Long ball propells Garner to huge victory

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After another 10-day layoff, it took the Garner Trojans half a quarter to find their stride, but when they did, they demolished West Johnston 101-46 at Trojan Coliseum on Friday night.

Garner (13-0, 6-0) really struggled in the first part of the opening quarter - with four minutes to play in the first eight minutes, the Trojans had a 7-0 lead, which forced Wildcat head coach, Kris Bennett to call a timeout.

Following the timeout, Garner hit their stride on both ends of the court as they finished the opening period with 22 points and limiting West Johnston (6-8, 3-4) to just six. It took West six minutes to score their first points of the game.

The second quarter was more of the same for Garner as Gavin Wilson scored eight of his 10 first half points in the second. Donald Johnson also scored 10 points for the Trojans in the opening half, as Garner hit three, three point shots in the first 16 minutes, as the men of Troy took a 43-16 lead to the locker room.

It was a motivated Garner team that came out of the locker room for the second half as they nailed 10 three's in the final 16 minutes to finish with 13 three pointers for the game - the Trojans had six different players hit a three. Larry Richardson and Johnson hit three long balls a piece as they paced to a 72-31 lead after three.

Eddie Gray cleared his bench with five minutes to play in the final quarter with Garner already over 90 points, but the second team had a mission as they continued their torrid pace. After a three by Max Khuns, Garner was just four points away from the century mark, and they hit that mark as Cameron Redd nailed a pair of free throws to give the Trojans a 101-46 win.

Garner is back in action on Tuesday night when they travel to Jerry Smith Court to take on the Clayton Comets, tip-off is slated for 7:30.

Scoring:

West: Justin Carroll 10, Tyruss Colton 9, Earnest Harrington 9, Sean Johnson 7, Jerrell Jackson 3, Darius Williams 2, Christian Brownfield 2, Pablo Guerrero 2, Angelo King

GARNER: Donald Johnson 24, Gavin Wilson 17, Larry Richardson 14, Josh McClain 14, Dominique Reed 6, Cameron Redd 5, Jarie Hicks 5, Daryl Saunders 4, Nicholas Wyrick 4, Cliff Holt 3, Max Khuns 3, Emanuel McClain 2, Deion Dorsey 1.

West Johnston takes down Lady Trojans

Coach Mays and the Lady Trojans were looking for a big win on Friday night to try and climb back into the GNRC race. However, West Johnston had other ideas as they played scrappy defense as they took a seven point lead to the locker room at halftime.

In the final moments, Garner tried to cut into the lead late in the game, but could never get closer than five points as they fall to West 47-37.

The Lady Trojans are back in action on Tuesday night when they travel to Clayton for a 6:00 tip-off.