Finals from Ben L. Smith High School and inside the Bob McAdoo Gym:
Smith boys 66, High Point Central 53
Smith(16-2/7-1)…HPC(12-4/6-2)…Smith with a share of first place along the Dudley boys in the Mid-State 3-A Conference…
End of First Quarter:Smith 20, HP Central 6…Halftime:Smith 39, HPC 22…End of Third Quarter:Smith 52, HPC 39…Final:Smith 66, HPC 53…
Kenny Miller Jr. scored the first six points of the game for the Smith Golden Eagles…HP Central would try to take it to Smith, but the Bison would get their shots blocked by Tysere Payne, Jai Dawkins, and Kenny Miller…Smith led early 6-0, and Smith was just too tall/long for HP Central…Central had three players go down with injury during the game…
HP Central got the lead down to just 10 points late in the fourth quarter, but Central’s top scorer, Josiah Hill went down with an ankle injury and he tried to return, but could not…This happened with about 2:30 left in the game, and without Hill, Central did not have the pullup man they needed…When he sat down Hill had 22 points for the game, and he was instrumental in getting HP Central back in the game…
Smith finised off Central with Tysere Payne getting a bundle of easy inside shots, that helped put Central away…Two-footers for Payne, and he was using the glass and not trying to slam it…Good moves off the glass by Payne…Sixteen points in the game for Dawkins for Smith, and he was tough inside too, plus Dawkins has a very sweet pull-up jumper from about halfway inside the foul lane…
Dawkins, Payne, and Miller Jr. very productive for Smith on offense, and Kendrick Johnson was great off of the Smith bench, with his three 3s…Dead-eye Johnson from beyond the arc on this night…Forty-eight of the 66 Smith points coming from Dawkins, Payne, Miller Jr., and Johnson….
Central down by 19 in this game, but the Bison able to battle back and close the lead to 13 at the conclusion of our contest at the Bob McAdoo Gym…
Smith Scoring:Dawkins 16 points, Payne 14, Miller Jr. 9, Johnson 9, Turner-Scott 7, Palmore 6, Partee 3, Chukemeka 2….
HP Central Scoring:Josiah Hill 22 points, Lockhart 15, Carter 8, Tyrance 8…Lockhart a three-point sharp-shooter for HP Central..#15 Lockhart for Central with 15 points, on Five 3s….
Girls Final:Smith 63, High Point Central 13
End of First Quarter:Smith 18, HPC 4…Halftime:Smith 43, HPC 9…End of Third Quarter:Smith 51, HPC 11…Final:Smith 63, HPC 13
Smith(15-2/8-0)…HPC(0-16/0-9)
MORE on the way…..
No score available yet, on Dudley-Rockingham County BOYS….Got it now at 1:10am…Dudley 94, Rockingham County 65
Dudley boys(10-6/7-1)…Dudley and Smith boys now both (7-1) in the Mid-State 3-A and Smith at Dudley this coming Friday night…
To me this one is an Upset Alert:Dudley girls 48, Rockingham County 31
Calvary Day School boys 97, WS Atkins 57
Shining Light Academy boys 73, Chatham Home School 64
Bishop McGuinness boys 57, WS Prep 52