SOUTHWEST GUILFORD 72
NORTHWEST GUILFORD 66
1st 2nd 3rd 4th SOUTHWEST GUILFORD 14 23 18 18 NORTHWEST GUILFORD 7 24 22 13
SOUTHWEST GUILFORD 17-9; 7-5
B.Clyburn 21; B. Daye 16; J. Hanner 13; R. Bridges 7; H. Bridges 7; A. Morgan 5; KJ Langley 2; T. Brister 2
NORTHWEST GUILFORD 16-10; 9-3
Cody Hylton 22; Ryan Doerr 13; Nick Powell 11; Keaton Haack 10; Matt Pawlowski 6; Hunter Clary 2; H. Billips 2
GAME NOTES:
-Southwest Guilford controlled the game from the opening tap and held off a late charge from Northwest in the final moments of the 4th quarter for a 73-66 win in the Semi-finals of the Piedmont-Triad 4-A Conference Tournament.
-Brandon Clyburn and Braxton Daye led the Southwest effort with 21 and 16 points respectively. Jordan Hanner also chipped in 13 points for the Cowboys.
-Cody Hylton led the Vikings with 22 points. Ryan Doerr and Nick Powell contributed 13 and 11 points respectively for Northwest. Matt Pawlowski handed out 11 assists for the Vikings.
-The Cowboys will advance to the championship game on Friday versus East Forsyth at 7:30 pm. Northwest will face Glenn at 4:30 pm in a tie breaker game to determine which team will be the #1 seed in next week’s state playoffs. Both games will occur at Southwest Guilford High School.
Due to a lot of injuries Southwest is an underdog that will surprise teams in the State playoffs . Clyburn and Daye are a deadly duo inside and two of the most unselfish players around. Hanner delivers the outside threat that makes the Cowboys tough to defend. Kudos also to Southwest Coach Shavers for delivering the blueprint on how to defeat NW. NW’s game plan is to play good zone defense and force you to take bad 3-pt shots. The Cowboys countered the zone by provided tremendous ball pressure on the NW guards forcing a lot of turnovers. The Cowboys were then able to hold the ball outside and force NW out of their zone. NW is not good at man defense and have some players that take plays off of the defensive end. Credit though to NW on the offensive end as they dont miss ever no matter what defense you play. The key is beating their defense not their offense and Coach Shavers and the Boys showed the way. Good luck to SW vs East.
This is an extremely weak conference from top to bottom. One and done in the state play-offs.