Time To Turn To Basketball

Now that football is over and basketball season is well underway it is already time for the Nash county Christmas Tournament this year being held at Southern Nash gets underway tonight at 5:pm.

First game of the night features the Lady Knights of Northern Nash 9-1 on the season with leading the way so far Kayla Tucker a 5' 8" senior who is averaging 14.9 points per game.  They will meet the Lady Gryphons who so far this season are 5-2 and are lead by Keyanna a Spivey who is bringing down 17.9 points per game.  So far this season the Lady Knights are averaging 47 points per game while Rocky Mount is scoring 48.

The second game of the night at 6:30 will be the host Lady Birds of Southern Nash.  I think we all know that the girls basketball program at Southern is pretty low right now as they stand at 0-6 and I have been so focused on football do I remember they were winless last season?  Caitland Batchlor is the leading scorer for a team averaging 18 points per game.  Sitting on the other bench will be Nash Central right now 5-0 on the young season. They are lead by Robbi Allen scoring 14.7 points per game.  She is a sophomore.

The night cap will feature the host boys team Southern Nash Firebirds  standing at 4-2 to this point.  They are led by 6' 2" senior Marquise Wright.  So far this season Southern is averaging  56 points per outing.  They will meet Nash Central who are 1-5.  Their leader is Montre' Cash coming in at 9.3 per game.

Wednesday Night the 8:pm the night cap will featured the up and coming Knights of Northern Nash who are 8-2 led by Darius Spragley coming in at 18.6 points per game.  Thus far this season the Knights are scoring at 67 points per game.  Rocky Mount on the other side is showing the effects of football.  They are 0-7 and are only scoring 44 per game.  They are led by Enanual Spruill who scores at 9.3 per game.

The first game Wednesday will be the consolation game of the girl losers on Tuesday.  The first game Thursday is the boys consolation followed by the girls championship game followed by the boys championship game.