*****Pretty wild here too with Three Guilford County teams still with two teams each(Boys and Girls) in the tournament…Northwest Guilford, Southwest Guilford and Dudley all have both their boys and girls teams left as we hit Round Three, while Northern Guilford(girls) and High Point Andrews(girls) are still in the hunt….We have 8 Guilford County teams still up on the Big Stage….*****
NCHSAA Basketball Playoffs Round Three coming up on Saturday….
Women:
4-A’s
#9 Dudley at #1 Northwest Guilford 6pm
#23 Charlotte Catholic at #18 Southwest Guilford…#18 SWG knocked off #2 Mallard Creek on Thursday night….6pm
3-A’s
#12 Northern Guilford at #4 Nash Central 7pm
2-A’s
#7 High Point Andrews at #2 Kinston 6pm
Men:
4-A’s
#14 Charlotte Independence at #11 Southwest Guilford 7:30pm
#5 Northwest Guilford at #4 Matthews Butler 7pm
#8 Dudley at #1 North Mecklenburg 7pm
More area girls and there are at least three left in the hunt from the Mid-State 3-A Conference with Northern Guilford plus,
#11 Union Pines at #3 Rockingham County
#15 Eastern Alamance at #10 Northwood
2-A’s:
#9 Reidsville at #1 East Bladen
Nothing on Brandon Clifford quitting at High Point Christian? Figured you’d be all over that one, Andy, with Brian being a Page alum.
What happened there?
Under an old brass paperweight, my list of things to do today…And that is on my list and will be posting something in the next hour or so…
Dudley, NW and SW all with both boys and girls still playing. Very nice.
The time has come…
The defense will determine the outcome in the Dudley-NWG girls game…
That will be the difference, the Defense…Dudley looking hard for points on the inside and NWG will want to move that ball and find some openings on the outside…
In the end the opposite might really come into major play, what NWG can do when they go inside or drive the basket and what Dudley does when NWG cuts off the inside….Can Dudley find points on the outside if NWG forces K. Morris off of the low post and out of the lane and can Dudley drive and dish with K. Harrison and T. Johnson????Dudley may also decide to teat the waters and have K. Harrison and T. Johnson attack the basket and go hard to hole…Dudley must get those second chance baskets, one-and-done will kill them…Victoria Harrison could give Dudley a big boost with her outside shot…
NWG will come ready for a shootout if there is one, but again, the defense must take center stage and the eventual winner will be the best defensive team on Saturday….Tucker, Neas, King and Barber will have their running and shooting shoes on and Morgan Pointer and Bria Gibbs will have a line drawn down near that basket…
Ought to be a very good game and we are looking for a very large turnout…If your team is not playing on Saturday, head to NWG at 6pm….If your team is playing, be sure to support them, if they are home, or on the road…