WEST WINS AT FAIRMONT
Third-Quarter Spurt Boosts Lady Trojans
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STAfF PHOTOS BY OOUG BUTTER
WEST GUARD KANEKA GKISSETT drives for two points during
Friday's home win over South Robeson. Grissetl has developed in
to a good outside shooter and a threat from three-point range.
by ikhk; ruttkr
West Brunswick's Lady Trojans
parlayed a 21 -point third quarter in
to a 51-46 victory over visiting
South Robeson Friday in Wac
camaw 2-A Conference girls' bas
ketball.
Leading 17-16 after a sluggish
first half. West unleashed its full
court press on the Lady Mustangs at
the start of the third quarter to create
steals and turnovers that led to easy
baskets.
West Brunswick junior center
Nicole Norris led all scorers in the
game with 16 points. Guard Kaneka
Grissctt hit three three-pointers and
finished with 13 points for the Lady
Trojans. Moniquc King added 10
points.
South Robeson's Linda Ladson
scored nine of her team-high 15
points in the fourth quarter. Tamcka
Reaves added 13 points and Amelia
Oxendine made two three-pointers
and scored 10 for the Mustangs.
"The first half wc were sloppy
and sluggish," West Brunswick
Coach Brcnda Council said. "Wc
were just standing around. It was
turnover after turnover after turn
over."
"I thought wc played a much bet
ter ball game the sccond half," she
added. "Wc got a few steals right at
the start of the third quarter. That
boosted our confidence and really
helped us out."
The five-point home win avenged
an earlier 33-32 overtime loss at
South Robeson. The victory also
lifted West Brunswick to 7-3 in the
Waccamaw Conference and 9-9
overall.
"This is the first week all season
that we have won all of our games
so hopefully we're on the right
track," Council said.
Going into this week's play. West
Brunswick and Whitcvillc were tied
for sccond place in the league stand
ings behind undefeated South
Brunswick.
In Friday night's contest. South
Robeson trailed 6-2 late in the first
quarter but a thrcc-pointcr by
Oxendine and a Reaves layup gave
the Lady Mustangs a 7-6 advantage
after one period.
A steal and layup by Oxendine
gave South Robeson a 14-11 lead
with 3:50 left in the first half. West
Brunswick scored six of the quar
ter's final eight points to take a 17
16 lead at intermission.
After two free throws by Reaves
gave the visitors an 18-17 lead at the
start of the second half. West
Brunswick's girls went to work.
Grissctl swished a three-pointer
from the right corner and followed it
up with a layup created by a King
steal to give the Lady Trojans a 22
18 lead 46 seconds into the third
quarter.
A jump shot by South Robeson's
Annette Bethea cut West's lead to
22-20, but the Lady Trojans scored
six straight points off a Mustang
turnover and two steals to lead 28
20.
West Brunswick oulscorcd South
Robeson 21-12 in the third period
and led 38-28 going into the fourth
period. The Trojan run was keyed
by Grissett with seven points and
Norris with six.
South Robeson pulled to within
five points with one minute left in
the game but couldn't score in the
final 60 seconds.
In Waccamaw Conference action
this week, West Brunswick was
scheduled to play at West Columbus
Tuesday. The Lady Trojans enter
tain county rival North Brunswick
Friday.
Score By Quarters
South Robeson 7 9 12 18?46
West Brunswick 6 11 21 13?51
South Robeson scoring: Ladson,
15; Reaves, 13; Oxendinc, 10;
Bethea, 6; Meckins, 2.
West Brunswick scoring: Norris,
16; Grissett, 13; King, 10; Morgan,
6; Gausc, 4; Hcwctt, 2.
West Tops Fairmont
In a key Waccamaw Conference
contest last Tuesday, Monique King
scored 17 points to lead a depleted
West Brunswick girls' squad to a
55-51 win over host Fairmont.
Only seven Lady Trojans dressed
for the game due to injuries, illness
and disciplinary reasons.
"We played real hard up there,"
Coach Council said. "We knew we
only had seven girls, but we were
pumped up for that game."
The host Golden Tornadoes
jumped out to a 14-8 lead in the first
quarter, but West Brunswick came
back in the second period and tied
the score at 27-27 at halftime.
South Brunswick Takes Two From
BY DOUG rutter
The South Brunswick boys' and
girls' basketball teams invaded Le
land last Tuesday and left town with
Waccamaw 2-A Conference wins
over the homestanding North Bruns
wick Scorpions.
In the boys' game. Josh White
scored 24 points as the Cougars
slipped past the Scorps 76-63.
South's Jenny Fullwood scored 22
to lead the undefeated Lady Cougars
to an 84-30 win in girls' action.
White, a flashy senior point guard,
scored 10 second-quarter points to
help the Cougar boys break open a
19-17 game and take a 41-29 lead in
to the locker room at halftime.
North stayed close to the Cougars
in the third quarter, but never cut the
lead below 10 points. South led 57
43 going into the final quarter and
scored nine of the period's first 12
poinLs to pull out to a 20-point lead.
In addition to White's 24 points,
junior forward Scooter Moore
scored 16 points, including 10 in the
first quarter to help give the Cougars
an early 19-7 advantage.
North Brunswick, led by Ronnie
Ballard's 17 points, put together a
10-0 run at the end of the first quar
ter and start of the second to cut the
Cougar lead to 19-17 before South
took command.
Coach Gene Doanc's Cougars
oulscored North Brunswick 22-12 in
the final 5:46 of the first half to take
a double-digit halftime lead that
they never relinquished.
Doane said following the game he
knew the struggling Scorpions, still
seeking their first league win, would
be psyched to play South. It was up
to the Cougars to "grind out" the
victory.
"We were flatter than a pancake,"
Doane said. "We are their emotional
game for the year. They will always
play us tougher. We needed to play
like we did at home against them
and we didn't."
Earlier this year at Boiling Spring
Lakes, the Cougars turned back the
Scorpions 91 -49. On its home floor
last week, North Brunswick trailed
the entire game but stayed within
striking distance until the fourth
quarter.
Scorpion Coach Cliff Gibson was
proud of his team's effort. North
was coming off a home loss against
West Columbus in which the Scorps
scored just 11 points in the first half.
'They played good tonight. They
hustled and played gcxxl defense.
We just ran out of juice," Gibson
said.
"The thing about this team is they
haven't won a conlerence game but
they're still trying. Maybe dungs
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STAFF PHOTOS BY DOUG *UTT?
SCORPION CENTER RONNIE BA1.1AR1) (32) drives for two of
his 17 points during North Brunswick's 76-63 loss last Tuesday to
county foe South Brunswick. Also pictured is Scooter Moore, who
had 16 points for the Cougars.
will turn around for us. You got to
have faith."
Gibson, a 24-year high school
coaching veteran in his 13th season
at North Brunswick, said this is the
longest any of his teams have gone
without a conference win.
With the loss to South, the Scor
pions dropped to 0-9 in the confer
ence and 3-10 overall. Counting last
year. North Brunswick has lost 20
straight Waccamaw Conference
games.
South Brunswick improved to 7-2
in the conference and 12-6 overall.
In the junior varsity boys' game.
North's Anthony Williams made a
pair of free throws with two seconds
remaining to lift the Scorpions to a
58-57 win.
Williams finished with 10 points
for North and Andre Mosely scored
12. South was led by Devon John
son with 20 points and Charles Blue
with 13.
Score By Quarters
South Brunswick 19 22 16 19?76
North Brunswick 12 17 14 20?63
South Brunswick scoring: White
24; Moore, 16; Smith, 9; Johnson, 8
Roberts, 6; Simon, 5; Vaught, 4
Kennedy, 2; DeJesus, 2.
Scorpions
North Brunswick scoring: Bal
lard, 17; Child. 9; Black, 9; Elv
ington, 8; McKoy, 6; McKcn/.ic, 5;
Bell, 5; Brew, 2; Johnson, 2.
Lady Cougars Romp
In the girls' game, Jenny Full
wood scored a game-high 22 points
to lead South Brunswick to an easy
84-30 victory over the struggling
Lady Scorpions.
Erika Bryant added 13 points and
LaTonya Hankins scored 10 to lead
eleven Lady Cougars who scored in
the game. South Brunswick, ranked
second among the state's 2-A teams,
never trailed.
Coach Mike Iscnbcrg's Lady
Cougars used an 11-0 run early in
the first quarter to take a 13-2 lead.
South led 22-7 after one period and
scored the final 10 points of the sec
ond quarter to lead 39-11 at halftimc.
Even with reserves in for much of
the second half, South Brunswick's
girls continued to build on their
lead.
The Lady Cougars scored 17
unanswered points during a third
quarter stretch and led 61-17 going
into the final period.
Tanya Grady and Ayo Robbins
scored nine points apicce to lead
Noah Brunswick. Michelle Bennett
added eight.
The 54-point margin of victory
was the largest for South Brunswick
since its season-opening 97-21 win
over Topsail.
South improved to 9-0 in the
Waccamaw Conference and 18-0
overall, while North Brunswick fell
to 1-8 in the league and 2-11 overall.
Score By Quarters
South Brunswick 22 17 22 23?84
North Brunswick 7 4 6 13?30
South Brunswick scoring: Full
wood, 22; Bryant, 13; Hankins, 10;
Brown, 9; Tam. Davis, 8; T. Sellers,
8; lsenbcrg, 4; Tan. Davis, 4; Lee, 2;
M. Sellers, 2; Hardcch, 2.
North Brunswick scoring: Grady,
9; Robbins, 9; Bennett, 8; Ballard, 2;
Gidlcy, 2.
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CENTER NlCOlJi NORMS (30) scored 16 points to lead West
Brunswick to a 51-46 win over South Robeson Friday. Also pic
tured are Annette Rethea (42) and Tameka Reaves.
The Lady Trojans led 43-38 going
into the fourth quarter and held on
for the win. King, who made two
three-pointers in the game, scored
eight of her 17 points in the final pe
riod.
West Brunswick guard Kancka
Grissett tossed in three three-point
crs in the first half and finished with
14 points.
Fairmont's Vonnic BuQer led all
scorers with 20 points, scoring 16 in
the second half. Tyra Taylor also
chipped in 16 for the Golden
Tornadoes.
Score By Quarters
West Brunswick 8 19 16 12?55
Fairmont 14 13 11 13?51
West Brunswick scoring: King,
17; Grissctt, 14; Cause, 8; Morgan,
8; Norris, 8.
Fairmont scoring: Butler, 20;
Taylor, 16; Gaddy, 9; Barber, 4;
Ncaly, 2.
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