Those of you that have been wondering about the Rocky Mount High school basketball team and what is wrong with them losing seven games so far this year. I think I see one of the biggest problems that is finally getting better. Defense. Just think all teams have had this problem since the first of January, practice time. Everyone played only once two weeks in a row first for exams and then a third week got caught for snow and only played one again. All these multi game weeks doesn't give teams time to practice so there has been plenty of sloppy play the last month.
Ever since Rocky Mount was behind to Fike at the half Rocky Mount has now put together ten quarters of defensive basketball. They out scored Fike by 14 in the second half powered by defense. Saturday the defense was quicker than the Nash Central Bulldogs and tonight the defense came to play.
The Gryphons forced 23 Firebirds turnovers mostly the second and third quarters. Sure looks to me like all of a sudden the Gryphons have a want to on defense that they have not shown all season. Playing their last regular season home games Dante Battle and Emanual King took it upon themselves to try to get every rebound. Battle had 12 boards and 24 points while King also had a double double getting 12 and 12. The defense creating turnovers Isaiah Alston took advantage getting 17 points.
The end of the first quarter was 16-15 Gryphons but from that point on it was all Gryphons until the subs took over. they lead by 46-22 at the half, 70-29 after three and the final of 81-52.
We already know that if the Lady Gryphons can't do anything else you can count on the defense even when the offense is struggling. Tonight the D made the offense look good as the Lady Gryphons slowly pull away from the Lady Birds of Southern Nash 63-36.
Michelle Gainey lead the way for the Gryphons as she scored 14 during the Gryphon surge to pull away. Carmen Richardson lead the scoring with 16. Tyreka Nicholson lead the Lady Birds with11. Rocky Mount won the rebound battle 53-30 lead by Keyanna Spivey with 11 but 12 Gryphons got at least one board.
Both Gryphons teams go to 7-2 in league play and by beating Southern tonight the boys clinch second and will get a bye in next weeks Big East Tournamnet which will be held at Rocky Mount starting Monday. I haven't heard who won the Nash Central -Hunt game so I can't say the Lady Gryphons clinched second. If the weather allows they finish the regular season Friday night at Northern.
Hunt clinched first in the Big East in boys basketball ripping Nash Central 75-47. Northern girls clinched first in girls play beating Fike. Fike boys beat Northern 68-60. Found out tonight this is the year only three teams from the Big East make the playoffs. I talked with Robbie Kennedy AD at Southern and they plan to move Wenesday's Hunt game to Tuesday if they can make it through no early school dismissal on Tuesday. I would think Northern and Nash Central might do the same.
Monday, February 10, 2014
Weather Threatens Final Week
Senior night for Rocky Mount High has been moved to tonight due to possible snow or ice starting Tuesday!!!!
Hunt High has a game and a half game lead with one week to go and for them that means three games and the weather forecast doesn't look like this will be good week for many. Cold weather is here and a couple of low pressure systems are coming from the south and if the temperature is right that is most of the time how we get big snows or ice. Should weather prevent games this week what happens?
Hunt 7-0 has their last home game scheduled Tuesday hosting Nash Central 0-7. If they win as they should then they win the regular season. Wednesday they travel to Southern Nash 5-2 who is still in the fight with Rocky Mount for second. Hunt finishes up Friday at arch rival Fike 3-5.
Rocky Mount 6-2 right now on schedule with two games Southern Nash Tonight and at Northern on Friday. Looks as if tonight will determine second as the worse Rocky Mount could finish is four losses and the worse for them is third place. Southern with three games this week could fall to fourth should they not win any of their three games. If they win them all they will finish in second.
Fike 3-5 at this point could still get third but they would have to win both their games if Southern loses all three of theirs. Northern 1-6 could still finish 4th and make the playoffs with a trifecter win week and two Fike losses. Nash Central is left to play out the schedule as they still look for their first win in conference but if they could get win all three of their games and Fike and Northern lose all theirs there is still playoff hope
Don't be surprised if all Tuesday games aren't moved to tonight as after the snow from two weeks ago has force everyone into multi three games or more weeks and both Rocky Mount and Fike having moved their game to Monday two weeks ago are the only two team with a normal week scheduled this week. Everyone else should have learned a lesson from them that when the weatherman warns the best deal is play ahead of schedule.
All Northern 7-0 girls need to do is win Tuesday to clinch first but Rocky Mount 6-2, Hunt 4-3 Nash Central 3-4 and Southern Nash 3-4 could all finish in second at 6-4. If that happens the second place bye is up for grabs for anybody.
Will certainly be an interesting week to see what might happen to next weeks Big East Tournament should schools windup out for a couple of days this week with all the games still left on the regular season schedule.
Hunt High has a game and a half game lead with one week to go and for them that means three games and the weather forecast doesn't look like this will be good week for many. Cold weather is here and a couple of low pressure systems are coming from the south and if the temperature is right that is most of the time how we get big snows or ice. Should weather prevent games this week what happens?
Hunt 7-0 has their last home game scheduled Tuesday hosting Nash Central 0-7. If they win as they should then they win the regular season. Wednesday they travel to Southern Nash 5-2 who is still in the fight with Rocky Mount for second. Hunt finishes up Friday at arch rival Fike 3-5.
Rocky Mount 6-2 right now on schedule with two games Southern Nash Tonight and at Northern on Friday. Looks as if tonight will determine second as the worse Rocky Mount could finish is four losses and the worse for them is third place. Southern with three games this week could fall to fourth should they not win any of their three games. If they win them all they will finish in second.
Fike 3-5 at this point could still get third but they would have to win both their games if Southern loses all three of theirs. Northern 1-6 could still finish 4th and make the playoffs with a trifecter win week and two Fike losses. Nash Central is left to play out the schedule as they still look for their first win in conference but if they could get win all three of their games and Fike and Northern lose all theirs there is still playoff hope
Don't be surprised if all Tuesday games aren't moved to tonight as after the snow from two weeks ago has force everyone into multi three games or more weeks and both Rocky Mount and Fike having moved their game to Monday two weeks ago are the only two team with a normal week scheduled this week. Everyone else should have learned a lesson from them that when the weatherman warns the best deal is play ahead of schedule.
All Northern 7-0 girls need to do is win Tuesday to clinch first but Rocky Mount 6-2, Hunt 4-3 Nash Central 3-4 and Southern Nash 3-4 could all finish in second at 6-4. If that happens the second place bye is up for grabs for anybody.
Will certainly be an interesting week to see what might happen to next weeks Big East Tournament should schools windup out for a couple of days this week with all the games still left on the regular season schedule.
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