SCOOTER MOORE (34) drives for two of his 15 points in Friday
night's win over Fairmont. Also pictured are Fairmont's Damion
Page (34) and Wesley Hinson.
KEVIN SMITH (25) had a hard time grabbing this rebound for the
Cougars, but managed to keep the ball out of the hands of Fair
mont's Jimmy Stephens.
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Cougars Stop Golden Tornadoes
In Waccamaw Tournament Finals
BY DOUG RUTTER
South Brunswick ended Fair
mont's iwo-year stranglehold on the
Waccamaw 2-A Conference Friday
with a shocking 81-70 win in the
championship game of the boys'
league basketball tournament.
Josh White scored 35 points to
lead Soulh back from a 19-point,
first-quarter deficit and played big
down the stretch as the Cougars
handed the Golden Tornadoes their
first loss of the year.
Although South Robeson hosted
the game, the crowd was packcd
with fans from nearby Fairmont.
Those who filled the Mustang gym
witnessed one of the most intense
high school basketball games of the
year in Waccamaw country.
Using its superior quickness and
size, Fairmont exploded for 28
points in the first seven minutes be
fore South Brunswick started taking
control of the game in the second
quarter.
White, who scored !6 points to
icad 2 second-quarter ;*rwi
11 more points in the last 2:33 of the
game, was mobbed following the
contest but kept a tight grip on the
championship trophy.
"I think they kind of counted us
out," the senior point guard said.
"It's a great win, but we can't win
this game and get complacent.
We've got to keep playing."
Cougar Coach Gene Doanc said it
took a great team effort to upset the
Golden Tornadoes, but he acknowl
edged that it was White who took
over the game in crunch time.
"Whenever you have a horse you
have to ride him, and if you don't
you're a stupid coach," Doanc said
of White, who averaged 28 points
per game in the tournament.
Doanc had predicted before the
game that the Cougars would defeat
Fairmont, the top-ranked 2-A team
in the state. His game plan was to
get the lead and spread the lloor to
slow down Fairmont's furious, fast
break offense.
"If we could get a lead and get in
to that offense I thought we had
them because that would eliminate
their defense and rebounding,"
Doane said after the game.
"It look their running game away
and dial's what 1 wanted to do," the
veteran coach added. "They're used
to shooting so quick, and I think
ihcy got frustrated."
The spread offense allowed Soulh
to conserve energy, create easy bas
kets and get to the free throw line,
where the Cougars were deadly ac
curate when it counted the most.
Soulh Brunswick converted 19 of
25 free throw attempts in the game
(76 percent), including 13 of 16 in
the fourth quarter and 10 of 10 over
the final five minutes.
Doanc was forced to wail until
the second half to implement his
game plan because the Cougars fell
behind so quickly. The Tornadoes
used a 21-3 run to take a 28-9 lead
with 43 seconds left in the opening
quarter.
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STAFF PHOTOS BY DOUG RUTTW
SOUTH'S JOSH WHITE dribbles past Fairmont's Damion Page (34) during the Waccamaw
Conference Basketball Tournament championship game Friday night. White had 35 points to lead the
Cougars to an 81-70 win.
South Brunswick bullied back in
ihc second quarter, pulling together
runs of 9-0 and 7-0 to cut the
Fairmont lead to 45-44 at halftimc.
"I kepi telling them if we'll just
calm down, get ourself together and
slop try ing to score as fast as they do
we'll be alright," Doanc said of the
early dcficil.
"1 knew it was early and we
couldn't quit," added White. "We
went four quarters, not one."
South Brunswick held the Golden
Tornadoes to a paltry seven points in
the third quarter to take a 58-52 lead
going into the final period.
The Cougars built their lead to
eight points early in the fourth quar
ter, bui Fairmont rallied and took a
66-65 lead on Corry Addison's
lay up with 3:01 remaining.
Willi While leading the way.
South Brunswick scored 16 of the
next 18 points to pull away. White
scored the first seven points of the
run and had 11 of the 16.
In addition to White's 35 points.
South Brunswick got 15 each from
Kevin Smith and Scooter Moore.
Smith scorcd eight points in the
third quarter when the Cougars
WACCAMAW
CONFERENCE
FINAL POST-TOURNAMENT
BASKETBALL STANDINGS
BOYS
Team League Overall
Fairmont 16-1 23-1
South Brunswick 13-4 18-8
Whiteville 10-6 15-7
West Columbus 9-7 13-7
West Brunswick 7-8 8-16
South Robeson 6-9 12-12
East Bladen 2-13 5-16
North Brunswick 0-15 3-16
GIRLS
Team League Overall
South Brunswick 17-0 264)
Whitcvillc 12-5 20-6
West Brunswick 11-5 13-11
Fairmont 9-7 10-11
West Columbus 6-9 10-9
South Robeson 6-9 6-15
North Brunswick 1-14 2-17
East Bladen 1-14 3-20
overcame a 45-44 halftimc deficit
and took a 58-52 lead.
Moore had seven points in the
fourth quarter, including a three
point play with 45 seconds remain
ing that gave the Cougars a 75-68
lead and two free throws nine scc
onds later that extended the lead to
nine points.
Wesley Hinson scored 11 first
quarter points and led Fairmont with
23. Addison added 16, Damion Page
had 14 and Montrcll McNair
chippcd in 11 for the Tornadoes.
South Brunswick ended a siring
of five consccutivc losses to
Fairmont and improved its season
record to 18-8. The Tornadoes lost
just their second game in the last 52
and fell to 23-1 on the season.
Fairmont had advanced to the
tournament finals with an 83-52 win
over North Brunswick in the first
round and a 91-70 victory over
fourth-seeded West Columbus in the
semifinals.
Score By Quarters
South Brunswick 13 31 14 23?81
Fairmont 28 17 7 18?70
South Brunswick scoring: White,
35; Moore, 15; Smith, 15; Simon, 9;
Vaught, 5; Hcwctt. 2.
Fairmont scoring: Hinson, 23;
Addison, 16; Page, 14; McNair, 11;
Floyd, 2; Bobian, 2; Stephens, 2.
South Nips
Wolfp
ack In Semifinals
BY DOUG RUTTKR
The third time proved to be the
charm for South Brunswick's Cou
gars as they avenged two regular
season losses to Whitcville with an
83-78 overtime win last Thursday in
the Waccamaw Conference Basket
ball Tournament semifinals.
South's Josh White sent the game
into overtime with a long jumper in
the closing seconds that knotted the
score at 74-74. In the extra period,
the Cougars earned the win by
outscoring the Wolfpack 9-4.
South Brunswick Coach Gene
Doanc said the game shouldn't have
gone into overtime because White's
game-tying basket was actually a
three-pointer that should have been
a game-winning shot.
The Cougars thought they had
won the game 75-74^in regulation.
Doane said the team was in the lock
er room celebrating the win when
word came that an overtime period
would be played.
The game official who originally
signaled that White's jumper was a
three-pointer was later overruled by
two other officials. Doane said the
game film clearly showed that
While took off from behind ihe
three-point arc.
Despite the controversial ruling,
the Cougars won in overtime and
advanced to the tournament champi
onship game where they upset top
ranked Fairmont 81-70.
Doanc said the Cougars beat
Whitcville despite a poor shooting
night. South missed its first 12
three-point shots and several layups.
"We played with more zip than we
had before against Whitcville."
The Wollpack had beaten the
Cougars 66-64 in Whitcville and 76
63 at Boiling Spring Lakes during
the regular season. On South Rob
eson's neutral court, it was the
Cougars who came out on top.
Doane said South Brunswick
should have defeated Whitcville
both times during the regular season.
He blamed the loses in part on the
confcrcncc schedule.
The Whitcville games were sand
wiched between emotional contests
with Fairmont and West Brunswick.
"You can't play three emotional
games in a row," Doanc said.
In the tourney semifinal, Whitc
ville. led 54-50 after three quarters
but South Brunswick rallied in the
fourth quarter to tic the score.
White led the Cougars with 34
points. Kevin Smith, Scooter Moore
and Lewis Vaught added 10 points
apiece. Daniien Hall led Whiteville
with 17 points and Quinn/.ell Mc
Millian added 16.
Whiteville had advanced to the
semifinals with a 74-48 win over
South Robeson in the tournament's
opening round last Tuesday at
Boiling Spring Lakes.
Score Bv Quarters
Whiteville 19 15 20 20 4?78
South Bruns. 17 14 19 24 9?83
Whiteville scoring: Hall, 17;
McMillian, 16; Moore, 15; Barfield,
10; McCray, 8; Southern, 6; Flow
ers, 6.
South Brunswick scoring; White,
34; Smith, 10; Moore, 10; Vaught,
10; Johnson, 7; Hewett, 6; Simon, 4;
Roberts, 2.
Cougars Win Opener
In other first-round action last
Tuesday at the South Brunswick
gym, the host Cougars overcame a
sluggish start to post a 91-66 over
visiting East Bladen.
Seventh-seeded East Bladen
jumped out to an 18-7 lead after one
quarter, but South Brunswick scored
31 points in the second period to
take a 38-31 halftime lead
South's Cougars outscored East
Bladen's Cougars 36-16 in the third
quarter and cruised through the finai
period for an easy win.
Moore led South with 26 points
and White added 15. Monterro
Graham had 16 to pace East Bladen,
which ended the season 2-13 in con
ference games and 4-15 overall.
Score By Quarters
East Bladen 18 13 16 19?66
South Brunswick 7 31 36 17?91
East Bladen scoring: Graham, 16
Cromartie, 12; Jones, 9; Munn, 7
Moore, 6; Priest, 5; Hammonds, 5
Johnson, 4; Durant, 2.
South Brunswick scoring: Moore
26; White, 15; Smith, 8; Roberts, 8
Simon, 6; Johnson, 6; Kennedy, 6
Parker, 5; DcJcsus, 3; Hcwctt, 2
Clcmmons, 2; Clark, 2; Vaught, 2.
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