Come Back Of The Ages

There is one thing about loser bracket games is there is no longer a big trophy waiting to win when the tournament is over.  About the only thing coaches can look forward too is the playing time their teams need to develop as it is still December and plenty of basketball ahead.  The one thing any team wants is not to get embarrassed when they are on display in a tournament like the High School OT.  Today Rocky Mount may have pulled off the biggest comeback in school history.  Now that Charles Alston is no longer here to look up such stats we can only assume.

Down 45-25 with two minutes left in the third quarter playing East Wake at Cary Academy Rocky Mount came all the way back and had a foul shot with 6.5 seconds left in regulation that could have won the game but in this case in over time will do.  The Lady Gryphons beat East Wake 61-58 in over time and now play in the fifth place game Friday at 12.30 at Cary Academy.

J'Kyra Brown scored 9 of the Gryphon 11 points the Gryphons scored  in over time  32 for the game to seal the deal.  Carmen Richardson scored 13 points and today help came in the form of Kelsy Daniels who had 12 points  most on rebound put backs.

Lady Gryphons are now 7-3 on the season.  The news is not good from Durham.  The Rocky Mount Gryphon boys have lost their first basketball game in 2012.  During the 2011/12 season they did not lose after  the New Year in fact finished the 2012 season winning 20 in a row.  They had begun the 2012/13 season winning their first eight but tonight Northside Christian Academy from Charlotte had beaten the Gryphons 70-56 snapping the Gryphons 28 games winning streak.  They are now 8-1 on this season.

I have just pulled for DUKE football about as hard as I ever have tonight in the Belk Bowl in Charlotte.  Duke fumbles twice inside the five yard line, the last one occurring with 1:15 to play and then gives up and 83 yard pass play with 44 seconds to play.  Cincy then returns a pass int for a TD and highly favored Cincinnati beats Duke 48-34.  Cincy finishes 10-3 and Duke 6-7.