Gryphons Rebound

Wednesday night basketball in the Big East as exams again this year has turn the schedule all around.  Rocky Mount traveled to Fike  and they needed to get the bad taste of of the Hunt defeat out of their mouth and they do as they knock off the Golden Demons 69-46. Donte Battle lead the way scoring 18.  Sophomore Broderick Caudle who is coming on like gang busters for the Gryphons  chipped in 13.  M J Gainey added 9.  Rocky Mount's record jumps to 13-2 and 2-1 in the Big East.

The Girls held on to their share of the tie for first place as they handed the Fike girls a 64-44 spanking on the Golden Demons home floor.   J'Kyra Brown lead the way scoring 26 and Carmen Richardson tossed in 18.  Kelsey Daniels underneath the basket collected 13.  This was the Lady Gryphons 11th win with four losses. They are 3-0 in the Big East.

  The Gryphons have a home game Friday night with Southern Nash.  Next week  The Gryphons finish up the first round of conference play with a trip to Northern Nash on Tuesday.  That's right I said Tuesday.  They follow up Tuesday's visit to Northern with a  date at Nash Central Friday.

Wednesday we had another of these big rival mid week games as Northern Traveled to Nash Central and Northern Girls had no problem with the Lady Bulldogs.   The Lady Knights remain unbeaten and remained tied with Rocky Mount.  In the boys action Nash Central beat Northern Nash 64-48.  I just think all the Athletic Directors need to get together and come up with a schedule where the really good rival games are played on Friday night.

Rocky Mount and Northern Nash,  Rocky Mount and Nash Central,  Nash Central and Northern Nash,  Hunt and Fike.  If the AD's will tell me what the exam schedule next year and give me twenty minutes and I will have the best schedule for each school to get the most people at their games during conference play.  Seats filled equals income for high school sports.

Hunt Wednesday remained the only unbeaten in boys conference play as they beat Southern Nash 61-49.

If you couldn't see it coming N C State gets nailed at Maryland 51-50.  If State had of played the way they did last night against Duke last Saturday the Devils would have won by 40.  I don't know whether it shows you how good State is or how bad Maryland was to only lose by one.  Once again though, State has trouble getting to the basket when they play big men and regardless of how good they have been BC and Maryland have some tall trees that stay in the lane.  If you say Duke has a big man but he is not a defender that plants in the lane and doesn't budge.  The Pack has trouble against any team that their big men stay under that basket it cuts CJ and Howell's ability to roam towards the basket.