Greg Vlazny with Game Report on SWG over WG 98-97, Terrell Leach 54 points and Southwest Guilford stands at (11-0)

Courtesy of Greg Vlazny Southwest Guilford High School:

The Sheetz Holiday Classic Championship game featured the Hornets of
Western Guilford facing off the hosting Cowboys of Southwest Guilford.
This title game is actually the 3rd time these teams faced off this
season, with the Cowboys winning both previous matchups handily. But,
you play games on the court, and not on paper. Western earned a spot
in the title game by winning consecutive 2 point victories over Myers
Park, and then Southern Alamance. The Cowboys won their way into the
title game by beating Westchester Country Day, and then squeaking past
High Point Central.

Could the Cowboys keep their season unblemished?

Could the Hornets find a way to lasso the hosts the third time around?

What a game it turned out to be.

From buzzer to buzzer it was a
tremendous dog fight. After the first quarter Southwest lead 24-19.
The tide seemed to favor the Cowboys, but every time the lead was
spread out to double digits, the Hornets had an answer. Going into the
half the Cowboys were up 44-35. The third quarter was the same dog
fight as each teams traded lengthy runs, with Western out scoring the
Cowboys in the frame making it 64-57 in favor of SW. For the second
straight night the fourth quarter was full of drama. The Hornets came
out and grinded all the way back to tie it at 73 with 3:38 to go. 5
lead changes 3 lead changes lead to an outstanding finish. Western
went up 80-78 with just under 2 minutes to play. 40 seconds later the
Cowboys responded. The Cowboys scored 5 more points to go up 85-80
with a minute to play. But the Hornets still had one more sting. A
deep three cut the deficit, and after 2 missed free throws, Western
scored a basket at the buzzer to take the game into overtime tied at
85. In the extra period, Southwest’s Terrell Leach showed why he was
the tournament MVP, scoring 8 of the teams 13 points. The game changer
was a thunderous dunk over a would be defender which gave the Cowboys
the lead for good at 92-91. Riding the momentum from that the Cowboys
were able to hold off the Hornets, who scored a tip in at the buzzer
to make the final tally 98-97. The Hornets were lead by Quinton Miller
(27), Carmoni Marks (26). Southwest was lead by Terrell Leach with 54,
5 Rebs, 2 Asts, 2 Blks, 2 Stls, Antonio Banks with 12, 6 Rebs, and
Tyliek Brister with 9, 2 Asts, 5 Rebs, 3 Stls. Another gritty win
makes the Cowboys the Sheetz Holiday Classic Champions at 11-0.

1st   2nd   3rd  4th   OT    Final
Western        19    16     22   28    13    97
Southwest      24    20     20   21    12    98

Western (5-9), (0-2)
Ce’Darius Dockery 7
Quinton Milner 27
Ke’Desh Edwards 8
Styles Freeman 5
Kaleel Walton 19
Ce’Darius Dockery 7
Carmoni Marks 26

Southwest (11-0), (1-0)
Terrell Leach 54
KJ Langley 6
Ben Ferguson 8
DJ Chamblee 5
Tyliek Brister 9
Austen Zente 3 Asts, 3 Rebs, 3 Stls, 1 Blk
Arjun Patel 2, 2 Rebs, 2 Stls
Andrew Bullock 2

Vlaz

4 thoughts on “Greg Vlazny with Game Report on SWG over WG 98-97, Terrell Leach 54 points and Southwest Guilford stands at (11-0)

  1. Where is the defense? Secondly, r u telling me his 54 mattered? How about getting his team in on scoring. The team sounds like a one man show who doesn’t play team ball. Selfishness?

  2. I have not seen SW play this year but why would a kid have to be selfish while scoring 54 or even 30 pts. If he is shooting 45% or better, then he is shooting a higher % than 80% of his teammates or any other kid would do. If he is shooting say 40% or less, then I would suggest that 2 or 3 other kids on this team could likely do just as well. I am guessing that he is shooting better than 40% because I have not heard even one parent or teammate (in passing) make an out loud compliant. At some point, you just need to just sit back and enjoy the show if his teammates and coach are happy.

  3. @ seriously, You could not score 54 points if you were in the gym by yourself shooting all night. Terrell did what his team needed him to do. He is a great kid that happens to be really good at playing basketball. BTW, he shoots well over 50% from the field, 3 pt. line and 80% from the free throw line. What happened was great for the team, school and this young man. As a spectator, it was amazing to watch. His team were more excited about him scoring than he was. Unless you have played basketball, you have no clue as to how difficult it is to score 50 points in a game.

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