Friday, November 28, 2008
Warriors top Halifax
RIDGEWAY -- Darius Dalton had 21 of his 25 points in the second half, and Magna Vista did enough at the free-throw line to hold off a furious fourth-quarter rally by the Comets and defeated Halifax County 87-83 on Tuesday.
Dalton, who hit 7-of-11 free throws in the fourth quarter, had eight points in the third, when the Warriors opened up a 16-point lead. Alexander Patterson added 19 for Magna Vista.
Justin Dillard scored 17 and Gervelle Kidd finished with 11.
Durrell Chandler had 24 points to lead Halifax County, 15 of those came in the Comets' 33-point fourth quarter.
HALIFAX COUNTY (0-1)
Chandler 24, Adams 6, Williams 6, Mayo 14, Jackson 19, Bailey 4, Flight 10.
MAGNA VISTA (1-0)
Dillard 17, Pilson 5, Kidd 11, Beady 2, Patterson 19, Dalton 25, Holdaway 8.
Halifax County 15 21 14 33--83
Magna Vista 21 24 21 21--87
3-point-goals -- HC (Chandler 4, Adams, Jackson); MV (Dillard 4, Kidd 3, Patterson).
Roanoke Catholic 75, Cocke County (Tenn.) 60
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. -- Kalleon Moret had 18 points and Jamar Brown added 15 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Celtics in the second game of the Landair Classic basketball tournament on Wednesday.
The Celtics (2-0), who play Fulton High School out of Knoxville today, led 47-23 at the half.
On Monday, Clarence Turpin had 20 points and Stephen Allman added 17 in the Celtics' win over Red Bank, Tenn.
Arche' Hicklin added 16 points and 11 rebounds.
COCKE COUNTY, Tenn. (1-1)
Ball 15, Glenn 12, Stewart 12, Haney 9, Dockery 6, Carmichael 4, Wice 2.
ROANOKE CATHOLIC (2-0)
Moret 18, Brown 15, Hicklin 11, Trent 11, Turpin 9, Vulevic 6, Allman 3, Ollie 2.
Cocke County (Tenn.) 10 13 17 20--60
Roanoke Catholic 27 20 17 11 --75
3-point-goals -- CC (Glenn, Haney); RC (Allman, Turpin, Moret).
Roanoke Catholic 70, Red Bank, Tenn. 61
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. -- Roanoke Catholic won its season opener in the first round of the Landair Classic tournament on Monday.
RED BANK (Tenn.)
Britt 16, Bales 16, Appleberry 7, C. Davis 6, Crowder 5, Ross 5, Hicks 3, A. Davis 2, Thomas 1.
ROANOKE CATHOLIC (1-0)
Turpin 20, Allman 17, Trent 2, Hicklin 16, Brooks 7, Ollie 4, Vulevic 4, Moret 2.
Red Bank, Tenn. 14 17 14 16--61
Roanoke Catholic 19 16 19 16--70
3-point-goals -- RB (Britt 3), RC Allman 1.
-- Staff reports
