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East Columbus Grabs Controversial OT Win Over West Brunswick Trojans in dok; ritter Coach Gary Baltic collapsed against a wall in the l ast Columbus dressing room and struggled to catch his breath His sweaty, wrinkled brow showed signs ot the stress he had just endured. Fifty feet away, inside the West Brunswick gym. Coach Charlie Stevens was consoled by supporters Moments earlier, the fiery Stevens had to be restrained as he confronted game officials This was the scene at the West gym Friday night after Battle's (iators escaped with a controversial. 67-<>(>. overtime win over Stevens Trojans in the most intense high school basketball game Shallotte has seen in years. "Honestly. I thought it was a three." Stevens said "'Unfortunately the officials didn't see it that way." Stevens was referring to the shot that West Brunswick's Jonathan Williams drained with five seconds remaining in overtime?a shot that appeared to tie the score and force a second overtime. Game officials initially ruled that Williams' acrobatic, double-pump ing. gravity-defying basket came from hehind the three-point line anil had knotted the score at 67-67. Stevens, and most of the home crowd, erupted a few seconds later w hen the officials reversed their de cision and ruled that Williams was inside the three-point arc when he launched the shot. Game over. Gators win. "It was a good ball game lor the fans. Baiiie saiu oi iiie back-and forth contest that featured IS lead changes "His kids kept hustling, and my kids kept hustling. It's a shame somebody had to lose this game." The loss dropped West Brunswick to 2-2 in the Waccamaw Conference and 4-8 overall. Fast Columbus im proved to 3-0 in the conference and 13-1 overall. Boubacar Aw. a 6-foot-7 transfer student from Senegal. Africa, who will play his college ball at Georgetown, led the Gators w ith 2'' points. Dcmctric Jacobs added I1). Williams scored 22 and Eric Johnson had 18 to lead West Brunswick, which gave a tremen dous effort but could not match Fast Columbus inside strength down the stretch. STAFF PHOTOS BY DOUG RUT7FR M EST HRl S'SW/CK'S TY BROWS finds himself in a tough spot Friday against Fast Columbus. Defending is Houhacar Aw (23) and Free i Munn (32). Wcm ilfuii>?n.k. which ied 3o-->r> at halltime and 50-4') after three quarters. took ;i (>1-56 lead with 1:45 left in regulation on a pair of Anthonv Moody free throws. On two straight possessions, how ever. the Gators went down low to Aw and lie delivered baskets to cut West's lead to 61-60 with 1:19 re maining. Aw then hit the front end of a one-and-one to tie the score wnh 2? seconds left. West Brunswick had a chance to win at the end of regulation when I .ist Columbus' Lafayette Waddell was whistled for a traveling viola tion under the Gator basket with eight seconds to play Hut West's Derek l;rink had one shot partially blocked and then mis fired on a 12 toot, baseline )iim|x.-r w ith two seconds remaining. in overtime. Aw gave Last Columbus a 65-61 lead with two quick buckets. But West's Williams nailed a three-pointer from the left corner to cut the lead to 65-64 with 4() seconds left. A tip-in by least's Waddell with 20 seconds to play bumped the Gators* lead to 67-64 before Williams* controversial basket. Battle said the turning point in tin game was when Hast Columbus started looking inside to Aw, the biggest and strongest player on the floor. Aw scored 11 points in the fourth quarter and the overtime peri od. Th*.' lead histi ch3n"cd haniis. !! times in the first half. West Bruns wick raced out to an S-2 lead in the first 2 minutes. 10 seconds, but l ast Columbus rallied and took a 9-8 lead just one minute later. WACCAMAW CONFERENCE Il \SKETBALL STANDINGS Through Monday, Jan. 24 OAVC' l?* ? a Team League Overall Whileville 4-0 10-3 East Columbus 3-0 13-1 West Columbus 2-1 6-5 West Brunswick 2-2 4-8 Pender I -2 6-7 South Brunswick 0-3 3-9 South Columbus 0-4 4-^ GIRLS Team League Overall Whileville 3-1 12-2 West Brunswick 3-1 5-7 South Brunswick 2-1 8-5 South Columbus 2-2 8-6 Pender 1-2 8-5 East Columbus 1-2 5-9 West Columbus 0-3 2-10 The game went back and forth the rest ol the way. and neither team led by more than five points after the first quarter. "I thought a couple times at the end we didn't execute as well as we could have and v\e could have stole one from them." Stevens said. "I'm proud of my kids. If this is any indication of how we can play we should be alright the rest of the way. But we can't be satisfied be cause we played well tonight. We have to go out there and d') it every night." Both coaches had nothing but positive things to say about the play ers following the game. "They've got a real good basket hall team." Stevens said of the Gators. "They've got a chance to win the state 2A championship." Battle tried to downplay the fact that East Columbus made the Associated Press high school basket ball [Toll last week for the first time in the school's two-year history. The Gators are ranked 10th in the state 2A ranks. "We play it one game at a time." Battle said. "It's good for the com munity and good for the school, but polls don't mean anything this time of year." Battle said West Brunswick "is going to win some ball games. They've got :i good squad I have a lot of respect for Charlie Stevens." West Brunswick had three games slated this week, including a Tuesday night game against visiting West Columbus. The Trojans travel West's Eric Johnson Cans 31 In Loss At Whiteville Tuesday West Brunswick's liric Johnson \ itie 0-4 10 open the fourth quarter, scored a career-high 31 points, hut it tun the Iroians never got closer than wasn't enough as VVhiteville rolled five points to a 71-66 win over the Trojans in The teams will square olt again high school boys' haskcthall action I eh. II in Shallottc. last Tuesday. Store By Quarters Five players scored in double tig- West Brunswick 12 10 l') ll> 66 ures for the Wolfpack. led in Whitevillc 20 15 24 12 71 Jablonski Moore and Andre Me West Brunswick scoring: Johns Cullumwith 16 points each Kevin on. 31. Innk. II. Daniels. HI. McKen/ie scored 12. Curtis Norton Williams. Moody. 5 .idded 11 and Shannon Soles had 10 Whiir v ille scoring: Moore. !6; for Whitevillc. McCullum. In. McKenzie. 12: The Wolf pack improved to 3-0 in Norton. II. Soles 10. Tcachcy. 3: the Waccamaw Conterence and s-3 Thurmond. 2. McCrav. I overall, while West Brunswick sut fered its first conference loss ol the season and fell to 2-1 in the league and 4-7 overall. Johnson, a junior guard who had been averaging about 12 points per West Brunswick High School will game, had Ins best night ol the sea- hold its tall sports awards reception son. Derek l-1ink added II points Monday. Jan. 11. at 7 p.m in the and Timothy Daniels chipped in 10 school library for the Trojans. Awards will tx presented lor Whitevillc jumped out to a 20-12 tiirls tennis volleyball, soccer and lead after one quarter and held a 35- junior varsity football. A reception 2N lead at halftime. The Wolfpack will follow extended its advantage to s<j-47 al \ separate bani|uet honoring the ter three quarters before the Trojans vaisitv football team will be held made a run. later this \ear, said Assistant Ath West Brunswick nutscorcd White- ietie iJiieei n \iartie tiiliis Awards Night Set At West Brunswick Brunswick County's (?- ducks UNLIMITED Annual Banquet & Auction Saturday February 5,6:30 PM Brunswick County Shrine Club Midway Rd., Bolivia For more information call: 754-4331 or 253-6244 r?4 ! ?ll MH N x III A WEST'S JONATHAN WILLIAMS (left) knocks the ball away from East Columbus' Ered Munn (luring Eriday night's game in Sha'lottc. Williams lid the Trojans with 22 points. Wilmington Lancy Thursday and Jacobs. 19; Munn. 9; Waddell, (r. \ isi! South Brunswick on Saturday. Beatty. 4. Score By Quarters West Brunswick scoring: Hast Columbus 21 14 14 12 6-?67 Williams. 22; Johnson, IS; I rink. 8; West Brunswick 21 15 14 11 5?6(> Daniels. X; Moody. 6; C Brown. 2: l ast Columbus scoring: Aw. 29; T Brown. 2. East Columbus Tops Trojan JV Vvcm Biuii>?ick s junior varsity Rushawn Wright scored 13 basketball team nearly overcame an points. Jimmy Bowen added 12 and 18-point, fourth-quarter deficit Torey I lines had II to lead the Friday night before falling to visit- Gators. ing Fast Columbus. 55-52. In conference action last Tuesday. Jamal Stanley and Juan Bellamy Whiteville got 22 points from Tim scored 14 points apiece to lead the mv Slater in a 55-54 win over visit Irojans. who fell to 0-4 in the Wac- ing West Brunswick. Stanley led the c.imaw Conference and 1-7 overall. Trojans with 20 points INTERESTED !N FLYING? Coastal Carolina Aero Club of Ocean Isle needs new members who are pilots, ex-pilots, students or prospective student pilots. Next mpeting Feb. 22, 7:30 pm. For meeting information call 579-2911, days or 754-5807 from 6 to 10 pm. 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