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Garner had no problems taking care of SSS in the opening round of the Greater Neuse River Conference Tournament on Tuesday night as they dominated SSS from the opening tip to defeat the Spartans 80-50 to advance to the second round tomorrow night at home against West Johnston. The Trojans played 13 players tonight and they all scored at least one point.
The Trojans got things going early as off the opening tip, Emmanuel McClain found Donald Johnson on the right wing for a three and Garner was off and running and began the game on a 8-0 run prompting SSS Head Coach, Dwight Carter, to call a timeout.
However, the timeout did little to slow the Trojans down as Johnson continued his hot shooting scoring 8 of Garner's first 11 points. Garner continued pacing along in the first quarter, the following a timeout, the Spartans had six men on the floor resulting in a technical foul which Garner hit 1 of 2 from the line as they raced out to a 23-5 lead after the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Dominique Reed, made his presence known as he scored six of his 10 points in the second quarter to give Garner a 41-16 halftime edge.
The Spartans tried to cut into the Garner lead as they held the Trojans to just 16 third quarter points, however, SSS could only muster 13 points and the Trojans had a 57-29 lead after three.
In the games final quarter, the Trojans rested all their starters and got some of the other players some time on the court and it was a seamless transition between the players as Garner continued their rapid pace on offense as they came away with at 30 point win to advance to the second round of the Conference Tournament.
Garner (14-8, 13-2) will be back at home tomorrow night at 7:30 as they take on West Johnston who defeated Southeast Raleigh on Tuesday night, 50-40.
Scoring:
SSS: J. Watson 14, L. Williams 8, D. Thorne 7, S. Turner 6, J. Rawlings 6, W. Spragins 4, G. Green 3, B. Barnes 1.
GARNER: D. Johnson 21, D. Reed 10, G. Wilson 8, J. McClain 8, M. Koscielny 7, S. Drane 6, E. McClain 5, D. Hall 4, N. Wyrick 4, C. Holt 3, D. Harris 2, J. Moye 2, M. Powell 2, D. Dorsey 1.
UPDATED GNRC Men's Bracket: Semi-finals to be played on Wednesday night AT GARNER
6:00 - (6) East Wake vs. (2) Knightdale
7:30 - (4) W. Johnston vs. (1) GARNER
Varsity Girls Fall vs. Knightdale
Coach Mays and the Lady Trojans were on the road Tuesday night in the first round of the GNRC tournament as they took on the Knightdale Knights at Southeast Raleigh High School.
Garner had already defeated Knightdale once this season on the road at Knightdale, however, the Lady Trojans fell short tonight in the opening game of the conference tournament 65-60. However, Garner could still make the playoffs barring a lower seed winning the conference tournament.
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