The Trojans sweep the Wildcats

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DaMetrius Upchurch scores 25 points and adds 11 rebounds as the Trojans shake off a slow start to pound W.Johnston 82-65 at Garner. The win caps a 4-for-4 night by Garner who wins both JV and both varsity games, re-scheduled due to inclimate weather this week. The Trojans (10-8, 7-1 in the GNRC) set up a huge showdown next Tuesday at Clayton (also 7-1 in the conference).

The Wildcats start off blistering hot with Mark Parker hitting three consecutive 3-pointers and roll to a 18-9 first quarter lead. But a big 33-point second quarter by the Trojans erases the deficit. Garner hits 11 of 13 shots in the quarter to go up 42-34 at the half. Garner uses 6-0 and 7-0 runs during the period and do not trail for the remainder of the game. Emanuel McClain proves to be spark plug for the Trojan rally with 5 steals in the period and finishes the game with seven and eight assists. Cordero Hunter is red hot hitting six of his last seven to finish with 19 points and Albert Smith adds 16, Karl Agenor 12.

As we saw with their last game, the Trojans come out of the locker room at the half with just 17 seconds to spare and head straight to the floor. It works with another crisp shooting period, hitting 11 of 18 while forcing the Wildcats to turn the ball over six times (20 for the game while Garner has just 13). The lead swells to 20 with McClain's 7th steal of the game feeding Smith for the jumper and its 69-49 and Garner coasts home for the conference win:

	1	2	3	4	F
WJ	18	16	15	16	- 65
GAR	9	33	22	18	- 82

SCORING: DaMetrius Upchurch 25 points (11 rebounds), Corder Hunter 19, Albert Smith 16 (7-of-11 shooting), Karl Agenor 12 (6 rebounds), Emanuel McClain 5 (8 assists, 7 steals), Jamal Barrett 4, Carl Redd 2, WJO--M.Parker 17, D.Anderson 13, S.Johnson 8, B.Jacobs 8, M.Taylor 5, J.Shackley 4, D.Ray 3, C.Brownfield 2, A.Justice 2, M.Rich 2, J.McNeill 1;



Lady Trojans finish off WJ 39-19
Jasmine Shaw leads the way with 19 points, including a perfect 5-for-5 shooting in the first half. The varsity Lady Trojans go to 4-10 and pick up their third conference win of the season.

	1	2	3	4	F
WJ	3	5	4	7	- 19
GAR	10	10	10	9	- 39

SCORING: Jasmine Shaw 19, Edris Lucas 7, Vearnessa Brown 4, Alex Covington 4, Serena Watson, 3, Essence Chism 2; WJO--C.Smith 4, T.Thompson 3, K.Gavitt 3, M.Bethtew 2, M.Barton 2, K.Burr 2, T.Holder 2, T.Dixon 1



JV Girls remain unbeaten
Coach Ellerbee's Lady Trojans win 38-33 in the first game of a quadruple-header at Garner against W.Johnston. They stay unbeaten at 13-0.

	1	2	3	4	F
WJ	4	8	7	14	- 33
GAR	9	5	12	12	- 38

SCORING: Whitney Harrington 11, Ashley Courtney 10, Kima Sidberry 9, Jamesia Rouse 4, Alana Bailey 3, Tralen Neil 1

The JV boys win 56-34 over the Wildcats in Game #2 of the day to go to 11-3 for the year:

	1	2	3	4	F
WJ	10	4	11	9	- 34
GAR	11	6	22	17	- 56

SCORING: Josh McClain 12, Gavin Wilson 11, Jamar Leach 8, DeAnthony Harris 4, Deion Dorsey 4, Dominique Reed 6, Cameron Redd 2, Jalen Bobbitt 4

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