Gryphons Advance

Rocky Mount was matched with Hunt in the 4/5 game the second game of the opening night of the Big East Tournament.  Is it possible any two teams could be as equal as these two.

During the regular season Hunt won on a tip in at the buzzer to beat the Gryphons 52-51 at Hunt.  In Rocky Mount the Gryphons win 67-64.  The Big question is how close can it be on a neutral court?

Hunt led by one at the quarter, and the Gryphons by two at the half.  The lead expanded to three by the end of three quarters and the Gryphons hold on beating the Warriors 68-66.

Rocky Mount advances to a Wednesday night showdown against Northern Nash.  According to the latest projections Rocky Mount is on the outside looking in as their overall record is short of Making the playoffs.  What better way to inject yourself back in the picture than beating the top team in the east Northern Nash.

One year after winning the Big East basketball tournament the host team to this year's Southern Nash season has come to an end.  Losing almost the entire starting lineup to graduation the Firebirds went  winless during the conference season and tonight hosting the third seed Fike Golden Demons.

These two had played two really close games during the regular season 69-56 Fike at Fike and 67-62 at Southern.  I thought there was an outside chance the Firebirds just might get a win on their home court.

Down by 10 20-10 after the first quarter. The Firebirds could muster only five points while yielding 25 to be down 45-15 on their home court.  The second half was a matter of Fike trying to stay healthy and the Golden Demons advance to Wednesday night's semi finals where they will play Nash Central. Fike 78 Southern Nash 51.  Fike record goes to 17-7 while Southern Nash finishes it's season 5-20 losing their last 15 games.

Tuesday night belongs to the girls in Big East basketball.  The 6pm game will feature  Nash Central who tied for second with Fike but lost out on the tie breaker so they play as the 3rd seed and they will play 6th seed  Southern Nash.  These two finished the season against each other last Friday night with the Bulldogs winning by 22 at the Dog Pound.  Southern is playing on their home court but as the lower seed is the visitor.  The winner will meet the top seed Rocky Mount Thursday night at 6pm

The second game of the double header is the 4/5 game and Hunt will be in the white uniforms as the 4th seed  while Northern Nash as the five seed.  During the regular season Hunt won both encounters winning 48-37 at Northern and 57-38 at home.  The winner will play Fike at 7:30 Thursday night.  All the computer projections in order for Northern to make the state playoffs they must win the tournament.  If they don't their overall record will not get them in.

This Saturday the Lady Battling Bishops begin play in Conference USA South basketball tournament.  The Bishops finished conference play 8-6 and won the tie breaker with William Peace also 8-6 to get the number four seed from the south division.  The Lady Bishops had to win their last four games in a row to jump to fourth.

The conference has 12 teams involved so since they are scheduled to play 5th seed William Peace on the home floor of the top team in the south division Ferrum.  The Saturday winner will play Ferrum Sunday and should they win that will make the Semi finals which will not be played until the following weekend.

During the regular season NCW and William Peace split two games.  The Bishops lost at home 69-52 while winning in Raleigh 80-76.  The Bishops lost both games during the regular season to Ferrum by 63-51 at home 69-52 at Ferrum.