Garner nips SE Raleigh 57-55 behind Gavin Wilson's 25 points. Deion Dorsey steals the inbound pass as time expires to seal the win. Jamar Leach's free throws with 32 seconds to go turn out to be the winning points in a thrilling, hard fought GNRC game at Garner. Wilson pulls down 8 rebounds to go with his 8 of 13 shooting from the floor, including six straight at one point. Jalen Bobbitt sparks the Trojans (8-3) off the bench with 10 points, 4 key rebounds and two steals.
After a 5-0 start by the Bulldogs, Jordan Brooks hits to put Garner on the board and Bobbitt drops in two buckets to even things at 6-6. Dorsey scores on a follow shot to end the first with SE up 15-11. The Trojans force 9 second quarter Bulldog turnovers but hit just 5 of 14 from the floor as the game remains close, 28-24 at the half.
At the start of the second half, Coach Bloms and the team come straight from the locker room to the tip circle, with no warm-up. On a defensive mission, Wilson and Brooks control the paint with rejections sandwiched around Bulldog turnovers. Josh McClain steal leads to a Wilson lay-up and Garner's first lead at 5:34 of the third. Wilson has 12 points in the quarter and Garner leads 43-37 after three. The Bulldogs come back to knot the game at 49 all in the fourth. A Wilson three point play gives the Trojans a 52-49, but the Bulldogs tie it again on free throws with 1:23 left. Dorsey hits two huge free throws for a Garner margin. After a Wilson foul, Tony Hines misses both free throws with 39 seconds to go. The Bulldogs are forced to foul and send Leach to the line. He hits both to put Garner up 57-52. Joshua Newkirk hits a three for SE with just 16 seconds on the clock. The Bulldogs have a chance but miss four foul shots and their final chance ends with 1.5 as Dorsey snatches the inbound attempt:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F | |
| SER | 15 | 13 | 13 | 14 | - 55 |
| GAR | 11 | 13 | 15 | 18 | - 57 |
SCORING: GAR--Gavin Wilson 25 (8 rebounds), Jalen Bobbitt 10, Deion Dorsey 6, Josh McClain 4, Jordan Brooks 3, Jamar Leach 3, DeAnthony Harris 2, Alex Bowling 2, Bryce Simons 2; SER--Fitzgerald 10, Brown 11,
JV Girls route the Bulldogs
Jamesia Rouse leads the 10-0 Lady Trojans with 18 and Kima Sidberry scores 17 for the Lady Trojans who survive a poor shooting night to blowout SE Raleigh 55-32. A very physical game, which saw three Bulldogs foul out and 4 Trojans with three or more fouls, the Trojans dominate the boards, for repeated second chances. Whitney Harrington pulls down 12 rebounds to go with her 11 points.
The teams mix it up from the beginning, with multiple fouls and diving for loose balls. Rouse free throw shooting gives the Trojans an edge in the first period. Jennifer Steinbach feeds Rouse on the break for a lay-up and after a Rouse 3-pointer, the Trojans finish the period up 14-5. Garner forces 12 turnovers while incurring just five allowing just one Bulldog field goal. The second period is fast paced and again very physical, with both teams parading to the foul line, but the defenses force repeated turnovers resulting in SE with 17 for the half, Garner with 14 as they hold on to a 28-19 lead at the half.
Harrington dominates the paint in the second half but the Trojans have trouble finding the bottom of the basket, shooting just 10 of 36 from the floor but defense and 42-18 rebound advantage keeps the Bulldog chances to a minimum, as they get just 37 shots for the game. Garner pulls away in the final period with a 13-2 run:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F | |
| SER | 5 | 14 | 7 | 6 | - 32 |
| GAR | 14 | 14 | 7 | 20 | - 55 |
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