Tonight the Rocky Mount Gryphons got a taste of the tall tree medicine that for the past several years they prescribed for their opponents but Doctor South Central gave to the Gryphons. South Central starting Six nine D1 prospect center who is only a sophomore and several other trees taller than the Gryphons dominated the second half and laid the wood to the Gryphons 65-49. I know in the last 13 years of covering Rocky Mount they have been handle worse than this but I can't recall it right now.
Josh Carlton the big youngster scored 19 and grabbed 11boards. He had plenty of help from Brian Brightwell 15 points and 10 boards. The Falcons out rebounded the Gryphons 41-27. The Gryphons using speed on defense in the first half to be only down 26-24 at the half.
The Gryphons needed outside shooting to hang in this one and there was none to be had as it took to 1:10 to play in the game for the first and only Gryphon Isaiah Alston to hit double digits with 11. Kenaz Cooper scored nine on the night and lead the Gryphons in rebounding with six coming mostly on long rebounds from his point guard position.
The run and gun Gryphons committed only 12 turnovers while forcing South Central into 14. This one was never in doubt in the fourth quarter as South Central wins by 16. The next action for Rocky Mount is Tuesday in Ahoskie against Hertford County and the next home game is Wednesday against East Wake.
The Lady Gryphons pitched a shutout in the second quarter leading the Lady Falcons 28-5 at the half. The entire second half was all what can we do next to lose this game as South Central out scored the Lady Gryphons 40 to 14 to pull off a miracle comeback but they got plenty of help from Rocky Mount.
The Lady Gryphons had 20 turnovers in the second half and 32 for the game but the killer of this game was on the night Rocky Mount was 10-25 at the freethrow line including 0-4 the last 50 seconds. Michelle Gainey was 7/10 at the line leaving all her teammates to be 3 of 15. If there is one stat that truly mystifies you in this one is Rocky Mount was dominant on the boards 37-20. The entire second half the Gryphons struggled with ball handling and passing as once again Keyanna Spivey dominated inside scoring 12 points in the first half but only four in the second half in rebound put backs.
Lady Gryphons truly have to improve ball handling and passing as they drop to 2-2 on the season. The boys are also 2-2 and it is plain and simple they played about as well as they could
Being dominated on the boards the way it played out. Against teams their own size they are going to be good but surely against in big team in order to compete they need to get taller which I think we all know is what they have done to everybody else for years.
Friday, December 5, 2014
Early Season Basketball Trends
Just a little more than a week into the high school basketball seasons for the four high schools in Nash County trends are developing into what we might see as this season unfolds. Northern Nash girls who are the preseason favorites in the Big East with about the whole team returning except the Big East Player of the year Alexus Hill is off to an undefeated start so far including a couple of wins over 4-A schools. The other end of the spectrum the Northern boys had yet to win .
Southern Nash boys who were small but athletic last year are off to a good start as they have yet to lose but the competition so far has not been to the Northern Nash level. In reverse from Northern the Southern girls have yet to win.
The fall did not treat Nash Central very well in any sport but so far both the boys and girls have yet to lose in this first week of play in basketball.
Both of the Rocky Mount teams are 2-1 and I think most would tell you that the boys are very competitive with the 4-A schools played so far and the girls considering that this has been a very tough emotional month are pleased to be 2-1.
I don't know now that all of our schools in the area are through with football whether you noticed the Eastern Wayne-Southern Guilford score last Saturday or not. The game was postponed because of wets grounds on Friday but they sure played a hum dinger on Saturday. Eastern Wayne beat Southern the team that knocked Rocky Mount out 56-55 in over time. EW plays Havelock in the Eastern Final tonight.
A little follow up on the Dudley High forfeit of their final game for using JV players which kept them out of the state playoffs. Investigations of all Guilford County High schools results in finding out other schools were doing the same thing as Dudley and some schools had to forfeits some games. Dudley was found to have used JV players in every game and had to forfeit the entire season.
Just a couple of weeks ago Cardinal Gibbons who I know was feeling pressure for their domination of 3-A state championships ask for and have been granted permission to join the 4-A with the Durham and Chapel Hill schools next season. This is of course not the normal course of action taken because we are in mid cycle of the four year realignment that takes place.
Not only was Gibbons under fire but the NCHSAA was taking plenty of heat for letting Cardinal Gibbons remain in the public school playoffs and winning 90% of all of the 3-A playoffs. This move avoids and action by the members of the NCHSAA to vote Gibbons out at least until they start winning 90% of all 4-A playoffs and then if that does ever happen be when Cardinal Gibbons might get voted out.
I think we all hope this levels the playing field but what happens if Gibbons has three thousand students in the future and they win everything in the 4-A playoffs. Least you will not have to hear me holler about how unfair it is Cardinal Gibbons is winning all the 3-A titles with student from all over the Triangle. I'll let the Wake, Durham and Orange County teams worry about that now.
Southern Nash boys who were small but athletic last year are off to a good start as they have yet to lose but the competition so far has not been to the Northern Nash level. In reverse from Northern the Southern girls have yet to win.
The fall did not treat Nash Central very well in any sport but so far both the boys and girls have yet to lose in this first week of play in basketball.
Both of the Rocky Mount teams are 2-1 and I think most would tell you that the boys are very competitive with the 4-A schools played so far and the girls considering that this has been a very tough emotional month are pleased to be 2-1.
I don't know now that all of our schools in the area are through with football whether you noticed the Eastern Wayne-Southern Guilford score last Saturday or not. The game was postponed because of wets grounds on Friday but they sure played a hum dinger on Saturday. Eastern Wayne beat Southern the team that knocked Rocky Mount out 56-55 in over time. EW plays Havelock in the Eastern Final tonight.
A little follow up on the Dudley High forfeit of their final game for using JV players which kept them out of the state playoffs. Investigations of all Guilford County High schools results in finding out other schools were doing the same thing as Dudley and some schools had to forfeits some games. Dudley was found to have used JV players in every game and had to forfeit the entire season.
Just a couple of weeks ago Cardinal Gibbons who I know was feeling pressure for their domination of 3-A state championships ask for and have been granted permission to join the 4-A with the Durham and Chapel Hill schools next season. This is of course not the normal course of action taken because we are in mid cycle of the four year realignment that takes place.
Not only was Gibbons under fire but the NCHSAA was taking plenty of heat for letting Cardinal Gibbons remain in the public school playoffs and winning 90% of all of the 3-A playoffs. This move avoids and action by the members of the NCHSAA to vote Gibbons out at least until they start winning 90% of all 4-A playoffs and then if that does ever happen be when Cardinal Gibbons might get voted out.
I think we all hope this levels the playing field but what happens if Gibbons has three thousand students in the future and they win everything in the 4-A playoffs. Least you will not have to hear me holler about how unfair it is Cardinal Gibbons is winning all the 3-A titles with student from all over the Triangle. I'll let the Wake, Durham and Orange County teams worry about that now.
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