SOUTH TOPS WEST. 74-63
Daniels Breaks Trojan Scoring Record
With 48 Points Against East Bladen
BY JOHNNY CRAIG
West Brunswick split a pair of
Waccamaw 2-A Conference basket
ball games with rivals South
Brunswick and East Bladen during
a record-setting week of prep ac
tion.
Ricky Daniels broke his own
West Brunswick single-game scor
ing record with 48 points in last
Tuesday's 84-83 overtime win over
visiting East Bladen.
Daniels' performance broke the
previous record of 44 points he
scored in an 89-81 win over
Whiteville last February.
Daniels also scored 29 points
Friday against South Brunswick but
it wasn't enough as the host
Cougars took a 74-63 win for their
third straight triumph over the
Trojans dating back to last season.
The loss was also the first in league
play for West Brunswick while
South Brunswick took over sole
possession of the WC lead with a
perfect 6-0 loop mark.
West Brunswick, now 6-1 in the
WC and 14-2 overall, continues
conference action on the road
Friday traveling to Fairmont while
visiting South Robeson next
Tuesday.
South Brunswick
Prep basketball fans packed the
South Brunswick gym and the cafe
teria lobby where a closed-circuit
television broadcast the contest for
the long-awaited intercounty show
down between the top two cage
teams in the conference.
In the end, it was the balanced
scoring attack of the Cougars led by
Preston McGriff's 27 points and a
tight South Brunswick defense that
made the difference.
"We played pretty good man-to
man defense tonight," said South
Brunswick coach Gene Doane. "We
got in their face right from the start
and kept them (West Brunswick)
from getting the free shot."
"Kevin Smith (freshman) did a
heck of a job and scored eight
points. Preston McGriff also played
very well, especially considering he
got into foul trouble in the second
half."
"Josh White (scored seven of his
nine points in the first quarter) also
played well defensively and did a
good job on Daniels. It was also his
job to beat their press, recognize the
defense we were going against and
get the ball to the right people. He
had so much on his mind that it may
have hurt his shooting somewhat."
South Brunswick led the entire
game jumping out to first-quarter
leads of 9-3 and 15-7 behind the
play of McGriff. The 6-foot- 10 ju
nior center scored eight of South's
first 12 points and paved the way
for a 19-12 Cougar lead at the end
of the period.
Daniels' jumper with 7:21 to play
in the half got the Trojans within
19-15 of South Brunswick but West
could get no closer until late in the
third quarter.
South scored six unanswered
points on a Carl Parker jumper and
four free throws by Kevin Smith to
take its biggest lead of the half, 37
24 with 1:33 left.
Daniels scored the final four
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points of the half to get the Trojans
within 37-28 at the break.
West Brunswick went on a 6-0
tear of its own to cut the Cougar
lead to 45-44 with 2:34 to play in
the third quarter. However, South
Brunswick outscorcd the Trojans 6
2 in the final 1:35 of the period on
the scoring of McGriff to gain a 55
48 advantage.
The Trojans managed to get with
in five points of South Brunswick
once in the final quarter, 64-59 with
3:16 to play on a pair of quick bas
kets by LaPerry Hill.
The Cougars converted on eight
of 11 free throws in the time re
maining to starve off a late Trojan
rally.
"I have to give South Brunswick
all the credit," said West Brunswick
coach Billy Mims. "We kept climb
ing back and South Brunswick
would always come up with some
clutch baskets."
"Lonnie Mitchell and Jerry
Reaves (combined for four points)
got in early foul trouble and were
never able to contribute to our scor
ing like they usual'y do. They are
both an important part of what we
do."
"We played hard and I can't wait
for South Brunswick to come to
Shallottc on February 22. It's going
(o be another light game similar to
tonight."
Hill finished with 24 points for
West Brunswick. Parker scored 12
points for the Cougars, now 12-3
overall, while White added nine
along with Greg Williams and
Kevin Smith with eight each.
Score By Quarters
West Brunswick 12 16 20 15 ? 63
South Brunswickl9 18 18 19 ? 74
West Brunswick scoring: Bowen
2, Johnson 4, Hill 24, Mitchell 3,
Reaves 1 , Daniels 29.
South Brunswick scoring: White
9, Williams 8, K Smith 8, Fullwood
4, Parker 12, McGriff 27,
Stringfield 4, M. Smith 2.
East Bladen
Daniels' record-setting perfor
mance helped spark West
Brunswick's most spectacular
comeback in recent years as the
Trojans escapcd with an 84-83 win
over East Bladen last Tuesday.
Daniels sank two free throws
with one second remaining in over
time to give the Trojans the win al
ter sending the game into ihe extra
^criod with two more from the
charity stripe with four seconds left
in regulation.
West Brunswick trailed by 10
points with 45 scconils left in the
game and rallied to knot the score at
77-77 at the end of regulation time.
LaPcrry Hill scored on two
straight three-point goals and
Daniels added yet another to get the
Trojans within 76-75.
East Bladen's Ty Powell hit the
first of two free throws with eight
seconds left to give the Cougars a
77-75 lead before Daniels converted
his two free throws to send the
game into overtime.
The Trojans outscored East
Bladen 8-7 in the extra period.
The Cougars led 19-17 in the first
quarter and widened the gap at half
time to 41-35.
Vest Brunswick limited East
Bladen to 11 third-quarter points as
the Trojans grabbed control 55-52 at
the end of the period.
Hill finished with 18 points for
West Brunswick while Gary Rhoda
led East Bladen (3-4, 6-6) with 31.
Score By Quarters
East Bladen 19 22 1 1 25?7?83
W Brunswick 17 18 20 21?8?84
East Bladen scoring: Rhoda 31,
Powell 12, Davis 15, Johnson 11,
McCoy 5, Gary 6, M. Johnson 2.
West Brunswick scoring: Hill 18,
Daniels 48, Bowen 2, Johnson 7,
Mitchell 3, Hughes 2, Reaves 4.
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WHITE TO THE BASKET? South Brunswick's Josh White (20)
drives past Ricky Daniels (SO) of West Brunswick for a layup in
the Cougars' 74-63 Waccamaw 2-A Conference win over the
Trojans last Friday. Patrick Hughes (42) also defends for West
Brunswick. White scored nine points for the Cougars.
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