Overtime At Northern

The top two girls basketball teams squared off at Northern Nash in Big East basketball  as the Lady Bulldogs came calling.  This one took extra time before the home standing Lady Knights were able to outlast the Lady Bulldogs 49-44.  Northern takes the outright lead at 3-0  while Nash Central drops to 2-1.

The boys game turns out to be a track meet as Nash Central tied for the lead in the Big East travels to Northern Nash who was looking to move up in the standings.  Once the track meet ended the visitors from Nash Central took home the victory 84-78.  A huge win for Nash Central on the road.

These were the only games on the docket tonight as both the Hunt at Southern Nash double header and the Fike at Rocky Mount games will be played Wednesday night.  For the time being the Nash Central boys have the conference lead over Hunt until their results Wednesday.  The Lady Knights are in first regardless of what happens Wednesday.

NC State wins their first conference game at Pitt.  The Pack matches up well with the Pitt big men which is the Pitt game going inside.  The Pack cut that off and Pitt just doesn't shoot outside well enough.  Pack 78-61.

Duke has lost their third straight game in conference.  It is easy to see what their problem is.  They have no one on the back line to stop dribble penetration.  That is a bad problem to have when the outside players play ole' defense.  Wave at the defender as they go by.

There is clearly no team in the NCAA that you can say they are the best.  Carolina is just as good as anybody and if they stay healthy they should be a major contender for the final four.  Can you think who else you can say that about?

Lady Dogs/Knights Battle For Top Spot

The Big East girls basketball race playing two conference games in one week for the first time find  three games and all three are against teams tied with each other.

The two unbeaten teams Nash Central 13-2 2-0 travel across highway 64 to Northern Nash 12-2 2-0.  The history of Nash Central  this series has been dominated by Northern.  This game could very well be a toss up. One of these teams will have the outright lead while the other will drop down to a tie with the winner of our next game.

Fike 13-3 1-1 @ Rocky Mount 8-4 1-1.  Interesting game as Rocky Mount must have the outside shot going plus have the defense creating loose balls.  The winner ties the loser of the Northern/Nash Central game while the loser falls into a tie with the winner of the last game on the schedule.

Hunt 2-12 0-2 @ Southern 0-13 0-2.  Find it hard to believe the Lady Birds scoring less than 20 points per game could win against a team scoring more than forty.  So you would assume that Hunt would move up in a tie with the loser of the Fike/RM game and the winner of that game will be tied with the loser of NC/NN

The boys angle:

The two unbeaten teams travels to the two teams with only one loss so there is a possibility of a four way tie at the top or any combination in between

Nash Central 8-7 2-0 @ Northern Nash 11-3 1-1.  Gym should be a full house for both the boys and girls games as these two schools are for real for the first time in a long while all at the same time.
This game is a toss up.

Hunt 7-8 2-0 @ Southern Nash 8-5 1-1.  Despite their overall record the Warriors could with a win could be giving everyone notice that they are again the team to beat in the Big  East.  The Firebirds could put a stop to all that.

Fike 5-11 0-2 @ Rocky Mount 0-12 0-2.  Who would have thought at the end of last basketball season the by the third conference game  these two teams would be in this position.  Long season foe the loser.  The winner will still have a chance.