WEB CAST.
After losing two tough games in the GlaxoSmithKline Holiday Invitational, Eddie Gray and his Trojans got back on track with a win over Conference foe Smithfield-Selma, 67-41.
The Spartans came into play at just 2-7 on the season and averaging just 36 points per game and it didn't take long for the Trojans use their quickness as they raced out to a early 7-0 to start the game prompting, SSS Head Coach Dwight Carter to call a timeout.
Following the timeout, Garner continued to dominated as they switched to their diamond press which frustrated the Spartans all night and as a result, the Trojans took a 15-6 lead after the first quarter.
The second quarter was more of the same as Garner continued to use their quickness and size advantage to dominate the Spartans and took at 17 point lead into the locker room at 36-19. Garner also and had a pretty balanced scoring effort in the first half with Donald Johnson leading the way with 11 and Gavin Wilson coming in with 7 first half points.
While Garner kept the foot on the throat in the second half, the Trojans were forced to play with several key players in foul trouble as Deion Dorsey and Stephon Drane both picked up their fourth personal fouls late in the third quarter. However, that didn't stop the Trojans as Drane played pretty much the entire fourth quarter and did not foul and managed to stay in the game and scored 10 second half points to lead the Trojans to a 67-41 win in a game in which every player on the Garner roster saw the floor.
The Trojans will be back in action on Friday night when they host Southeast Raleigh at 7:30
Scoring:
GARNER: D. Johnson 15, S. Drane 14, G. Wilson 12, J. McClain 8, D. Hall 4, D. Anderson 4, C. Holt 3, E. McClain 3, M. Powell 2, M. Sloan 2. SSS: J. Rawlings 12, D. Hodges 8, J. Watson 7, B. Barnes 7, W. Spragins 5, D. Jones 2
Varsity Girls Fall to SSS
The Varsity Girls managed to hang around despite a pour shooting night in the first half and they were still in the game heading into the third quarter.
Garner managed to cut the lead to one late in the third quarter at 24-23, but could not get any closer as the Spartans pulled away and defeated Garner 44-24 on Tuesday night.
The Lady Trojans are back in action against Southeast Raleigh at home on Friday at 6:00
JV Boys Roll to Big Win
After winning their last two games in impressive fashion at the Holiday Tournament, the JV Trojans kept their hot play going with a blow out win over SSS, 65-22. The Trojans raced out to a 25-0 lead after the first quarter! And would not be stopped.
Dominique Reed picked up a double-double to lead the Trojans with 19 points as they JV Trojans contiuned to play well heading into Southeast Raleigh on Thursday night.
Dominique Reed: 17 pts, 19 rebs
Larry Richardson: 10 pts
Anthony Tucker: 5 pts, 5 assts, 3 stls
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