Twice this year both varsity basketball teams have gone down to defeat on the home court the same night. South Central pulled the trick on the Gryphons girls earlier during the season spotting the Lady Gryphons a twenty plus lead at the half and came charging back to win.. Tonight Rocky Mount girls gave up a double digit lead in the fourth quarter and lose their conference opener at home to Hunt 50-46.
Hunt is now 10-3 and 1-0 in Big East play as Rocky Mount falls to 5-5 and 0-1. Once again next week there will only be one conference game on the conference slate as the Gryphons will be home to Nash Central. Tamara Harper lead the Lady Gryphons with 16 while Keyanna Spivey 15 and having her first double digit scoring game of the year Michele Gainey added 12.
We have seen already that South Central's height dominate Rocky Mount earlier and tonight the tallest Big East team Hunt gave Rocky Mount all the wanted and for the second year in a row clip Rocky Mount in Rocky Mount 65-55.
40 of Rocky Mount's 55 points came from the outside trio of Isaiah Alston 18, Broderick Caudle and Kenaz Cooper 11 each. Rocky Mount having not played in 22 days might have been telling in this one as Hunt is fresh off winning the Wilson County Tournament last week over Fike. and even played Wednesday night against highly rated Kinston.
There was some question about the Fike non conference schedule and tonight Fike goes on the road to Nash Central and the Bulldogs get a victory 55-44.
Nash Central girls looked primed to be the team to want to be the team to challenge Northern beat the Fike girls 56-42 Nash Central is now 10-3 and 1-0 in Big East play.
Southern Nash joined Hunt and Nash Central boys in first place in the Big East as they romped at home over Northern Nash 86-67.
As expected Northern's girls took care of business beating the out manned Lady Firebirds 70-29.
Friday, January 9, 2015
Conference Time
The Big East basketball season begins Friday night. Rocky Mount has not played since their victory in the Nash County Tournament and how will the lay off effect them? Next week will also be a one game week allowing everyone exam week.
Hunt 7-4 @ Rocky Mount 7-2: If you believe my pre-conference picks then the top two square off the very first game giving one the lead and the other behind the eight ball right off the bat. Both these teams have had a heavy schedule taking on all comers and the winner will be on the front row right out of the gate.
Fike 9-2 @ Nash Central 6-3: Even though I don't think Fike schedule has been very stiff at all my concern for Nash Central is their guard play. Don't care who you are or where you think you can be in the standings it is not very good for anybody to lose the first game.
Northern Nash 3-7 @ Southern Nash 8-4: If you are going by records only then this is one Southern can not afford to lose. This year's Northern squad is one you had better not sleep on because their performance is better than their record.
If on the girls side of the ledger everyone is chasing Northern and if everyone loses twice to Northern then when you play each other you are playing for a playoff spot and that spot can be no better than second. Everyone is playing for the other first round home game. Puts extreme pressure on all these games and should just one sneak up on Northern that would give them a leg up on everyone else.
Hunt
8-3 @ Rocky Mount 5-4: Here we go with one of those we need this one games. Rocky Mount will play defense but they will need better play from the outside on offense to be a factor for a playoff spot. Road game wins will be an added plus for who ever can get wins on the road.
Fike 5-6 @ Nash Central 9-2: Here is the other opening night game that is a must for the teams playing. Nash Central has a shot of being a team that might be able to give Northern plenty at Nash Central. They surely don't need to falter to anyone else at home.
Northern Nash 11-0 @ Southern Nash 0-10: Southern has had a hard time scoring on anybody and now they face the full court press from the Big East best. Should be a game in which the far end of Northern bench gets plenty of playing time but the problem for Southern is those people are better too.
Hunt 7-4 @ Rocky Mount 7-2: If you believe my pre-conference picks then the top two square off the very first game giving one the lead and the other behind the eight ball right off the bat. Both these teams have had a heavy schedule taking on all comers and the winner will be on the front row right out of the gate.
Fike 9-2 @ Nash Central 6-3: Even though I don't think Fike schedule has been very stiff at all my concern for Nash Central is their guard play. Don't care who you are or where you think you can be in the standings it is not very good for anybody to lose the first game.
Northern Nash 3-7 @ Southern Nash 8-4: If you are going by records only then this is one Southern can not afford to lose. This year's Northern squad is one you had better not sleep on because their performance is better than their record.
If on the girls side of the ledger everyone is chasing Northern and if everyone loses twice to Northern then when you play each other you are playing for a playoff spot and that spot can be no better than second. Everyone is playing for the other first round home game. Puts extreme pressure on all these games and should just one sneak up on Northern that would give them a leg up on everyone else.
Hunt
8-3 @ Rocky Mount 5-4: Here we go with one of those we need this one games. Rocky Mount will play defense but they will need better play from the outside on offense to be a factor for a playoff spot. Road game wins will be an added plus for who ever can get wins on the road.
Fike 5-6 @ Nash Central 9-2: Here is the other opening night game that is a must for the teams playing. Nash Central has a shot of being a team that might be able to give Northern plenty at Nash Central. They surely don't need to falter to anyone else at home.
Northern Nash 11-0 @ Southern Nash 0-10: Southern has had a hard time scoring on anybody and now they face the full court press from the Big East best. Should be a game in which the far end of Northern bench gets plenty of playing time but the problem for Southern is those people are better too.
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