Basketball Buffett

You had a chance Tueday night to indulge in high school basketball as the opening day of the Big East Basketball Tournament got under way at Fike High in Wilson.  The opening game of the day at 4pm featured the fourth seed Rocky Mount Girls 12-8 going up against the fifth seed Hunt 4-19.

On line projections already say Rocky Mount will play in the state tournament next week but heading into today about the only way Hunt makes it is win the tournament.  There was never any doubt about this one as Rocky Mount cruises to the semi's where they will meet the top seed Nash Central at 6pm Wednesday after they rollover over Hunt 69-38.  More than likely the basketball season is over for Hunt who now has a record of 4-20.

Just last Tuesday Nash Central had a one game lead and all they needed to do was win just one game to capture the Big East boys regular season.  Both their games were on the road  so the task was not easy.  Losing both the Bulldogs fell into a three way tie and to make the week even worse they lost the seedings  drawing and drew third putting them into action Tuesday instead of getting a bye until Thursday.

Now a number three seed and 12-11 the Bulldogs took on the Knights of Northern Nash 12-10 the sixth seed and working on a eight game conference losing streak.  What better way to get back lost momentum right.  Not so fast my friend, Northern Nash has advanced to the Thursday boys semi finals after they take down Nash Central 64-51.  Northern will now meet Rocky Mount Thursday night at 6pm in the first boys semi final.

The third game of the night focused on girls basketball featuring the host Fike Golden Demons 18-6  who drew the sixth seed the Southern Nash Lady Birds 0-21.  Don't think anyone thought this would be a game and it wasn't 74-39  as Southern Nash finishes their second consecutive winless season and a streak now standing at 46.

Hard to believe that Feb 17th 2014 Southern Nash girls the fifth seed played Nash Central the fourth an overtime game and Lady Bird's Destiny Burgess poured in 38 points.  24 came in the 4th quarter and overtime.  That was the first game in this streak now at 46.  Their last win was Feb 8th 2014 and oddly enough it was their second win in a row.

The final game of the night featured the two teams that went 5-5 during the conference play and they tied as the 4th seed.  Hunt 10-13 and Fike 10-14 records not what anyone in Wilson County expected from either team.

Hunt led from the opening tap but the closer the end of the fourth quarter came Fike played inspired ball on the home court and by the finish beats Hunt 51-47.  Fike heads to a Thursday night  match with Southern Nash the top seed in the Big East tournament Thursday night at 7:30.

Wednesday night is the girls semi final night with the four seed Rocky Mount testing the top seed Nash Central at 6pm and the night cap will be the two seed Northern Nash meeting the home Team Fike at 7:30.