The USA South Men's Basketball started today on the campus of North Carolina Wesleyan College. The Top seed played the fourth game of the day the Battling Bishops were suppose to play the 7pm game but the three preceding games managed to push the top seed Bishops to well after eight before they took the court.
The Battling Bishops did not disappoint the home folks. The eighth seed Averitt Cougars gave the Bishops all they could handle up to the 14 minute mark in the second half. Tied 40-40 the Bishops led by Sophomore Adrian Moore from Plymouth and former Gryphon Isaiah Alston the Bishops scored 21 straight points in about three minutes to open up a wide gap only to see Averitt chop the lead to eight before the final Bishop Push produced an 81-66 Bishop victory.
Since Moore has be inserted into the starting lineup the Bishops have run off 11 wins in a row and need two more wins this weekend to get an invitation to the NCAA D 3 basketball playoffs. Moore finished the night with 30 and Alston 20. D J Weaver added 12 points and Brandon Brown aided with 11 rebounds.
The Bishops will face in the 7pm semi final action at Everett Gym LaGrange the four seed and a 77-73 win over Ferrum. The 5pm game will have the 2/3 seeds facing off as the three seed Greensboro had to get a tip in with 2.8 seconds to play to beat the 6th seed Piedmont 77-75. The 2/7 game featured 52 fouls and took three hours to complete as Convenant downed Wiliam a Peace 87-80.
The 5pm game Friday afternoon has Covenant and Greensboro and the night cap will have the Battling Bishops and LaGrange.
The Firebirds of Southetn Nash Have advanced to the finals of the sectional and are one win from reaching the regionals next week in Fayetteville after a 59-44 victory over Eastern Wayne. Saturday the Firebirds travel to Eastern Alamance to meet the top seed in the east.
The other Big East top seed Nash Central has advanced after a 77-58 win over Triton. That was a high scoring game. Could the bracket be falling the Lady Bulldog way. They get a home game Saturday after Northern Guilford upset Chapel Hill who was the higher seeded team and if Chapel Hill had of won would have hosted the Lady Bulldogs but now Northern Guilford 12 seed comes to Rocky Mount to face the Bulldogs.
The news was not so good for both Rocky Mount and Northern Nash. Neither was favored in their road games. Rockingham County beat Rocky Mount 50-43 while the once beaten Terry Sanford Buldogs beat Northern Nash 59-40.
Thursday, February 25, 2016
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