Southern Guilford falls to Winston-Salem Atkins in round one of the North State 2-A Conference Tournament:
WS Atkins boys 71, Southern Guilford 65 (OT): Joel Oglesby had 25 points and 12 rebounds, and Austin Higgins added 20 points and 14 rebounds as Atkins edged visiting Southern Guilford in overtime for a first-round win last night.
Atkins led by 10 points heading into the fourth quarter, but Southern Guilford stormed back by making five 3-pointers, including a game-tying basket by Desmond Seegars (24 points) with five seconds left that sent the game to overtime.
The Camels pulled away in overtime by making 7 of 8 free throws.
Atkins will play at top-seeded Reidsville tonight in the semifinals.
S. Guilford 6 12 12 26 9 — 65
Atkins 15 9 16 16 15 — 71
Southern Guilford (4-14): Sherrod 8, Thomas 6, Seegars 24, Ingram 8, Burton 17, Crook 2
Atkins (9-16): Oglesby 25, Badger 2, K. Clark 1, Pettus 1, Jones 11, T. Clark 7, Higgins 20, Bennett 4
*****from journalnow.com, on-line version of the Winston-Salem Journal*****
McMichael at Eastern Guilford tonight at 7pm
WESTERN ALAMANCE 48, BARTLETT YANCEY 47: At McLeansville, Western Alamance was able to play keep-away and run out the clock in the final seconds to preserve a first-round victory in the Triad Conference Tournament at Northeast Guilford.
Kyler Gregory hit four 3-pointers and scored 17 points to lead all scorers and Cameron Baker chipped in 12 points for the Warriors (13-11).
The Warriors(#4 seed) advance to play #1 Northern Guilford in Wednesday night’s semifinal.
*****from the burlingtontimesnews.com*****