If It Is Going To Happen

So far this basketball season Northern Nash girls opened the season against 4-A East Wake with a four point win.  Early in December another  four point game to 4-A Conley.  Other than those two games Northern Nash has not been pressed by anybody no way no how.  Their average victory margin for the season is 24 points a game.  Big East play is almost twenty six per game.

If there is to be someone who thinks they just might clip the Lady Knights then Friday night is going to have to be the night.  Friday starts the second time around in conference play and the unbeaten Knights travel to Hunt who is led by six one Brionna Pate who when all is said and done this year just might be the Big East player of the year.  She is averaging almost 19 points per game  for the Lady Warriors who have worked their record to 14-4 overall and 4-1 in conference play.

Don't all you Northern fans jump up and down and say how can the top player in the league not be from Northern?  Pate has been the one man wrecking crew for Hunt.  Northern has so many good players that it appears they are winning as a team while for Hunt it has been that they got one really good one.

If Northern was to fall during the regular season you would expect that Hunt has to be the team to do it.  They lost by 18 at Northern first time around.  The way the Knights have played against everyone this year  you would almost say if Hunt can keep it under ten points would be a major accomplishment.  If they can't who is left to give Northern a tussle?

I'm going to remind you can look it up if you wish but back in 2010 when in late January the Rocky Mount Gryphons were putting together their run to the state title I told everyone that they could win it all.  I'm telling you right now the Northern Girls have a real chance to hang their second banner.  Injuries are always a factor in the luck process of being healthy at the right time.

Luck just might be falling Northern's way.  What I have seen all year as their biggest weakness is coming together at just the right time.  Kianna Thomas has been terrific all season leading the Lady Knights in scoring, blocked shots and the like.  Her height at six three she can be intimidating standing there waiting for you as you drive to the basket.  If she gets in foul trouble  or needs rest  the Northern weakness all year has been at her back up.

Those of you that don't pay attention would not notice at all that Ceyanna Harrison has not played this year for Northern due to knee surgery she had.  Just at the right time CC has played in the last three games for the first time this year.  Is Northern getting ready to pull an 1983 N C State on everyone?  CC was a major twin tower player last year and will probably be a backup for the rest of the season as she gets back into playing shape.  Six feet three she is the hole filler for the only weakness that I can see in this Northern team unless another injury befalls this team.

So Northern 16-0 5-0 and Hunt  14-4 4-1 scrap for the top spot Friday three of the other four teams are battling for third or fifth.  Rocky Mount 7-7 2-3 travels to Nash Central 11-7 2-3 and Southern 0-18 0-5 visits Fike7-9 2-3.