Victim Of Past Success

The 2013/14 Rocky Mount Gryphons are victims of all of the recent great success of Gryphon basketball. People in the stands expect them to perform as others have. I even think that this years players think that they should be just as good as the others. Where this team has missed out is they have had spells when their ability to handle the ball looks jv-ish.  Tonight's game with Fike They miss handled  to ball 16 times in the first half and found themselves down 31-27.

Then there was the second half when this team looked capable of beating anybody turned the ball over only  5 times  and their up and down the court game when they missed shots number 43 was there for the put back.  I don't keep up with offensive or defensive rebounds just the overall total and Emmanual King had a night tonight.  29 points 18 rebounds and most of his points were put backs.

Fike stayed close with the three point shots making ten but their inability to stop the Gryphons in the second half lead to a Gryphon 80-70 win.  Isaiah Alston scored 23 most in the second half.  Broderick Caudle added 12.  Rocky Mount secured 47 rebounds to 24 for the Golden Demons.  The Gryphons had 21 turn overs while Fike had just 11.

Myquan Gooding lead the Golden Demons with 23.  Trevon Virgil 19 and Anthony Evans 10.  Rocky Mount is now 5-2 in the Big East while Fike drops to 3-4 .  The Gryphons host Nash Central Saturday afternoon sometime near 5:30.

Fike girls won the opening tip and took a shot and their next 6  trips down the court were turnovers and by their next shot the Lady Gryphons were ahead 12-0 .  From that point on it was what is the final score going to be.

Rocky Mount girls win their fifth conference game with two losses.  The Fike girls are winless on the conference season as the Lady Gryphons win 71-47.  Fike finished with 32 turnovers but between coasting along  the Lady Gryphons finished with 25 themselves.

Carmen Richardson lead the Gryphons with 24 and Tarmara Harper added 15 points and 10 rebounds.  E J Proctor scored 24 for the Lady Demons.  Rocky Mount won the rebound battle 39-30.
The Gryphons jv girls play Nash Central starting at 1pm Saturday afternoon.  the varsity girls will begin about 4pm