Game Report w/Photos: Boys Basketball – Northwest Guilford at Ragsdale

               1st  2nd  3rd  4th  Final
NW Guilford    34   23   13    4    74
Ragsdale       17    8   17   16    58

Jamestown, NC – –

This evening the Ragsdale Tigers squared off against conference foe, the Vikings of Northwest Guilford High School. Ragsdale would look to continue building momentum from its previous two conference wins, while NW Guilford was also coming off a close victory at home against East Forsyth earlier in the week.

The Vikings would strike early and often in the first half. NW Guilford connected on nine 3-point field goals in the first half, led by Sam Covington with five, to give the Vikings a halftime lead of 57-25. Ragsdale would continue fighting, however, as the Tigers were finally able to get the offense going a bit in the second half. The Vikings would be too much on this night, as they would run away in the end with the 74-58 victory.

Ragsdale placed three players in double figure scoring on the night. Leading the way for the Tigers was Senior TJ Parker (16 points, 5 rebounds), Sophomore Greyson Collins (11 points) and Senior Grant Ali (10 points). Junior Shawn Stringfellow also contributed 9 rebounds for the game. Sam Covington led the Vikings with a game-high 21 points on the evening. Tre Turner also had 15 while Jalen Spicer chipped in 13 for NW Guilford.

Ragsdale drops to 13 – 7 overall and 3 – 3 in the Piedmont Triad 4A Conference. NW Guilford improves to 18 – 2 overall and 5 – 1 in the conference.

NW Guilford (18 – 2, 5 – 1):
Sam Covington – 21 points
Tre Turner – 15
Jalen Spicer – 13
Kevin Henry – 7
Jaylen Gore – 6
Reggie Davis – 6
Jared Braiman – 4
Thomas Hennigan – 2

Ragsdale (13 – 7, 3 – 3):
TJ Parker – 16 points, 5 rebounds
Greyson Collins – 11
Grant Ali – 10
Kyle Watkins – 9
Jarious Drayton – 5
Cole Watkins – 3
Austin Love – 2
Brian Free – 1
Shawn Stringfellow – 1

Ragsdale next plays on Tuesday 2/3/15 on the road at SW Guilford HS.

Submitted by Brandon Mullis

NORTHWEST GUILFORD – 74
RAGSDALE – 58

GAME NOTES:
–Northwest Guilford came out with an 11-2 run in the first 2 minutes of the game and kept the pressure on throughout the game versus a feisty Ragsdale team on the way to a 74-58 conference road victory.
–The Vikings dished out 24 assists on 30 made field goals. They were led by Sam Covington and Tre Turner who finished with 18 and 15 points respectively. Jalen Spicer contributed to the Northwest effort with 13 points to go along with 9 assists.
–TJ Parker led the Tigers with 16 points while G. Collins and G. Ali added 11 and 10 points each for Ragsdale.

RAGSDALE 13-7; 3-3: T.J. Parker 16; G. Collins 11; G. Ali 10; K. Watkins 7; J. Drayton 5; A. Love 4; C. Watkins 3; B. Free 1; S. Strongfellow 1

NORTHWEST GUILFORD 18-2; 5-1: Sam Covington 18; Tre Turner 15; Jalen Spicer 13; Kevin Henry 7; Jaylen Gore 6; Reggie Davis 6; Jared Braiman 4; Riley Edwards 3; Thomas Henningan 2;

Submitted by: Northwest Coaching Staff

Photos by Andy Gore. Click any picture for larger image or to see slide show.
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