Daniels Powers West
STILL IN PLAYOFF HUNT
Trojans Post Slumping Scorpions
BY DOL'CJ Rl'TTKR
Timothy Daniels stored 2l> points
and turned in a huge game on the
boards Friday to lead West Bruns
wick to a 90-63 win over visiting
North Brunswick in a Waccamaw 2
A Conference high school basket
ball game.
The Trojans needed the win to
even their league record at 6-6 and
stay in the chase for a state playoff
berth. West also completed a season
sweep of the rival Scorpions, who
haven't beaten the Trojans in eight
games.
"It was just a great team effort
from our starters," West Brunswick
Coach Billy Minis said. "Hopefully
this will give us momentum to carry
us right on into the conference tour
nament."
In addition to Daniels' 29 points,
senior center Lonnie Mitchell pour
ed in 23, junior forward Anthony
Moody added 17 ant) sophomore
guard Eric Johnson scored 16 for the
Trojans.
Mims said Mitchell, Moody and
Johnson all played great at times
Friday night. But it was the awe
some performance by Daniels, a
sophomore forward, that dominated
the coach's post-game comments.
"Timmy Daniels played a great
all-around game," Minis said. "He
grabbed a lot of offensive rebounds
for us. He's strong and he jumps ex
tremely well. Timmy is a work
horse. He's an iron man for us."
Minis also commended Mitchell's
play on the inside, the outside shoot
ing of Moody and Johnson and the
defensive game turned in by senior
guard Calvin Reeves.
West Brunswick entered the final
week of the regular season 6-6 in the
confcrcncc and 7-14 overall. The
Trojans still have a chance to finish
among the top lour teams in the
league and qualify for the state play
offs.
Tito Trojans started the week fifth
in the league race, one game behind
Whitcville and West Columbus.
West was slated to play at East
Bladen Tuesday before hosting
South Brunswick Friday in the regu
lar-season finale.
The lX) points scored against
North Friday was the highest total of
the season for the Trojans. The pre
vious high came in a 75-51 victory
at North Brunswick.
West entered the contest averag
ing 55 points per game, but scored a
lot of easy baskets Friday by send
ing as many as three players to the
offensive boards on every shot at
tempt.
West Brunswick never trailed in
the game. The Trojans jumped out
to a 4-0 lead and later scored nine
straight points to close out the first
quarter with a 17-6 advantage.
Leading 18-8, Daniels scored sev
en straight points as part of an 8-0
run that gave the Trojans a 25-8 lead
with 5:44 left in the first hall.
Daniels had 12 of his 29 points in
the second quarter and Mitchell
scored 11 in the period to give West
Brunswick a 43-25 halftime edge.
The Trojans led 57-31 with 4:35
remaining in the third quarter, be
fore North started cutting into the
lead. The Scorpions used a 10-2 run
to trim the West lead to 59-41 and
pulled to within 66-52 going into the
fourth quarter.
The 14-point deficit was as close
as the Scorps would get in the sec
ond hall. West opened the final peri
od with 10 unanswered points to
take a 76-52 lead with 5:15 remain
ing.
"We were Hat tonight. We didn't
play good." North Brunswick Coach
Cliff Gibson said. "They beat us to
death on the boards. They got some
easy baskets inside."
The Scorpions played without
leading scorer Ronnie Ballard for
much of the first half alter the scnioi
center picked up two early fouls.
Ballard was held to eight points.
Adrian Black, Jeremy Child,
David Brew and Shannon Hankins
also scored eight points apiece to
lead a balanced scoring attack for
the Scorpions.
"Wc let their pressure bother us a
little bit," Gibson added. "If you
can't shoot it from the outside you
can't win this game, and wc can't
shoot from the outside."
North Brunswick fell to 0-12 in
the conference and 3-13 overall. The
Scorpions have lost 23 straight
Waccamaw Conference games.
Mario Ballard led North Bruns
wick to a 54-53 win in the junior
varsity game. Caleb Steedley scored
19 points to lead the Trojans.
Score By Quarters
North Brunswick 6 19 27 21?63
West Brunswick 17 26 23 24?90
North Brunswick scoring: Black,
8; Child, 8; Ballard, 8; Brew, 8;
Hankins, 8; McKcnzic, 7; Bell, 6;
Shaw, 5; McKoy, 4; Mint/., S.
West Brunswick scoring: Daniels,
29; Mitchell, 23; Moody, 17;
Johnson, 16; T. Brown, 4; Hill, 1.
Vikings Top Trojans
Last Tuesday, West Brunswick
CALVIN REEVES helped lead
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NORTH'S TORRANCE SHAW drives past West's Timothy Daniels Friday over visiting North
during their game Friday night in Shallotte. Brunswick.
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TROJAN n BROWN attempts a jump shot over Scorpion center
Ronnie Mallard.
led by nine points at halftimc but umbus swept the Trojans in their
yielded 27 third-quarter points and two meetings this season.
dropped a key Waccamaw Con- In the junior varsity contest. West
fercncc game at West Columbus 63- Columbus posted a 55-54 overtime
56. win over the Trojans. Keith Bowen
Dcwaync Belts scored IS points, led the Vikings with 12 points, and
including 13 in the third quarter, to Derek Frink had 17 for West
lead the Vikings. James Green Brunswick.
scored 12 and Magellan Powell ? ..
chipped in 11 for West Columbus. ore y Quar ers
Junior forward Anthony Moody West Brunswick 15 17 12 12?56
led the Trojans with 17 points. Lon- West Columbus 12 11 27 13?63
nic Mitchell and Timothy Daniels West Brunswick scoring: Moody,
scored 12 points each for West, 17; Mitchell, 12; Danicfs, 12; T.
which led 32-23 at halftimc. Brown, 4; Reeves, 4; Hill, 4;
The Vikings stormed back in the Johnson, 3.
second half, outscoring West Bruns- West Columbus scoring: Beits,
wick 27-12 in the third period and IX; Green, 12; Powell, 11; Frink, 9;
holding on for the win. Wesl Col- Faulk, 8; Sanderson, 3; Burney, 2.
Tornadoes Trip Cougars
For League Championship
hairmoni's Golden Tornadoes de
feated host South Brunswick 74-67
Friday night to capture the school's
second straight Waccamaw 2-A
Conference boys' basketball cham
pionship.
Fairmont, the suite's top-ranked
2-A team, got 26 points from Wesl
ey Hinson, 12 from Corry Addison
and 11 from Damion Page to im
prove to 12-0 in the league and 19-0
overall.
Josh White and Kevin Smith
scored 21 points each to lead South
Brunswick. Scooter iMoore added 12
points for the Cougars, who fell to
9-3 in league play and 14-7 overall.
Fairmont led 20-13 after one
quarter, but the Cougars uinirniu uic
lead to 40-38 at halflime. The
Tornadoes, winners of 46 of their
last 47 games, led 57-52 after three
periods and held on for their narrow
est win of the year.
For the first time all season. South
Brunswick was included in the top
10 in last week's Associated Press
high school basketball poll. The
Cougars debuted at sixth in class 2
A after winning five straight games.
The Cougars jumped into the poll
after beating South Robeson 7X-71
last Tuesday in a lough, Waccamaw
Conference road game.
Josh White led the Cougars with
26 points. Kevin Smith added 14
points and Antoinc Johnson and
Lewis Vaught had 13 apiece.
South Brunswick was scheduled
to host Whiteville Tuesday night in
a key conference game. The Coug
ars will close out the regular season
with a visit to West Brunswick Fri
day.
Wolfpack Tops North Scorpions
lhe Whiteville boys' basketball
team snapped a three-game losing
streak last Tuesday night with a 74
4S win over host Nonli Brunswick in
Waccamaw 2- A Conference action.
Terry McCray scored 14 points to
lead the Wolfpack, which led 12-10
after one quarter and 32-23 at half
lime. Whiteville led 47-34 after
three periods and outscorcd North
27-11 in the final quarter.
Quinnzell McMillian connected
on three three-pointers and scored
11 points for the Wolfpack. White
ville made eight three-pointers in the
game, outscoring the Scorpions 24-3
from three-point range.
Senior center Ronnie Ballard led
ihc Scorps with nine points. Jeremy
Child anil Adrian Black scored sev
en points apiccc for North Bruns
wick, which fell to 0-11 in the con
fcrcncc and 3 12 overall.
In the girls' game, Dawn Thread
gill poured in 24 points to lead
Whitcville to a 65-42 win. Tonya
Jones added 16 points for the Wolf
pack. Ayo Robbins led North (1-10,
2-13) with 13.
The Whitcvillc girls improved to
8-3 in the conference arid 16-4 over
all. After consecutive losses to West
Brunswick, South Robeson and
Fairmont, the Wolfpack boys moved
to 6-5 in league play and 11-5 over
all.
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BASKETBALL STANDINGS
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BOYS
Team League Overall
Fairmont 12-0 19-0
South Brunswick 9-3 14-7
Whitcvillc 7-5 12-6
West Columbus 7-5 11-5
West Brunswick 6-6 7-14
South Robeson 5-7 11-10
East Bladen 2-10 5-13
North Brunswick 0-12 3-13
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Team League Overall
South Brunswick 12-0 21-0
Whitcvillc 9-3 17-4
West Brunswick 9-3 11-9
Fairmont 7-5 8-9
West Columbus 5-7 9-7
South Robeson 4-8 4-14
North Brunswick 1-11 2-14
East Bladen 1-11 3-17
Daniels Denied
Hoop Title
Waccamaw Elementary Schix>l
student Deautry Daniels was denied
a second straight Elks I loop Shoot
State Championship Saturday due to
a technicality.
Daniels, who made 25 of 30 free
throws to apparently win the divi
sion for boys ages 10 and 11. was
stripped of his title because he was
ruled too old for the age bracket.
Daniels turns 12 on March 30.
The Hoop Shoot rules say competi
tors in the 10-11 division cannot
turn 12 until after April 1, according
to Ted Acton of the Calabash Elks
Lodge, which sponsored the local
competition.
The only other contestant to sur
vive county and regional competi
tion, Shallottc Middle School stu
dent Landis Morgan, placed third is
the 12-13 age division at the state
event in Gastonia. Morgan made 21
of 25 foul shots.
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South Girls Clinch League Title
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South Brunswick clinched the Waccamaw 2-A
Conference regular-season girls' basketball champi
onship Friday night with a 48-32 victory over visiting
Fairmont.
Jodie Brown scored 12 points and Jenny Fullwood
and Tamcka Davis added 10 each as the Lady Cougars
improved their record to 12-0 in the conference and 21
0 overall.
hard and do everything it can to win the final two
games. Whitcvillc and West Brunswick are two of the
school's biggest rivals.
As the Waccamaw Conference champion. South
Brunswick will receive a bye in the first round of the
stale 2-A playoffs. The Lady Cougars also have the
chance to host two playoff games.
Despite the 21-0 record, Isenberg said the Lady
South Brunswick also
climbcd from sccond 10
firsl in last week's high
school 2-A girls' basketball
poll following a loss by
previously top-ranked
Franklinton.
The climb in the poll
came on the heels of South
Brunswick's 43-17 win last
Tuesday at South Robeson.
Erika Bryant scored 13
*7 don't think there's any
pressure to win these last two.
I told the girls it doesn't cost
them their playoff seeding or
conference championship."
?South Coach Mike Isenberg
cougars still haven't
played the basketball they
are capable of playing.
"We're playing sort of
inconsistent right now," he
said. "I don't think we're
playing our best." One of
the big reasons has been the
absence of two of the
team's top starters.
Since the start of the
year. South has often been
without the services of
points lo lead the Lady Cougars in that game.
But the big win came before a home crowd Friday
night. South Coach Mike Isenberg has said all season
his goal for the team was to win die conference champi
onship.
South Brunswick can close out die regular season
undefeated widi wins this week over rivals Whitevillc
and West Brunswick. The Lady Wolfpack was sched
uled to visit Tuesday, and South visits West Friday.
Isenberg said he isn't concerned about finishing the
regular season 23-0. "Our goal was to win those two
games last week because that made us conference
champions," he said Tuesday morning.
"I don't think there's any pressure to win these last
two. I told the girls it doesn't cost them their playoff
seeding or conference championship,' Isenberg added.
Nevertheless, the coach admits his team will play
guaro Macy Iscnberg or ccntcr Erika Bryant. Both were
all-county selections last season but have been slowed
by knee injuries this year.
The coach said he's hail a hard time keeping both
players injury-tree and in the lineup at the same time.
Stacy Iscnberg played about 12 minutes Friday night,
but Bryant sal out alter aggravating her knee two weeks
ago.
"We're just having a hard time getting those two
set," Coach Iscnberg said. "1 think we really need them
both back to do any good in the suite playoffs."
Iscnberg said he gave both players the option of sit
ting out this week so they would be healthy for the
playoffs.
"Neither one wanted to wail. They fell like ihcy
would be too rusty. They both warn to try to play what
ever minutes they can."
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