WEB CAST.
East Wake celebrated senior night on Tuesday night, and played tough with the league leading Trojans, however, Garner would hit the shots down the stretch to come away with at 78-74 win over the Warriors.
Garner began the game on a 9-3 run prompting, first year East Wake Head Coach Darin Stinson to call a timeout, and his team responded as they cut the Garner lead to seven points as the first quarter came to a close with the Trojans leading 18-11.
One of the key components to the Trojans first quarter success was the outside shooting which found it's way back to the Trojans after Garner struggled from distance in the past couple of games, but in the first half, Garner hit three first half shots from the perimeter with Emmanuel McClain hitting two three's and Gavin Wilson nailing the other. As the Trojans finished the first half with a eight point 42-34 lead. However, the Trojans had trouble stopping East Wake forward, Kasunn Williams who lead the Warriors with 20 of his game high 29 points in the first half.
East Wake tried to make a comeback in the third quarter, and started to cut into the Trojan lead, but Garner would maintain their lead until midway through the quarter. East Wake had cut the lead to three points and came down looking to continue to cut into the Trojan lead, but, after a missed shot, East Wake's Jonathan Aparicio was called for a technical foul for hanging on the rim and with 3:38 to play in the third quarter, Garner had a chance to change the tempo of the game as Donald Johnson nailed both technical shots and Garner got the ball back as they pushed the lead to 63-55 after three.
In the final quarter, the Warriors refused to die and Garner had to hold off a furious East Wake rally. Late in the final quarter, Stephon Drane was called for his fourth personal foul, but managed to stay in the game to contribute as the Trojans needed some help down the stretch.
East Wake cut the Garner lead to one point at 71-70 with just over a minute to play, but East Wake would get no closer as the Trojans hit their free throws down the stretch to finish 69 % from the line for the game as Garner closed the road part of their conference schedule with a 78-74 win over East Wake.
Garner (12-7, 11-1) will be back at home Wednesday night at 7:30 when they host Knightdale in a first place battle. While East Wake (8-13, 4-8) will travel to West Johnston on Wednesday night.
Scoring:
GARNER: S. Drane 17, E. McClain 17, G. Wilson 13, D. Reed 13, D. Johnson 11, D. Dorsey 5, M. Sloan 2.
E. Wake: K. Williams 29, Q. Langen 14, A. Ray 11, D. Davis 10, Antw. Payton 6, Anto. Payton 3, T. Horton 1.
Varsity Girls Rally to Beat East Wake
Garner trailed East Wake by 13 points in the first quarter, but some how, Coach Mays and the Lady Trojans cut into the lead and going to the locker room for halftime, Garner was right back in the game.
The Lady Trojans hung around in the second half before coming all the way back and the score was tied late in the fourth quarter. That's when the Garner defense came into play as they put full court pressure on East Wake and forced the Warriors to turn the ball over several times down the stretch.
While East Wake was turning the ball over, Garner was playing smart fundamental basketball and hit the shots from the line en route to at 50-44 victory over East Wake.
Garner is back at home tomorrow night at 6:00 as they host Knightdale.
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