Final:Southwest Guilford 98, Southeast Guilford 62
The Cowboys of Southwest Guilford hit the road to open up the 2016-2017 campaign. Tonight the Cowboys went down to square off against the Falcons of Southeast Guilford with the boy’s game being played in the earlier time slot. Southwest has dominated this match-up in recent years with an average margin of victory of over 33 points. This is a new season however, and each team are looking to start off strong. The game opened up as a back-and-forth affair. The teams traded baskets and sloppy play. The Cowboys held Aislinn 15–13 lead with just over 2 minutes to play in the opening frame. A quick 7–0 spurt to close out the frame had the Cowboys up 22–13. The second quarter had Southwest score the first four points in the opening minute. But a decisive run by the hosts and trimmed the lead until they eventually completed the fight back to take a 33-32 lead with 1:30 to go in the half. In a blink a 4–0 spurt gave the Cowboys the lead again and closed out the half at 40–35. After regrouping and re-emphasizing the game plan, Southwest blitzed the Falcons by scoring 36 points in the third frame pulling away to make it 76–47 after the third quarter. The visiting Cowboys then held on for the convincing 98- 62 victory to open up the season. The Falcons were led by J. James with 16. Southwest was led by Kameron Langley with 24, 10 assists, and 8 rebounds. Close behind was Kobe Langley with 20 and 7 rebounds.
1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Southeast 13 22 12 16 62
Southwest 22 18 36 22 98
Southeast 0-2 (0-0)
D. Freeman 6
Judah Watkins 5
N. Nickson 2
K. Brooks 3
Isiah Tate 11
John James 16
Deandre Rushie 14
Cody Fuller 5
Southwest 1-0 (0-0)
Keyshaun Langley 14, 4 Asts, 3 Rebs
Dezmond Woods 10, 4 Rebs,
Kobe Langley 20
Christian Martin 12, 3 Rebs, 2 Asts
Jayden Turner 1
Ty Radford 2 Asts
Jalen Snipes 2
Kameron Langley 24
Joel Pettiford 2 Rebs
Brandon Lamberth 12, 4 Rebs
Jamell Carter 3
Courtesy of Southwest Guilford assistant Coach Greg Vlazny