Lady Gryphons take over first place in NEW 6
January 25, 2009 By Charles Alston of Rocky Mount High School
PINETOPS - After a somewhat shaky start, Rocky Mount's girls basketball team seems to be rounding into shape.
The Lady Gryphons, the defending NEW 6 regular season and conference tournament champions, took over first place in the NEW 6 Conference Saturday night after they ran SouthWest Edgecombe out of its own gym by handing the Lady Cougars a solid 61-40 defeat.
The win leaves RMHS at 4-0 in league play and 12-4 overall this season. For SouthWest, it was its first league loss (3-1, 11-3).
Dyonna Battle and Danita Whitaker scored 15 points each, while freshman Tia Hudgins added 12 to put the Lady Knights out of their misery. Rocky Mount combined fast break baskets with solid work on the offensive boards to stay an offensive threat all evening long.
The contest was tied at 9-all after the first period and RMHS led 24-20 at the half. But in the third, center Whitaker went to work - scoring 10 of her 15 points that allowed Rocky Mount to pull ahead to lead 42-32.
In the boys contest, Rocky Mount, playing its third straight game without Tashawn Mabry in the lineup, fell to the Cougars 77-64. Alonzo Sharpe has 20 points, whie Delano Jackson's 28 points paced SWE.
RM's boys have dropped to 8-9 overall and 1-3 in NEW 6 action.
Friday evening, RMHS' girls beat Wilson Fike 72-45 on the road as Hudgins scored a career-high 22 points and grabbed nine rebounds. Battle popped in 16. The boys lost a close falling 63-58. Phillip Wilkins paced RMHS with 17 points and 13 rebounds. |
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