those 60 years Rocky Mount was a senior high school where a player could only play three years of varsity basketball.

If a player started every game for three years and averaged 22 games per year  they would have to average 14 points a game  to hit the milestone.  1,000 points is a lot of points to score at any level.  Girls basketball hardly plays in front of a full house unless the boys game is a big one and you need to get a seat early.  Friday night when Tia hits #1,000 it is a very special time for her and her team.  Try to be there to see it happen.

I say that knowing that my family will not be there Friday.  Morgan who is a manager of both the boys and girls basketball team will be performing Friday night in Greenville with the Tar River Children's Chorus.  Odd isn't it Greenville Rose will be here and we will be in Greenville.

The Wolfpack Club announced on Monday that Wolfpack fans are heading to Charlotte on the 27th of December to see the Pack play Louisville in the Belk Bowl.  The Wolfpack Club sold the 12,500 tickets that they were required to buy for the Bowl game and had request and received another 10,000 tickets.  The Wolfpack Club has sold 24,000 tickets thus far and are looking for more.

Anyone who is a regular going to Bowl games know that the seats that the participating school get are not 50 yard line seats.  If you want to sit there you must buy them through the tickets sales at Bank Of America Stadium. The Belk Bowl announced today that 53,000 tickets have been sold so far.  If Louisville sells their  12,500 you can bet there will be  a sea of red at the game.  Louisville's prime color is red too.

So far there is no word from Carolina whether they have sold out their allotment for their game on December 26th in the heartland of the South Shreveport Louisiana.  You would not expect there to be a frenzy in Chapel Hill since Shreveport is not the garden spot of the world plus it's a 1,000 miles away and the game is the day after Christmas.