Brooks, Upchurch dominate the Bulldogs

The Trojan frontline of Dametrius Upchurch and Josh Brooks easily dominate the paint all night in 78-54 win at SE Raleigh. The Bulldogs open the night with cheers of "we beat you in football...." and then proceed to get mopped off their own floor. Garner opens with a 20-6 first quarter and never trails by less than eleven in the cakewalk. Along with Darius Hicks, the Trojans out-rebound SE 32-20 and Garner backcourt comes up with nine steals and force 19 turnovers while committing just 12 (four in the closing few minutes with the game in hand).

Brooks, showing no signs of the ankle injury that took him out of the Enloe game Wednesday, with 23 points and adds 10 rebounds and an efficient 9 of 13 from the floor. Upchurch is a perfect 5-of-5 from the floor to finish with 14 and adds 5 blocked shots. Cordero Hunter rains in 4 long -range three's and finishes with 16.

Garner shoots 83% in the opening quarter (5 of 6). Tied four all, the Trojan reel off a 16-2 run, with the highlight a sweet Eric Grissett steal, feeding Brooks for a layup. A quick Bulldog turnover and Hunter hits a three. Upchurch registers consecutive blocked shots and Jamall Barrett finishes the period with two steals and 4 assists, with just one turnover for Garner. In the second, Brooks is everywhere, offensive and defensively. Hitting one of two from the line, he steals the ball and hits, then gathers two boards on a flurry under the Trojan basket where 5 consecutive shots are missed before Albert Smith is fouled. Smith hits both to put Garner up 28-13. After a SE turnover, Brooks drains two from the line and rejects a Bulldog fast break shot. Later, Smith strips the ball and forwards to Brooks on the break for a two hand slam with 1:11 to go in the half. Another Hunter trey ends the half with Garner up 35-19.

The Bulldogs John Taylor keeps the game from a total laugher with consecutive three's and adds four from the line in the third. Jamall Barrett continues to find the open Trojans with another steal to Upchurch for a monster slam and get three rejections. Grissett bombs a long three and the period ends with Brooks hitting two from the line for a 52-36 score. Upchurch opens the final period scoring with a great spin move, a Brooks dunk and Barrett converting off an Emanuel McClain steal to put Garner up by twenty. Hunter converts two from the free throw line and a 3-pointer sandwiched around a Taylor three. Brooks converts a three point play to cause a SE timeout, with Garner up 70-46 with 2:48 left in the game. After Carl Redd makes consecutive steals, feeding Grissett who converts both free throws and hitting a foul shot of his own, Coach Gray empties the bench. Matt Koshielly nails a jumper from the wing for a happy ride back up Creech Road and the 78-54 final score. The Trojans move to 3-1 in the conference:

	1	2	3	4	F
GAR	20	15	17	26	- 78
SER	6	13	17	18	- 54

SCORING: GAR--Josh Brooks 23, Cordero Hunter 16, Dametrius Upchurch 14, Jamall Barrett 9, Darius Hicks 5, Darne Hall 2, Matt Koshielly 2, Albert Smith 2, Eric Grissett 2, Carl Redd 1, Emanuel McClain 1; SER--J.Taylor 18, T.Johnson 6, T.Smith 5, K.Alford 4, J.Moore 4, D.Smith 4, T.Griffis 3, J.Lynch 3, T.Mallette 2, A.Smith 2, G.Henderson 2.


Lady Trojans fall to the Bulldogs
(game summary later Saturday)

	1	2	3	4	F
GAR	5	9	12	13	- 39
SER	12	18	16	11	- 57

SCORING: GAR--Jasmine Shaw 7, Serena Watson 6, Alex Covington 6, Tyara Hill 4, Vernessa Brown 4, Ka'Isha El-McPherson 3, Essence Chism 2, Edris Lucas 2, Jaya Johnson 2; SER--L.Boykin 19, T.GardnerRand 13, B.Holloway 10, A.McRae 6, A.Kalmstrom 6, J.Leonard 2, A.Foster 2, D.Peebles 1.

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