Monday’s boys basketball
- Updated: November 30, 2015
White Plains, Sacred Heart use fast starts, Weaver falters in second half, Saks wins opener
By East Alabama Sports Today
White Plains and Sacred Heart used the same approach to rebound from a close loss in their previous starts: Start fast and leave no doubt.
White Plains, which lost by two to Westbrook Christian in the Lincoln Thanksgiving Invitational final, scored the first 12 points of its home game Monday, jumped out to a 27-point halftime team and roared past Pleasant Valley, 67-28.
Sacred Heart, which lost by two to Holy Innocents in the Atlanta Hoopsgiving event, delighted its home crowd with a 51-14 halftime lead on the way to a 78-36 rout of Faith Christian.
Post Murphy Doss helped White Plains get established against the Raiders, scoring six of his 10 in the first quarter — and that was before the Wildcats (4-1) starting hitting from outside.
The Wildcats got nine 3-pointers from six players in the game. Jerod Guthrie had three of them.
Meanwhile, Sacred Heart already had control of its game when the Cardinals erupted for 32 points in the second quarter.
Diante Wood and Kovarri Ross combined for 19 points in the second quarter and combining for 13 in the first. Wood finished with 21 points in the game, while Ross finished with 17.
Jordan Griswould led Faith with 14.
Lincoln 72, Weaver 62
LINCOLN – The Golden Bears used a strong second-half effort to beat Weaver for the second time in a week.
Weaver used a big second quarter to open a three-point halftime lead, but Lincoln outscored the Bearcats 44-31 in the second half.
“We sucked it up tonight,” Lincoln coach Rush Rutledge said.
Dee Whiteside scored 16 of his game-high 22 points in the second half. Zay Caldwell had 19 points in the game and Tyler Hemphill added 10.
Delo Forbes led Weaver with 14 points, which included 10 of 13 from the foul line. Malik Arnold had 12.
Saks 62, Woodland 32
WOODLAND – For those wondering what kind of team Saks would put together this season after losing so much of its firepower from a year ago, the Wildcats answered the bell for 2015 with another strong outside shooting performance.
The Wildcats hit six 3-pointers in the game. Jaylen Britt, the sixth man on last year’s team, had three of them in his game-high 17 points. Newcomer Alphonsa Ward had two in his 12-point game.
The Wildcats opened a 15-11 first-quarter lead, then took control with an 18-4 second quarter. Ward hit both of his 3s in Saks’ 22-point third quarter.
BOYS BOXSCORES
White Plains 67, Pleasant Valley 28
PLEASANT VALLEY (2-4) – Josh Preston 1 1-2 3, Dakota Jones 0 0-1 0, Caden Turner 1 3-4 5, Britton Proper 1 0-0 2, Marshall Smith 2 0-1 5, Josh Faucett 0 0-0 0, Reid Hightower 2 1-2 7, Jordan Landers 0 0-0 0, Nick Robbins 1 0-0 2, Jordan Lambert 0 0-0 0, Chase Craven 0 2-2 2. Totals 8 7-12 28.
WHITE PLAINS (4-1) — Jerod Guthrie 3 0-0 9, Peyton Morgan 1 0-0 2, Dylan McCareeth 0 0-0 0, Kevin Carr 1 0-0 2, Eli Hightower 4 0-0 9, Michael McGuirk 4 0-0 10, Jackson Guthrie 3 0-0 7, Quez Wyatt 2 0-0 5, Lawrence Jackson 2 0-0 4, Macey Carr 3 2-2 7, Murphy Doss 5 0-0 10, Brett Beaver 1 0-1 2. Totals 29 2-3 67.
Pleasant Valley 3 7 11 7 — 28
White Plains 16 21 23 7 — 67
3-point goals: Pleasant Valley 5 (Preston, Turner, Smith, Hightower 2); White Plains 9 (Je. Guthrie 3, Hightower, McGuirk 2, Ja. Guthrie, Wyatt, M. Carr). Total fouls: Pleasant Valley 9, White Plains 15. Officials: Burroughs, Howell, Allen.
Sacred Heart 78, Faith Christian 36
FAITH CHRISTIAN – Caleb McCord 2 2-3 6, Jordan Griswould 4 6-13 14, Jameson Adams 0 0-0 0, David Wall 1 2-3 5, Jack Sills 2 4-9 8, Michael Kulick 0 0-0 0, Jameson Thacker 0 0-0 0, Alex Taylor 1 0-0 3, Julien Key 0 0-1 0. Totals 10 14-25 36.
SACRED HEART — Diante Wood 8 4-4 21, Kavarri Ross 5 6-10 17, Sam Miller 1 2-2 4, Murdock Simmons 3 0-0 6 D.J. Heath 3 1-2 7, Caleb Lafollette 0 2-3 2, Stephen Stansil 3 0-0 7, Jon Riley Muller 2 0-0 4, Kevion Nolan 4 1-1 9. Totals 29 16-22 78
Faith Christian 2 12 13 9 — 36
Sacred Heart 19 32 21 6 — 78
3-point goals: Faith 2 (Wall, Taylor); Sacred Heart 3 (Wood, Ross, Stansil). Fouled out: Wall. Total fouls: Faith 15, Sacred Heart 25. Officials: Killingsworth, Battles, Maske.
Lincoln 72, Weaver 62
WEAVER (0-3) — Delo Forbes 2 10-13 14, Jalen Heath 3 2-5 8, Craig Copeland 2 3-6 7, Paul Hubbard 4 0-0 8, Maurice Goodman 0 0-0 0, R.J. Wooden 1 2-2 4, Tyrik Hall 1 1-1 3, Giovanni Mosley 2 0-0 5, Malik Arnold 5 2-2 12, Ducky Morris 0 1-3 1. Totals 20 21-32 62.
LINCOLN (5-1) — Isaac Davis 1 0-0 2, Zay Caldwell 7 5-8 19, Tyler Hemphill 4 0-0 10, Malik Weed 1 0-0 2, Quin Carmichael 2 0-5 4, Dee Whiteside 8 6-8 22, L.J. Carmichael 4 1-1 9, Donte Rivers 0 0-0 0, Brikeal Truss 1 2-3 4. Totals 28 14-20 72.
Weaver 12 19 15 16 — 62
Lincoln 18 10 21 23 — 72
3-point goals: Weaver 1 (Mosley); Lincoln 2 (Hemphill 2). Fouled out: Weed. Total fouls: Weaver 24, Lincoln 26. Officials: Calkins, Watson, Strott.
Saks 62, Woodland 32
SAKS (1-0) — Jalen Wynn 1 0-0 2, Demetrius Powell 3 0-0 7, Quay McCord 1 0-0 2, Quin Smith 1 1-1 3, Jaylen Britt 7 0-0 17, J.J. Murry 0 0-0 0, Alphonsa Ward 4 2-2 12, Demarco Burnette 3 1-2 7, Tre Hughley 4 0-0 8, Darrion Briskey 2 0-0 4, Landon Peters 0 0-0 0. Totals 26 4-5 62.
WOODLAND – Eli Phillips 0 0-0 0, Clay Gay 4 2-2 11, Jade Burge 0 0-2 0, Tyler Gay 5 1-5 11, Deonta Wright 0 1-2 1, Michael Sicotte 1 0-0 2, Kyle Strain 1 2-2 5, Axson Gay 1 0-0 2. Totals 12 6-15 32.
Saks 15 18 22 7 — 62
Woodland 11 4 11 6 — 32
3-point goals: Saks 6 (Powell, Britt 3, Ward 2); Woodland 2 (Gay, Strain). Technical fouls: Burnette. Fouled out: Burnette. Total fouls: Saks 22, Woodland 11. Officials: Baker, Stringer, Oden.
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